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The international University of British Columbia (UBC) Centre for Cultural Planning and Development is offering a new online professional development workshop,
Resourceful Design Innovation by Re-Imagining Existing Urban Assets, starting September 10. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from international experts and expand your professional practice. This workshop can be taken individually for professional
development or applied to the UBC Certificate in Cultural Planning – an international professional learning program delivered 100% online.
Online Workshop: Resourceful Design
Innovation by Re-Imagining Existing Urban Assets
Three scheduled online sessions. Thu Sept 10, 17 & 24 from 12noon-12pm Pacific Time
Registration closes Aug 27
Learn how existing urban resources can be used creatively, resourcefully and strategically to increase their functionality and improve the daily lives of local
residents. From smaller examples of re-purposing materials and street structures to larger issues of re-imagining Main Streets, the workshop combines practical case studies with examples from the instructor’s own international projects; looking at re-using,
re-purposing and re-imagining a wide variety of urban assets in new and innovative ways.
INSTRUCTOR: Scott Burnham is an urban strategist and design director specializing in leveraging existing urban assets to increase design capability and social
capital. He is the creator of “Reprogramming the City” in Boston, USA and the former director of the cultural regeneration projects “Urbis” in Manchester, UK and the “Trust Design Initiative” in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
About the UBC Centre for Cultural Planning and Development
A legacy of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the UBC Centre for Cultural Planning and Development is an international centre dedicated to
the creation and strengthening of a global community of professionals advancing cultural development as a vital component of successful communities and sustainable growth. For more information about the program and other online professional development opportunities
offered, visit https://cstudies.ubc.ca/study-topic/cultural-planning-development.
Thank you,
Kerri
Kerri Arthurs
PhD (candidate)
Program Leader | Continuing Studies | Centre for Cultural Planning and Development
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
410 – 5950 University Boulevard | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z3
Phone 604 822 1459