Course Archive
Summer 2018
SFU
SD 499 – New Directions in Urban Sustainability
Recommendations for how the City can achieve their GCAP targets in each of the goal areas.
Instructors: Ray Tomalty
City lead: Brad Badelt
City goal: GCAP, All Goals (except Clean Air)
Langara
FINA 2195 – Advanced Design Studio: Design Collaboration
Design solutions for Urban Heat Island effect in the Downtown Eastside.
Instructors: Philip Robbins
City Leads: Wesley Joe (CoV), Joji Kumagai (Strathcona BIA)
City Strategy: Being and Feeling Safe and Included (Healthy City)
NURS 4163 – Clinical Practice Placement
Tell-a-Friend Campaign; narrative report including a literature review of Canadian programs that aim to connect immigrants with settlement services, best practices and recommendations for a Vancouver-based initiative.
Instructors: Lyren Chiu
City Leads: Nadia Carvalho
City Strategy: Enhancing newcomers access to services (New Start)
Spring 2018
SFU
Civic Innovation Change Lab
Creating impactful social innovations around the theme of Urban Economic Resilience.
Partners: RADIUS, Beedie School of Business, SFU Semester in Dialogue
Instructors: Tara Mahoney and Jeremy Stone
City lead: TBC
City goal: Healthy City
CMNS 323W – Cultural Dimensions in Advertising
Activating vacant commercial storefronts
Instructor: Jody Baker
City lead: David Lewis
City goal: Being and Feeling Safe and Included (Healthy City)
CMNS 432 – Political Communication, Public Opinion, Political Marketing
Voter engagement pop-up events
Instructor: Daniel Ahadi
City lead: Paul Hendren
City goal: Cultivating Connections (Healthy City)
CMNS 362 – Evaluation Methods for Applied Communication Research
Voter awareness tools
Instructor: Daniel Ahadi
City lead: Jhennifer Pabillano
City goal: Cultivating Connections (Healthy City)
BUS 494 – Business of Design Program
Impact business owner experience surveys.
Instructor: Lisa Papania, Robert Woodbury
City lead: Pietra Basilij
City goal: Green Jobs (GCAP)
IAT 235 – Information Design
Communicating ecological footprint information to diverse audiences.
Instructor: Andrew Hawryshkewich
City lead: Wendy Avis
City goal: Lighter Footprint (GCAP)
UBC
ENVR 400 – Environmental Capstone
Projects include seabirds study of blue heron habitat in Kitsilano and rockweed study in Southeast False Creek.
Instructor: Tara Ivanochko and Michael Lipsen
City lead: Angela Danyluk and Nick Page
City goal area: Access to Nature, Clean Water (GCAP)
LFS 350 – Land, Food and Community II
Reducing single use items.
Instructor: Will Valley
City lead: Paul Gagnon
City goal area: Zero Waste (GCAP)
ECON 492d – Economics of Sustainable Development
Reducing single use items.
Instructor: Catherine Douglas
City lead: Paul Gagnon
City goal area: Zero Waste (GCAP)
SCIE 420 – Sustainability for Community and the World
Reducing meat consumption and creating engagement strategies for diverse cultural groups.
Instructor: Gunilla Oberg, Jenalee Kluttz and Jason Brown
City lead: Wendy Avis
City goal area: Lighter Footprint (GCAP)
KIN 464 – Health Promotion and Physical Activity
A project on urban cycling
Instructor: Andrea Bundon, Negin Riazi
City lead: Mike Zipf
City goal area: Green Transportation (GCAP)
PLAN 425 – Urban Planning Issues and Concepts
Environmental education and programming at community centres.
Instructor: Michael Leaf, Lili Friedler Shulman
City lead: Dana McDonald, Rebecca Till
City goal area: Access to Nature (GCAP)
BCIT
MKTG 3325 – Consumer Behaviour
Voting barriers and recommendations
Instructor: Pat Browne
City Leads: Paul Hendren and Jhennifer Pabillano
City Strategy: Cultivating Connections (Healthy City)
COMP 3900 – Computer Projects Practicum 1
Development of a mobile app and social enterprise called Potlucky, to connect citizens through social potlucks.
