CityStudio Virtual Hubbub #9 - Winter 2022

Designing inclusive programing

CHALLENGE:

How might we design inclusive programing for the “Fraser Valley Food Connection” hub to address food security?

UFV Course: GDD357 Digital Project Management for Creative Practitioners (Instructor: Donna Graffi-Smith)

Manage digital design projects in creative environments using Digital Project Management (DPM) strategies and tools in the field. Navigate complex deliverables: define digital team roles, engage in best practices for client/stakeholder communication, the discovery process, communication, accountability, networking, systems, workflow, and scheduling.

Communing & Educating – Food Security

CHALLENGE:

How might we communicate to and educate the greater community on purpose of the Fraser Valley Food Connections hub?

UFV Course: GDD260 Graphic & Digital Design I (Instructor: Karin Jager )

This course introduces visual communication and the design process. Students gain an understanding of the fundamentals of perception and design thinking. Exercises and projects emphasize conceptual development, composition, and the visual solution.

Data for Planning

CHALLENGE:

How might we use data to inform and impact future planning?

• Secondary Suites
• Solid Waste

UFV Course: STATS 370 - Probability and Stochastic Processes (Instructor: David Chu )

Theory of probability and stochastic processes for science and mathematics students. Topics include probability space, conditional probability and independence, continuous and discrete random variables, jointly distributed random variables, expectation, conditional expectation and properties, simulating data from distributions, limit theorems, Markov chains and Poisson processes, and Markov Chains Monte Carlo (MCMC).

Innovative Development

CHALLENGE:
How might we partner, across land uses, to build a Living Lab of UN Sustainable Development Goals?

UFV Course: GEOG 425 Advanced Field Methods and Techniques (Mariano Mapili) in partnership with:

• GEOG 344 – Geography of Urban Development
• GEOG 300N – Special Topics in Geography
• GEOG 219 Biogeography

Schools & Traffic

CHALLENGE:

How might we improve parking, traffic flow and access challenges that schools often face?

UFV Course: GEOG 344 - Geography of Urban Development (Instructor: Afia Raja )

This course applies the principles of urban geographical analysis to the study of urbanization as exemplified in the development of North American cities in a global context.

Sustainable Fashion

CHALLENGE:
How might we make fashion circular?

UFV Course: GEOG 300 - Special Topics in Geography (Dr. Carin Bondar, Stefania Pizzirani)

An opportunity to explore a topic or subfield in a new and significant area of geographical research and scholarship. Topics will be chosen from a wide range of physical, human, regional, and technical areas in geography.

Water Sustainability

CHALLENGE:
What can the City, residents, businesses and industries do to shift the balance towards a sustainable water future?

UFV Course: GEOG/CMNS 257 Environment: Science and Communications (Dr. Carin Bondar, Paul Fontaine)

Environmental science and communications, while different fields, are both essential for addressing contemporary environmental problems. This course, team-taught by faculty in Geography and Communications, introduces the student to the methods of scientific inquiry, and the principles of effective communication in environmental science. Application of the scientific method to case studies of environmental issues will highlight challenges and possible solutions at local, regional, and national scales, while exploring the interface between science, politics, and popular perceptions. Specific consideration will be given to developing strategies for communicating with various audiences, including stakeholder groups, other scientists, policy makers, and the general public. A field trip outside of class time may be required. Please refer to the Department of Geography website for scheduling information.