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the city programCourses, free lectures, Urban Design Certificate, and Sustainable Community Development Certificate

The cover features “Water Sky Gardens,” part of the public art commitment at the Olympic Oval in Richmond, B.C. The water gardens feature two elevated large net sculptures — ephemeral lanterns — that evoke the spirit of the area’s fishing culture. The gardens are a collaborative effort by Janet Echelman; Phillips, Farevaag,

Smallenberg Landscape Architecture; and the Cannon Design Team.

Since 2000, the Urban Design Certificate has provided education in urban design to early and mid-career professionals. Courses are taught by leading urban design practitioners and focus on current western Canadian urban design issues.

The program is comprised of eight intensive courses — six mandatory core and two electives. Participants must apply for the cohort to be eligible for the certificate. 2010 cohort application deadline: July 16, 2010. Participants interested in individual courses may also register when space is available.

UD: Theory anD PracTice core $600; cohort $525 / CITY 780October 2–3, 9 am–5:30 pmAn introduction, overall context and framework for the Urban Design Certificate Program. The course also provides a grounding in key theoretical environmental, economic, social, and historical developments and concepts that inform current urban design practice.Instructor: Michael von Hausen, President, MVH Urban Planning and Design, Inc.; Larry Beasley, Former Co-Director of Planning, City of Vancouver; Gordon Price, Director, SFU City Program; and others.

Urban design certificate

My urban design education has had direct impact on a number of developments and policy documents. It is an excellent program.— Ian McIntosh, Manager of Development Services,

District of Summerland

UD: economic FUnDamenTals core $600; cohort $525 / CITY 785October 23–24, 9 am–5:30 pmThis is an introductory level course that introduces the relationship between urban design and the economics of development. Participants learn the basic elements of market, economic and investment analysis and land valuation in urban development. Real estate property development tools and techniques — from back of the envelope to typical developer proformas — will be addressed. The application of these tools will be explored through a variety of current case studies relevant to urban design and planning practice.Instructors: Paul Rollo, President, G.P. Rollo and Associates Ltd., Land Economists; Michael von Hausen, President, MVH Urban Planning and Design, Inc.

UD: VisUal commUnicaTion core $600; cohort $525 / CITY 786November 13–14, 9 am–5:30pmDrawing and visual communication skills are essential in urban design. Participants examine graphics for different audiences in the urban design process and associated approvals. Learn the basics of line and form drawing, colour and perspective techniques, and graphic tools that efficiently increase communications skills.Instructors: Frank Ducote, Principal, Frank Ducote Urban Design; Michael von Hausen, President, MVH Urban Planning and Design, Inc.

UD: Planning For TransPorTaTion anD accessibiliTy elective $600; cohort $525 / CITY 790December 4–5, 9 am–5:30 pmStreets have a vital role in place-making. Successful streets balance requirements to move people and goods, connect buildings and public spaces, and create settings for life. How can urban transportation policies and streetscape design help achieve more liveable cities and communities? Topics covered include an overview of current regional transportation plans; planning and design issues for transit, cars, cycling, walkability, parking; and transportation demand management. This course also covers the relationship between transportation and built form, neighbourhood traffic calming, and transit-oriented developments. Case studies will be used to help explore competing demands for road space, including access, linkages, urban design and public realm issues.Instructors: Tamim Raad, Director, Corporate Initiatives, TransLink.; and others.

Full course descriptions and certificate information are available on our website: www.sfu.ca/city

Creating effective champions of sustainable developmentSFU’s City Program and Centre for Sustainable Community Development offers a certificate designed to give you the practical information you need today, from the most experienced consultants and instructors available. It’s a flexible program comprised of eight two and three-day intensive courses.

Participants must apply for the cohort to be eligible for the certificate. The 2009 cohort application deadline has been extended to September 14, 2009. Participants interested in individual courses may also register when space is available.