Instructor: Donna Turner
Community Leads: Mohamed Ehab
City Strategy: Cultivating Connections (Healthy City)
INTD 8500 – Capstone Proposal
Zero waste materials sourcing.
Instructor: Robin McIntosh, Kathryn Lange
City Lead: Andrea McKenzie
City Strategy: Zero Waste (GCAP)
Langara College
GEOG 2275 – Applied Human Geography
Tackling the challenge of public urination in the Granville Entertainment District.
Instructors: Colin Mills
City Leads: Tobin Postma
City Strategy: Being and Feeling Safe and Included (Healthy City)
APPL 5230 – Social Planning and Community Development
Resilient neighbourhoods project
Instructors: Kathryn Nairne
City Leads: Katia Tynan
City Strategy: Cultivating Connections (Healthy City)
Fall 2017
SFU
BUS 238 – Introduction to Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Business concepts offering sustainable food at SFU
Instructor: Lisa Papania
City Leads: Chris Underwood
City Strategy: Zero Waste (GCAP)
BUS 443 – Product Design and Development
Creation of businesses that look to innovate and create net positive impact
Instructor: Lisa Papania
City lead: Pietra Basilij
City strategy: Green Business (GCAP)
IAT 235 – Information Design
Promotion and information for the next municipal election
Instructor: Andrew Hawryshkewich
City lead: Paul Hendren
City strategy: Cultivating Connections (Healthy City, Engaged City)
HSC 855 – Health Promotion in Practice: The Canadian Context
Mural project: de-stigmatizing mental health and addiction issues
Instructor: Paola Ardiles
City lead: Ty Mistry
City strategy: Feeling safe and included (Healthy City)
CMNS 325 – Visualization and Visual Culture in Communication
Design communication materials to raise awareness about sea level rise and actions
Instructor: Frederik Lesage, Janet Marontate, Chris Jeschelnik
City lead: Tina Barisky
City strategy: Climate Leadership (GCAP)
IAT 344 – Moving Images
Mini-documentaries for the Vancouver Parks Board Fieldhouse Artists-in-Residence program
Instructors: Kate Hennessy, Susan Clements-Vivian
City lead: Marie Lopes
City strategy: Access to Nature, Healthy Living and Getting Outside (GCAP, Healthy City)
Semester at CityStudio
An intensive 15-credit program in the studio
Instructor: Janet Moore, Adrian Sinclair and Lisa Novak
City Leads: TBC
City Strategy: TBC
UBC
LFS 350 – Land, Food and Community II
Reducing single use items.
Instructor: Will Valley
City lead: Paul Gagnon
City goal area: Zero Waste (GCAP)
Econ 335 – Fertility, Families and Human Migration
Reducing single use items.
Instructor: Catherine Douglas
City lead: Paul Gagnon
City goal area: Zero Waste (GCAP)
PLAN 211 – City Making
How to create destinations on a transportation corridor
Instructor: Su-Jan Yeo
City leads: Jordan Magtoto, Sabrina Scalena and Kevin Connery
City goal area: Green Transportation, Access to Nature (GCAP)
EDST 561 – Practicum: Initiating Sustainability Projects
ReWilding Vancouver, Loneliness in the City, Vacant Spaces, Food Education/Security/Waste
Instructor: Rob VanWynsberghe
City leads: Brad Badelt, Dana MacDonald, Jennifer Mayberry, Bruce Ford
City goal area: Access to Nature, Local Food, Cultivating Connections (GCAP, Healthy City)
ENVR 400 – Environmental Capstone
Projects include seabirds study of blue heron habitat in Kitsilano and rockweed study in Southeast False Creek.
Instructor: Tara Ivanochko and Michael Lipsen
City lead: Angela Danyluk
City goal area: Access to Nature, Clean Water (GCAP)
UFOR 200 – Urban Forests and Wellbeing
Communication materials about the impact of urban forests on health and well-being, plus an intervention that would increase urban forest capacity at 4 city sites.
Instructor: Sara Barron
City lead: Dana McDonald
City goal area: Access to Nature, Environments to Thrive In (GCAP, Healthy City)
BCIT
INTD3310 – Materials and Environmental Factors
Students will participate in a project focused on Passive House design.
