I can safely say all the trip attendees are happy we went early. Within three weeks of the end of our trip to Seattle, the university was closed.
Plus size fashion for an awkward (but thriving) zillennial
Being fat is often intertwined with other parts of peoples' identities
Policy Brief: Cultural Diversity in Abbotsford Through Public Art
In collaboration with Cherie Enns of UFV and Abbotsford's City Studio, this is a policy brief project for SD499 "Pandemics and Cities" at SFU.
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS FOR A NEW DAYCARE CENTRE IN VANCOUVER (Fall 2018)
For GEOG 355 (GIS II) we were tasked with creating a blog about our final project. The purpose of the project is to determine the suitability of building a new daycare facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The method used to achieve this was Boolean Multi-Criteria Analysis, where several factor maps are overplayed to determine … Continue reading SUITABILITY ANALYSIS FOR A NEW DAYCARE CENTRE IN VANCOUVER (Fall 2018)
Cyberspace and Distance Decay
Originally written in Summer 2020 for my Economic Geography course My sister and I at the Apple Store in 2005. We live in a remarkable age of fast, digital communication. I was born only a few years before the smartphone was introduced, so I often reflect on how high-tech and low-tech communications affected my upbringing. … Continue reading Cyberspace and Distance Decay
Film Review: C̓əsnaʔəm, the City Before the City
This film review was originally written and recorded in Summer 2020 for my Cities and Crisis course.
Walkabout: Indigenous Presence in my Neighbourhood
This is an excerpt from a term-long "walkabout" journal from my Indigenous Perception of Landscape course.
Indigenous Placemaking as a form of Resistance and Resilience
Originally written for my Indigenous Perception of Landscape course at SFU.
Planning as place-making: A case study of Station Square, Burnaby, BC
Living in the neighbourhood my whole life and observing space in detail for this paper, Station Square doesn’t feel like it is at its true potential.
The transformation of streets during COVID-19
Originally written in Fall 2020 for my Pandemics and Cities course.
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