FoUnDaTion in sUsTainable commUniTy DeVeloPmenT core $600 / CITY 910September 18–19, 9 am–5:30 pmThis course sets the stage. Learn about sustainable community development, what it means and the key concepts. Explore the range of sustainability issues facing communities — and some of the solutions. Compare sustainability frameworks and approaches — their strengths and limitations. And find out what leadership styles and tools are needed to effect change. Instructors: Vanessa Timmer, Principal, Resourceful Solutions Consulting; Director, One Earth Initiative; Mark Roseland, Director, Centre for Sustainable Community Development, SFU; Gordon Price, Director, SFU City Program; Mark Holland, Principal, HB Lanarc; Ted Battiston, Manager of Sustainability Initiatives, Resort Municipality of Whistler; Brenda Reid-Kuecks, Community Programs Director, Ecotrust Canada; Elisa Campbell, Director, Design Centre for Sustainability, UBC; Alex Boston, Director, Climate Protection and Sustainable Energy, HB Lanarc.

sUstainable commUnity development certificate

aPPlicaTions in sUsTainable commUniTy DeVeloPmenT core $900 / CITY 911October 1–3, 9 am–5:30 pmA showcase of the best-practice applications of sustainability principles on the ground. Through field trips, presentations by project champions, and dialogue with classmates, explore how sustainability principles have been brought to life (or not) in a variety of projects and ventures. Past tours have included Vancouver community developments, exploration of planning impacts on the Downtown Eastside, the Metro Vancouver landfill, and a local farm producing value-added products. This year tentatively includes Olympic Village, with its neighbourhood energy unit, LEED Gold buildings, and goal of social sustainability. Instructors: Spring Gillard, President, Garden Heart Productions; Nina Winham, Principal, New Climate Strategies.

sUsTainable economics For The real WorlD core $600 / CITY 912November 13–14, 9 am–5:30 pmThis course provides an overview of key concepts in sustainable economics and delves into a number of practical tools and techniques to aid planning and decision making. Triple bottom line accounting, lifecycle analysis and valuation of ecosystem goods and services are examples of topics covered. Techniques to communicate and report the results of sustainable economic analyses are also addressed. Finally, course participants will learn how to evaluate the potential of green or social enterprise ideas.Instructors: Mark Pezarro, Principal, Earthvoice Strategies Inc, and others.

Instructors are innovative and informative, providing insight into real-world projects. It’s a great forum for testing out ideas with participants from many different disciplines.

— Roger Bayley, Design Manager, Millennium

Water Olympic Village; Principal, Merrick

Architecture – Borowski Lintott Sakumoto Fligg

Contact us for more information.www.sfu.ca/city | E: city@sfu.ca | T: 778-782-5254

commUnicaTing sUsTainabiliTy For aWareness, accoUnTabiliTy, anD acTion elective $600 / CITY 906November 27–28, 9 am–5:30 pmSustainability can provoke reactions ranging from fear and denial to inspiration and innovation — or it can simply be misunderstood and ignored. As a sustainability champion, you need to understand this complexity in order to engage others and bring sustainability projects to life. Meanwhile, sustainability is shifting the way business and governance decision-making is done: transparency, accountability, and relationship-building are fundamental to establishing truly sustainable communities — all of which rely on good communications. This course explores the critical role of communications in sustainable community development, providing tips and tools for effective communications practice. We examine how sustainability is perceived by the public, and whether we can make sustainability “sexy.” We also explore community-based social marketing and how new media technologies may be harnessed for sustainable community development. Finally, we review the growing practice of sustainability reporting and accountability.Instructors: Nina Winham, Principal, New Climate Strategies; Jim Hoggan, President, Hoggan and Associates, Jason Mogus, CEO, Communicopia; and others.

Venue: SFU Vancouver (Harbour Centre building) unless otherwise indicated.

PlanTalk — issUes anD imPlicaTions oF six-sTorey WooD Frame consTrUcTionThursday, September 24, 7 pm Admission: $10. Students: $5. Payable by cash or cheque at door. RSVP by September 17 to city@sfu.ca Boon or boondoggle? Building codes will allow for the construction of six-storey woodframe buildings. Is this good news for the forest industry which wants to sell product, planners who want to densify cities, developers who want floor space, and residents who want affordable housing? Or are we setting ourselves up for another fiasco? Our expert panel will analyse and discuss.Co-sponsored by Planning Institute of British Columbia — South Coast Chapter, Metro Vancouver RAIC Chapter, and SFU City Program.