Instructor: Wayne DeAngelis /Dixie Hudson
City Leads: Chris Higgins
City Strategy: Green Buildings (GCAP)
Langara College
ENVS 2100 – Environmental Problems and Solutions
Various projects to be confirmed in September.
Instructors: Mike Smith Cairns and Wendy Avis
City Leads: TBC based on projects
City Strategy: TBC based on projects
Emily Carr
FVIM 300 – Film, Video and Integrative Media Internship
Students use short films to document building design practices that support community building and stories from a Community Concierge pilot program.
Instructor: Dennis Burke
City Leads: Keltie Craig
City Strategy: Being and Feeling Safe and Included; Cultivating Connections (Healthy City)
Spring 2016
SFU
IAT 344 – Moving Images
Documentary stories about Healthy Cities
Instructor: Kate Hennessy
HSCI 472 – Health + the Built Environment
Youth Engagement in the Transit Referendum
Instructor: Meghan Winters
HSCI 424 – Strategic Applications of GIS in Public Health
Healthy City Walking Tours
Instructor: Meghan Winters
SA 371 – Environment and Society
Exploring the challenges of rewilding: human/nature interactions with beavers, geese, and parks.
Instructor: Nicholas Scott
UBC
ENVR 400 – Environmental Science Capstone
South East False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Audits
Instructor: Tara Ivanochko + Sara Harris
GEOG 419 – Research in Environmental Geography
Access to Nature / Green Economy / Cultivating Connections
Instructor: David Brownstein
EECE 429 – Electrical Engineering Capstone Design Project
Environment + Urban Form at the False Creek Flats
Instructor: Philippe Kruchten
COMM 388 – Design Strategies for Business Innovation
Marketing and engagement options for the Renewable City Strategy
Instructor: Dharini Thiruchittampalam
ECON 317 – Poverty + Inequality
Community Centre Zero Waste Challenge – Youth
Instructor: Catherine Douglas
BCIT
ARSC 8800 – Architectural Science Graduating Studio
Design projects at the False Creek Flats
Instructors: Ron Kato + Peter Levar
ARSC – Architectural Science
Outdoor Learning Project
Instructor: Michel Labrie
Emily Carr
HUM 301 – Environmental Ethics
Rewilding Storytelling and Reflection
Instructor: Rita Wong
Spring 2016
SFU
BUS 444 – Business Marketing
Circular Economy in the Textile Industry
Instructor: Lisa Papania
HSCI 424-4/890-4 – Strategic Applications of GIS in Health
Mapping Walkscore in Vancouver Neighbourhoods
Instructor: Meghan Winters
HSCI 472 – Health + the Built Environment
Youth Engagement in the Transit Referendum
Instructor: Meghan Winters
SIAT 431 – Speculative Design
Earthquake and Emergency Response
Instructor: Carman Neusteadter
Narrative + New Media
New Narratives for the False Creek Flats
Instructor: Michael Filimiwicz
UBC
ENVR 400 – Environmental Science Capstone
False Creek Waterway
Instructor: Tara Ivanochko + Kari May
GEOG 419 – Research in Environmental Geography
Demolition and deconstruction waste
Instructor: David Brownstein
LARC543 – Landscape Architecture
Environment + Urban Form at the False Creek Flats
Instructor: Ron Kellett
CIVIL 202 – Civil Engineering
Demolition Waste and Paving Registry
Instructor: Susan Nesbit
ECON 317 – Poverty + Inequality
Community Centre Waste Audits
Instructor: Catherine Douglas
BCIT
ARSC 8800 – Architectural Science Graduating Studio
Design projects at the False Creek Flats
Instructors: Ron Kato + Michel Labrie + Peter Levar
Emily Carr
Core Media Studio
False Creek Flats Storytelling
Instructor: Sarah Van Borek
Fall 2014
SFU
BUS 44s – New Product Development
Instructor: Lisa Papania
BUS/FENV – Change Lab
Instructor: Lisa Papania and Jenn McCrae
GSWS 333 – Gender, Place & Culture
Instructor: Tiffany Muller-Myrdahl
SIAT– Speculative Design
Instructor: Carman Neusteader
SIAT – Narrative + New Media
Instructor: Michael Filipowicz
SIAT – NSERC Project
Instructor: Ron Wakkary
CMNS 326 – Applied Media Workshop
Instructor: David Murphy