SFU City Program

Women + Public Space An evening of stories, dialogue, and collaboration with Vancouver placemakers and public space advocates.

Join us for an evening of stories, dialogue, & collaboration! We’re shining a light on the issues & opportunities girls & women face in the public realm and celebrating women-centred public space advocacy, artistry, & placemaking.

March 18, 7pm. Info & tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/women-publ...

City Program

Starts Monday!

Write reports that work and get read.

Consider "Giving Council a Piece of Your Mind: #WritingReports That Work" with Ann McAfee

Starting Mon, Mar 9 + Tues, Mar 10 | 1pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

City Program

Write reports that work and get read.

Consider the @sfucity.bsky.social class: "Giving Council a Piece of Your Mind: #WritingReportsThat Work" with Ann McAfee

Starting Mon, Mar 9 + Tues, Mar 10 | 1pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Introduction to Sustainable Cities <p>Cities are at the centre of the global sustainability challenge: both sites of intense resource consumption and places of creative invention and solutions implementation.</p> <p>In this course, you...

Want to learn about the challenges, principles, & tools of sustainable #urbanism + #design?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY109: Introduction to #SustainableCities w @nlamontagne.bsky.social + Shafraaz Kaba

Starts Thurs, Feb 19 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Introduction to Sustainable Cities <p>Cities are at the centre of the global sustainability challenge: both sites of intense resource consumption and places of creative invention and solutions implementation.</p> <p>In this course, you...

Want to learn about the challenges, principles, & tools of sustainable #urbanism + #design?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY109: Introduction to #SustainableCities w @nlamontagne.bsky.social + Shafraaz Kaba

Starts Thurs, Feb 19 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Want to learn about the challenges, principles, & tools of sustainable #urbanism + #design?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY109: Introduction to #SustainableCities w
@nlamontagne.bsky.social + Shafraaz Kaba

Starts Thurs, Feb 19 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Introduction to Sustainable Cities <p>Cities are at the centre of the global sustainability challenge: both sites of intense resource consumption and places of creative invention and solutions implementation.</p> <p>In this course, you...

Want to learn about the challenges, principles, & tools of sustainable #urbanism + #design?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY109: Introduction to #SustainableCities w @nlamontagne.bsky.social + Shafraaz Kaba

Starts Thurs, Feb 19 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Introduction to Sustainable Cities <p>Cities are at the centre of the global sustainability challenge: both sites of intense resource consumption and places of creative invention and solutions implementation.</p> <p>In this course, you...

Want to learn about the challenges, principles, & tools of sustainable #urbanism + #design?

Consider taking @SFUcity CITY109: Introduction to #SustainableCities w @nlamontagne + Shafraaz Kaba

Starts Thurs, Feb 19 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

City Program

Looking for an introduction to ideas + policies that shape transit, active transportation, driving + parking, & goods movement?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY103: #Transportation Planning Foundations

Starts Thurs Jan 22 | 6 pm PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

City Program

Want an intro to urban planning, housing policy, or transportation planning?

These @sfucity.bsky.social courses start this week

CITY102: Housing Policy Fundamentals - 1/20
CITY101: Planning for Non-Planners - 1/21
CITY103: Transportation Planning Foundations - 1/22

www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

City Program

Want an introduction to the practice of #UrbanPlanning and #CityBuilding?

@sfucity.bsky.social CITY101 with @nlamontagne.bsky.social is open for enrollment.

Starts Wed, Jan 21 | 6pm PST | Register:
www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

City Program

Want to learn about the fundamentals of #housing policy?

What is affordable housing, who should be responsible + how & where to make it happen

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY102: #HousingPolicy Fundamentals

Starts Tues, Jan 20 | 6 pm PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Want to learn about how goods and people move in a city and region?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY103: #Transportation Planning Foundations

Starts Thurs, Jan 22 | 6 pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

City Program Understanding cities and empowering its residents to shape its future is at the heart of the City Program at SFU Continuing Studies.

THIS WEEK!

Want an introduction to professional fields dedicated to shaping and making livable, sustainable, and inclusive communities?

Sign up for the @sfucity.bsky.social Jan 7 CITY100 Info Session

Wed, Jan 7 | 6 pm PST | Free | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We’ve Learned | The Tyee We need cleaner air, which requires changes in medical culture.

Thanks to the @thetyee.ca and @crof.bsky.social for this piece. I've been off work due to long COVID for a year this January, and it's heartening to see the realities of the ongoing pandemic reflected in local media. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

The Overhead: Community land trusts gaining ground - Spacing National THIS EPISODE: Community Land Trusts Gaining Ground A good news story in recent years is the amount of progress Community Land Trusts (CLTs) have made in communities across the country. New CLTs are be...

New episode of our housing series The Overhead on the @spacingradio.bsky.social feed: from Parkdale in Toronto to the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, community land trusts are growing, and keeping housing affordable in their communities: spacing.ca/national/202... @bshnode.bsky.social

City Program

Want to learn about the fundamentals of #housing policy?

What is affordable housing, who should be responsible + how & where to make it happen

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY102: #HousingPolicy Fundamentals

Starts Tues, Jan 20 | 6 pm PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

THIS WEEK!

Want an introduction to professional fields dedicated to shaping and making livable, sustainable, and inclusive communities?

Sign up for the @sfucity.bsky.social Jan 7 CITY100 Info Session

Wed, Jan 7 | 6 pm PST | Free | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

The new @sfucity.bsky.social online and in-person introductory + advanced classes & workshops on #CityMaking + #Urbanism for Spring 2026 are now open!

#urbanplanning #housing #transportation #data #sustainablecities #realestate #design #landscapearchitecture

www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Often, news about climate action focuses on big cities, but smaller communities face some of the biggest challenges from climate change.

Learn to create an action plan for your community to reduce climate impacts in the @cs-sfu.bsky.social course starting Jan 14: ow.ly/SsTL50OBohW

City Program

The new @sfucity.bsky.social online and in-person introductory + advanced classes & workshops on #CityMaking + #Urbanism for Spring 2026 are now open!

#urbanplanning #housing #transportation #data #sustainablecities #realestate #design #landscapearchitecture

www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

City Program

This Monday!

Renew your knowledge about key foundational principles in Canadian planning and zoning law and litigation

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY255: Planning and Zoning Law Refresher

Starting Mon, Nov 24 + Tues, Nov 25 | 1 pm | Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

📧 Years before Google, “Gmail” was a fan email service on Garfield․com; perfect for anyone who hates Mondays.

It vanished like lasagne into Garfield's belly, but pawprints remain on the #WaybackMachine ⤵️
web.archive.org/web/20000815...
🧵

#Wayback1T #WebHistory

City Program

Starts Wednesday!

Learn how to finance infrastructure + community amenities

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social 242: Financing Urban Growth: The Use of Development Cost Charges & Community Amenity Contributions

Starting Wed, Nov 5 | 9am PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

City Program

Starts Wednesday!

Want to learn how to finance #infrastructure + community amenities

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY242: Financing Urban Growth: The Use of Development Cost Charges & Community Amenity Contributions

Starting Wed, Nov 5 | 9am PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

City Program

Starts Wednesday

Want to learn about how the Real Estate Development Process works?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY755: Real Estate Development from the Inside Out

Starting Wed, Nov 5 | 6 pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...