* Andrew Curran received the President's
prize as the Best Teaching
Assistant in Dalhousie University in 2005-06. Andrew was the
TA for Plan
1001 Introduction to community design in the fall of 2005. He
graduated in
May and will work as a CIP planning intern in Bosnia in fall
2006.
* Canadian planning students elected Jeremy
Murphy as the National
Student Representative on the Canadian Institute of Planners
Council for 2006-07. Jeremy continues a strong tradition
here: our students have been the national CIP student representative
for 6 of the last 7 years! (Recent reps have included: Andrew
Curran 2005, Mark Tekamp 2003, Charlene Cressman 2002, Jaime
Orser 2001, Sonja Brynelsen 2000).
* Heather Chisholm won the University Medal
for Community Design at the recent convocation.
* BCD alumni going on to graduate
school this year include Seela Amaratunga (UBC landscape architecture)
and Matthew Reid (University of Toronto urban design).
*Master
of Planning alumni continuing their education include Allan
Fawley who intends to become a teacher.
Congratulations to all of our grads, and best of luck in
all your endeavours.
* BCD students Jennifer Pritchard and Clara
Stewart-Robertson created a public art project on Gottingen Street this summer.
They erected large canvases and invited residents to describe
what is important in their community. The project appears to
have been a big success.