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arTlanD VersUs scUlPTUre Park: choices Facing PUblic arTThursday, October 1, 7:30 pmFree admission; reservations are required. Call 778-782-5100 or email cstudies@sfu.caCharles Jencks, the renowned architectural theorist, landscape architect and designer, is also a writer whose name is synonymous with the concept of the Postmodern in architecture. In this lecture, his first in Vancouver, he will address the crisis in public art, where art in the park has become the parking lot of art. The Artland — his term — is where landscape and its laws are given parity with the work of art. Sponsored by Vancouver Biennale, Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver Institute, Paul Sangha Ltd., SFU City Program

shiFTing gears ii: TransPorTaTion, healTh, anD The bUilT enVironmenT

learning from new yorkMonday, October 19, 7 pmVenue: Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, 999 Canada Place, VancouverFree admission; reservations required. Call 778-782-5100 or email cstudies@sfu.caJeanette Sadik-Khan is a transportation superstar in North America. As New York City’s Transportation Commissioner, she helped introduce protected bike lanes, pedestrian plazas, sustainable street designs and, most dramatically, closed five blocks of Broadway in Times Square to vehicles — while improving traffic flow! Find out how she transformed New York and how that could affect us, our health, and our urban environments.

Learning from TorontoThursday, November 26, 7 pmVenue: UBC Robson SquareFree admission; reservations required. Call 778-782-5100 or email cstudies@sfu.caElyse Parker, as the Director of the Public Realm Section for Toronto’s Transportation Services Division, is helping to actively and even aggressively reconstruct streets for city greening, sustainable practices, beautification and active transportation. Find out how Toronto is taking designs for a healthy city — and healthy people — to the streets.

Sponsored by the Bombardier Foundation and the Active Transport Lab at the University of British Columbia (www.act-trans.ubc.ca) and BC Recreation and Parks Association (www.physicalactivitystrategy.ca).

ToWns For TomorroW — Urban reViTalizaTion For sUsTainable groWTh$175 (GST included) / CITY 127October 19, 9 am–4 pmVenue: Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, 999 Canada Place, VancouverSustainability has three pillars — environmental, economic, social — and a good heritage strategy supports every one of them. This event explores how the revitalization of our existing built environment can help to achieve smart growth, conserve energy and resources, and add to the cultural and economic health of a community. Speakers and workshops will illustrate how the the revitalization of ‘old towns’ is helping to achieve sustainable communities.Speakers include: John Knott, President and co-founder, Noisette Company. Noisette is the 3,000-acre historic centre of North Charleston, South Carlina, which is being re-shaped into a sustainable community; and others. Sponsored by the Heritage Branch, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts.This course is a shoulder event to the Gaining Ground/Resilient Cities conference on October 20–22, 2009. Designing enVironmenTs Which reDUce crime $240 (GST included) / CITY 222November 6, 9 am–4:30 pmVenue: SFU Surrey, 250–13450 102 Avenue, SurreyA number of professionals are involved in the design of the urban environment — architects, landscape architects, planners and engineers and each plays an important role to create a safe environment. Traditionally, this has been based on the principles of CPTED — Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. This course will highlight current theory based on the field of environmental criminology and will focus on the application of new approaches to design through interactive examples. A design manual will be provided. Instructor: Mary Beth Rondeau, Senior Urban Designer, City of Surrey.

Full course descriptions and program information are available at: www.sfu.ca/city

professional development coUrses

climaTe change: Using The neW local goVernmenT PoWers$240 (GST included) / CITY 233November 20, 9 am–4:30 pmTh is course will examine new local government powers to deal with climate change (Bills 10 and 27 of 2008), and equip planning practitioners to put them to use in their communities. Th e principal focus will be on development permit area designations for water and energy conservation and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Th e instructors will cover development permit area designations and justifi cations, and the preparation and application of development permit guidelines addressing these new planning objectives. Th e course will also touch on local building regulations, development cost charges, and off -street parking requirements, all in relation to climate change. Th ose attending should have some basic familiarity with development permit systems under the British Columbia Local Government Act. Instructors: Bill Buholzer, Lawyer, Young, Anderson; Marta Farevaag, Principal, Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg.

