Urban Planning
Urban inequalities for women and marginalized communities
February 15, 2023By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer Tiffany Muller Myrdahl is a senior lecturer at SFU and her research analyzes urban inequalities and inclusion strategies that target women and the LGBTQIA2S+ community. In an interview with Myrdahl, she told The Peak how urban inequalities exist today, and how researchers can alter their methodologies to improve engagement with and inclusion of marginalized communities. The National Institutes of Health defines urban inequalities as, “differences in access to services and/or health outcomes as an unequal state between one group and another within a city or town.” Therefore, inequalities exist in urban spaces based on one’s…
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The art of urban leadership with Jonathan Coté
February 2, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer On January 16, urbanist and former mayor of New Westminster Jonathan Coté led a reflective lecture Transforming Urban Leadership, where he outlined some of the key areas of effective urban leadership in addition to challenges…
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Student conducts study on birds colliding into SFU windows
November 3, 2022By: Clarence Ndabahwerize, Staff Writer Vanessa Hum, a master’s of biological sciences student at SFU, has been conducting a study on bird collisions with windows at the Burnaby campus. Through citizen science, which she explained as data collected by the…
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Urban Studies co-operatives advocate for inclusive social sustainability
January 18, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer Six migrant women of colour from SFU’s Masters of Urban Studies program founded City in Colour (CiC) and Citopia, two sister co-operatives tackling barriers for socially sustainable urban planning. The Peak spoke to members of…
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SFU epidemiologist receives Trailblazer Award for active transportation research
November 27, 2020Written by: Emma Jean, Staff Writer SFU health sciences associate professor Dr. Meghan Winters was awarded the Trailblazer Award by The Canadian Institute of Health Research. It recognizes her career-long work in researching public health, mobility, and transportation. The award,…
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Vancouver welcomes new general manager of urban design
October 3, 2016Eagerly awaiting their new chief planner, there was an air of excitement amongst the residents of Vancouver who sat in the audience of the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre on the night of September 28. “Most of my friends in the US…
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