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March 2008
News
A busy fall has ended and the winter term is under way. This term we have about 130 undergraduates and 45 graduate students in the School. Rumours are abounding that the University is working on trying to find space for the School so that we can finally have studios, classrooms, workshops, lounges and offices in the same building: we can hardly wait. We are searching for a new faculty member we hope will begin in July. It’s an exciting time in the School.
We are starting to plan our year end exhibition and presentation of student work. We expect that it will take place on Friday, April 11. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.
The fall field trip to St John’s, led by Patricia Manuel, was a great success, with wonderful weather and lots of interesting and educational planning activities. In December, a hearty group of Masters students learned about planning in Belize on the international field trip.
The School had a visit from the Senate Review Committee and external assessors who are evaluating the Faculty of Architecture and Planning programs.
The Faculty of Architecture and Planning thanks Dr David Zitner for endowing the new Lezlie Oler Prize. The $1000 prize goes to an undergraduate student in the Faculty who develops a design for a community improvement project that is sustainable and affordable. The first winner of the Prize is Chad Manley, a 4th year BCD student.
The School is grateful to all of our donors for their generosity. If you are interested in sponsoring a prize or a scholarship, please contact the School.
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Aaron Vomberg helped to organize a group of Dalhousie students who travelled to New Orleans over reading week to help build houses with Habitat for Humanity.
Joel Robitaille participated in the UNICEF Spread the Net program to raise money for bed nets for malaria prevention. Of all the universities participating in the challenge set by CBC star, Rick Mercer, Dalhousie raised the most money. Congratulations to Joel and everyone else participating!
Clara Stewart-Robertson has been featured in Dalhousie advertising and on the home page of the Dal web site since the end of 2007.
The Society for Undergraduate Planners continued its fundraising for the Food Bank this fall with Thursday morning coffee in the lobby.
Recent BCD alumni, Adrian Buckley, rode his bike across Canada this summer, raising money for charity.
Amanda Kosloski and Sabrina Hood were awarded NRCan Climate Change research scholarships in a recent national competition. The funds will support their research on how communities can adapt to and plan for climate change.
Shuyu Zhou won the ESRI GIS scholarship for Dalhousie University for 2008.
Our first Master of Planning Studies student, Kate Thompson, has been awarded an NSHRF Research Grant to support her research on women’s networks in the suburbs. She defended her thesis proposal in December and is engaged in research this term.
Amie Baker continues her work representing Canadian planning students on CIP National Council.
Several students presented their research projects at the CAPS conference in Toronto in February.
The Faculty of Architecture and Planning organized this year’s Killam Lecture Series on the theme “Resilient communities: envisioning and acting for sustainable futures”. We had three speakers:
In November, Ken Greenberg spoke about urban designer, presenting some interesting case studies.
In January, Ottawa city councillor Clive Doucet and author of the book "Urban Meltdown", spoke about sustainable transportation with particular reference to his experience in Ottawa.
In February, landscape architect and professor Randolph Hester, author of several books including his most recent, “Design for Ecological Democracy” spoke about the intersection of social and ecological concerns in design.
2008 Dalhousie Planning Conference:
Putting the "U" in Neighbourhood
The conference was held from Wednesday, February 13, to Friday, February 15 in the School of Planning. The Schoolof Plannign and the Downtown Business Commission partnered for this event. The Keynote address for the conference was this year's Carmichael lecture, delivered by Peter Park, Manager of Community Planning for the city of Denver, Colorado.
Watch this page for an announcement about conference proceedings.
Frank Palermo was honoured on January 22 in a university celebration of teaching awards. The Dalhousie Student Union had named him as Teacher of the Year for Architecture and Planning in 2007.
Amber Nicol, who has joined us as a Lecturer this year, has been busy coordinating the Killam Lecture Series and facilitating the student planning conference. She has a paper coming out soon in Plan Canada.
Susan Guppy continues her sabbatical research and has recently served on a national jury for doctoral scholarships.
Patricia Manuel is finishing up her research grant on the role of “third places” in the activities of children in the city.
Jill Grant and Leah Carson (MASc/ MPlan student) have recently had a paper accepted by the British journal, Urban Design International. It deals with their research on private streets in Nova Scotia.
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