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stylized map showing squamish place names in pre-colonial North Vancouver and Stanley Park

Lower Lonsdale before colonial settlement: planning history

September 30, 2025March 3, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Portfolio, Urbanism

This is an excerpt from a school assignment. The whole group paper can be found on LinkedIn.

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Glass building with triangular windows and coast salish art

Not too cool for school

July 11, 2025August 26, 2025 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

My career in Communications over the past five years has been diverse and given me skills I am proud to flex at my current job. Moving forward, I want to meld these skills with my love for cities.

Tagged city planning, college, education, grad school, planning, town planning, university, urban planning, Urbanism, vancouverLeave a comment
e-reader on a table

How I got out of a 10-year reading rut

June 22, 2025June 22, 2025 by Marina Miller, posted in Stream of Consciousness

That feeling of wanting to eat up every book in a series is hard to describe, and I never thought I’d feel it again in adulthood.

Tagged adhd, anxiety, books, fantasy, fiction, london, ocd, reader, reading, romantasy, vancouver, y/aLeave a comment

London will always be my good friend

July 13, 2024July 13, 2024 by Marina Miller, posted in Stream of Consciousness

I found myself wanting to hang out, create memories, and let it tell me stories. It provided countless moments of solace where my homesickness melted away.

Tagged burnabarian, burnaby, canadian, career, europe, expat, homesickness, immigration, journey, london, travel, uk, vancouver, vancouveriteLeave a comment

Taking Barbie into the real world

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 by Marina Miller, posted in Stream of Consciousness

In adulthood, Barbie is an important part of why being a woman is lovely, even if being a woman still has huge burdens.

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Street things, and why they make us feel

July 13, 2023February 20, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

“In that moment, I've acknowledged it… it isn’t a forgotten piece of trash anymore… I'm attaching a human feeling to an object that doesn't have a human feeling.”

Tagged burnaby, geography, grafitti, hastings, infrastructure, london, lost, materialism, new westminster, personnification, psychology, sociology, Urbanism, vancouver, yout2 Comments

Doors of Wimbledon

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

There are so many unique facades in Wimbledon.

Tagged antique, architecture, design, doors, eclectic, expat, glass, home, neighbourhood, planning, urban, Urbanism, windowsLeave a comment

Burnaby needs more pubs

May 21, 2023May 21, 2023 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

All of the development happening in Burnaby feels like the perfect opportunity to include alternative social spots.

Tagged beer, burnaby, bylaws, cities, culture, drinking, geography, london, opinion, planning, pub, pubs, social, Urbanism1 Comment

The beauty of balance

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 by Marina Miller, posted in Stream of Consciousness

After this long day and about 12,000 steps, I meandered home to my AirBnB in South London. On the train, I instinctively started to warm up the extroversion...

Tagged 20s, change, england, expat, extrovert, growth, immigration, International, introversion, introvert, personality, travelLeave a comment

Big leap

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 by Marina Miller, posted in Stream of Consciousness

Over the last six months, I've been ramping up to make the big leap.

Tagged canadian, england, International, london, moving, opportunity, startup1 Comment

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