Launch for SFU's New Urban Worlds Major
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Launch for SFU's New Urban Worlds Major

Advancing an Inclusive and Sustainable Future for Urban Living

Date and time

Thursday, October 24 · 4 - 6pm PDT

Location

The Atrium, 4515 Central Blvd

4515 Central Boulevard Burnaby, BC V5H 4J5 Canada

Agenda

4:00 PM

Welcome


Laurel Weldon, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

4:10 PM

Acknowledging the Land

4:20 PM

Building Better Cities


— Jonathan Cote, Urbanist and former mayor, City of New Westminster

4:30 PM

Why Urban Worlds?


—Madeline Kowalchuk, Professional Planner, City of Delta

4:40 PM

Importance of Age Friendly Cities and Living


—Anthony Kupferschmidt, Strategic Lead, Aging and Older Persons, City of Vancouver

4:50 PM

Highlights of Urban 101: What is a City


— Mei Fang, Urban Studies, SFU

5:00 PM

A Student Perspective


— Claire Howell, Undergraduate Student, Geography

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours

SFU’s Faculty of Arts and Social Science and Faculty of Environment are pleased to invite you to the launch of our new major in urban worlds. Join us for an evening of discussion followed by refreshments and networking.

Everyone is welcome. Space is limited so register now.

Read more about SFU's new Urban Worlds major here.

Urban Worlds Launch Event Location details

The Atrium, Metrotower III

The Atrium is located on the main floor / lobby level of Metrotower III. The building address is 4515 Central Boulevard. For those arriving by vehicle, parking is available in Metropolis at Metrotown (the mall parking). For those arriving by transit, use the Metrotown Station and then cross the street and enter via our front doors. Attached is an aerial map with some rough mark-ups (blue = parking, green = Elder drop-off, red = pedestrian)

Organized by

The Faculty of Environment is a part of SFU: The Canadian university that is Engaging the World

Free