SFU Urban Studies

01/03/2023

Are you interested in urban sustainability? Does a two-week trip to Helsinki, Finland with opportunities to connect with international experts in the field sound like what you need to enhance your degree?

Learn more: bit.ly/3GBhJt0

Applications for Summer 2023 are open. Apply by January 25th, 2023!

12/01/2022

Applications for Summer 2023 are open. Apply by January 25th, 2023! Apply to the Finland Comparative Urban Sustainability Field School today! Open to all students, the program will allow you to explore your interests while participating in experiential learning activities and interacting with sustainability experts.

11/30/2022

TOMORROW!!! Are you interested in making cities better? Join us on Thursday, December 1 from 5:30-6:30pm for our drop-in open house. You will have the opportunity to meet with Urban Studies faculty, learn more about our interdisciplinary Master’s and graduate diploma programs and ask questions. Learn more: https://events.sfu.ca/event/32715-1

11/14/2022

Are you interested in making cities better? Join us on Thursday, December 1 from 5:30-6:30pm for SFU Urban Studies’ drop-in open house. You will have the opportunity to meet with our faculty, learn more about our interdisciplinary Master’s and graduate diploma programs and ask questions. Learn more: https://events.sfu.ca/event/32715-1

11/08/2022

Join us for an Urban Studies program and a new Indigenous Graduate Scholarship info session on Nov. 25th!

08/15/2022

Episodes 3 & 4 of the podcast hosted by SFU Urban Studies Alumni, Steve Tornes, are out now! Listen along as you ride: bit.ly/3Ise6F3

The Trip Diary is an original podcast series examining how we move through urban spaces.

Episode 3 talks about cycling, advocacy, and street allocations with Councillor Tony Valente and Dr. Meghan Winters.
Episode 4 focuses on transit systems and the possible future of transportation in the Lower Mainland with Bowinn Ma and Uytae Lee.

The Trip Diary is an original Below the Radar podcast series examining how we move through urban spaces. SFU Urban Studies alum and host Steve Tornes invites transportation enthusiasts and policymakers into conversation about the social and political factors that impact how transportation policy pla...

07/19/2022

Series episodes of the podcast hosted by SFU Urban Studies Alum, Steve Tornes, are out now! Listen along as you ride: bit.ly/3Ise6F3
The Trip Diary is an original podcast series examining how we move through urban spaces.

The first episode has interviews with Lori Macdonald and Sadia Tabassum, two Urban Studies Alumni. The second episode features Dr. Peter V. Hall.

07/19/2022

Interested in learning more about social issues? Join Raj Chouhan and Harinder Mahil and a screening of "A Time to Rise," a documentary about the struggle to establish the Canadian Farmworkers Union in the 1980s.

Date and Time: July 29th, 2022, at 5:30 pm
Location: SFU Harbour Centre Labatt Hall

Learn more and RSVP:

Sponsored by SFU’s David Lam Centre and Labour Studies Program and presented by the Asian Canadian Labour Alliance

06/07/2022

Call for applications:
SFU CERi's graduate fellowships facilitate community-engaged research through community connection, financial support, mentorship, peer learning + professional development. SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences SFU Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

All registered graduate students at SFU who are actively practicing community-engaged research or whose research will be undertaken using CER methods are eligible for this program.

Key features:
•$3k research funding;
•Professional development and workshops related to community-engaged research
•Bookable research space;
•Public profile of your research
•Mentorship and networking opportunities

Learn more + apply by June 30: https://bit.ly/38xuDdt

06/07/2022

Congratulations to all our Urban Studies graduands convocating today! Show us your pictures!

05/24/2022

Did you know that well before COVID-19, loneliness and social isolation were on the rise locally and globally, deeply impacting personal and collective health and well-being?

Come learn about tackling loneliness and social isolation in our homes and urban communities through a two-day series (June 7–8) of engaging presentations and dialogues by professionals and advocates!

is an event presented by Hey Neighbour Collective, Happy Cities, SFU Urban Studies, and SFU Public Square. You can choose to participate in person at SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in downtown Vancouver and/or virtually via Zoom Livestream. For more information and to register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/living-together-connecting-housing-social-well-being-and-resilience-registration-315744649747

05/16/2022

Congrats to Stephen Wilkinson for the successful defense of his MURB thesis, "Deserted to Destination: A Planning and Design Case Study of the High Bridge, Bronx."