Lower Mainland Chapter

Partners:Sponsors:

Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and the Arts

Resilient Cities: Urban Strategies for Transition TimeOctober 20–22, 2009www.gaininggroundsummit.com

Th e City Program gratefully acknowledges event sponsors and partners

registration information

Continuing Education CreditsCourses and lectures qualify for continuing education credits. See www.sfu.ca/city/cec.htm for details.

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Register at www.sfu.ca/city or fax this form to 778-782-5098, or mail it with payment to: The City Program, Continuing Studies, SFU Vancouver, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3

Tuition fees of $100 or more (cumulative in one calendar year from the same institution) are income tax deductible.

Cancellation/Transfer PolicyTransferring into another course is considered a course cancellation and new registration.• Cancel two weeks before a course and receive

a full refund, or transfer to another scheduled course.

• Cancel between one and two weeks before a course and receive a full refund, less a $50 administrative fee. You may transfer into another scheduled course with payment of a $50 administrative fee.

• Cancel less than one week before a course and no refunds are given. No course transfers are permitted.

We are unable to hold course fee credits. Participants who pay by lump-sum are not eligible for tuition refunds; however, course transfers are possible as per the above course cancellation policy/course transfer policy. If less than one week notice is given, then no course transfer is permitted and the participants will need to pay for the next course. Cancellation requests or transfers must be submitted using the course cancellation form and official tax receipts must be returned to process any cancellation or transfer. Fax cancellation/transfer form to 778-782-5098 and mail receipts to the City Program. SFU reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient registration.

LocationAll courses and events take place at Simon Fraser University Vancouver, 515 West Hastings Street (at Richards) in downtown Vancouver, unless otherwise noted.

Collection of Personal InformationThe University collects your personal information under the authority of the University Act (RSBC 1996, c. 468, s. 27(4)(a)). The information is related directly to and needed by the University to administer and operate non-credit programs, workshops and courses. The information will be used to register you in the appropriate non-credit program, monitor your academic progress and send you information about University programs. It will also be used to issue certificates and diplomas for eligible students. If you have any questions or requests about the collection and use of this information please contact the Program Clerk, The City Program, Continuing Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3, 778-782-5254, city@sfu.ca.

Personal information collected by the University for non-credit certificate and diploma programs is also related directly to and needed by the University to administer and operate its alumni programs and services. The information will be used to register non-credit certificate and diploma program graduates as members of the SFU Alumni Association. This, and other information held by the University, will be disclosed to Alumni Relations and University Advancement in order to inform you about the benefits of University and Alumni Association career, educational and social programs; to provide you with information about alumni products and services; to facilitate alumni participation in university research projects, alumni surveys and fundraising and development activities; and, to administer elections for university and alumni association governing bodies. The University may also disclose this information, under strict confidentiality agreements, to outside agencies solely for the provision of mailing or telephoning services on behalf of the University or the Alumni Association. If you have any questions or requests about the collection, use or disclosure of this information, contact the Director of Alumni Relations, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, telephone 778-782-4154, email alumni@sfu.ca, or visit the Alumni Association web site at www.sfu.ca/alumni/.

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Coursesc Designing Environments which Reduce Crime November 6 / $240 / CITY 222c Climate Change: Using the New Local Government Powers November 20 / $240 / CITY 233c Towns for Tomorrow — Urban Revitalization for Sustainable Growth October 19 / $175 / CITY 127c SCD: Foundation in Sustainable Community Development September 18–19 / $600 / CITY 910c SCD: Applications in Sustainable Community Development October 1–3 / $900 / CITY 911c SCD: Sustainable Economics for the Real World November 13–14 / $600 / CITY 912c SCD: Communicating Sustainability for Awareness, Accountability, and Action November 27–28 /

$600 / CITY 906c UD: Theory and Practice October 2–3 / CITY 780 / $600; cohort $525c UD: Economic Fundamentals October 23–24 / CITY 785 / $600; cohort $525c UD: Visual Communication November 13–14 / CITY 786 / $600; cohort $525c UD: Planning for Transportation and Accessibility December 4–5 / CITY 790 / $600; cohort $525

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