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Major project: Facilitating in-person engagement for community planning

August 6, 2026August 9, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

After a year of planning school, I'm happy to share my major project and some reflections.

Tagged canada, engagement, facilitation, IAP2, langara, participation, planning, urban, Urbanism, vancouver, workshop1 Comment

Major Project: Facilitating in-person Engagement

August 6, 2026August 9, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Portfolio

The purpose of my major project is to share best practices for in-person facilitation which is conducted during community planning engagement.

Tagged canada, engagement, facilitation, IAP2, langara, participation, planning, urban, Urbanism, vancouver, workshop1 Comment

Design and Art Samples

May 26, 2026July 13, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Portfolio

Urban design and art has become a hobby during my planning education - a skill I hope to develop further in both traditional and digital mediums.

Tagged design, drawing, graphic facilitation, sketch, sketching, Urbanism, vancouverLeave a comment

Burnaby needs more pubs: policy analysis and research proposal

November 28, 2025February 18, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Portfolio, Urbanism

Once I started researching the lack of nightlife in Burnaby, I realized I had enough evidence to build a viable policy and research proposal.

Tagged business, city, development, downtown, nightlife, planning, town planning, urban planning, Urbanism, vancouverLeave a comment
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

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

Half broken, half built: Metrotown in photos

April 6, 2022February 19, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Portfolio, Urbanism

At the same intersections, decades-old apartments are torn down while glittering new 'estates' go up...

Tagged apartment, BC, burnaby, canada, demoviction, development, equity, housing, mall, metro, metropolis, metrotown, renoviction, rental, urban, Urbanism, vancouver1 Comment

Photo Diary: A pandemic year in my community

July 18, 2021 by Marina Miller, posted in Stream of Consciousness, Urbanism

Early on in the pandemic, I started taking pictures. Of board game sessions, takeout adventures, and the changing streets.

Tagged burnaby, city, foodie, metrotown, pandemic, transit, urban, vancouver, walking, YVRLeave a comment

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