Urban Minds October Updates
Urban Minds
Creating meaningful ways for youth to shape equitable and sustainable cities.
Our 1UP Youth City Builders Program was featured on CTV!
1UP Co-Presidents Daphne Zhu and Daniel Sun, and our Co-Executive Director Ryan Lo were featured on CTV to talk about the 1UP Youth City Builders Program, accomplishments and what's next! We're so proud of our team for this - watch the feature here: https://lnkd.in/g2S_5nJY
Our Presentation at the OAGEE Conference was a hit!
Catherine Caetano-Macdonell and Samuel Matrosov talked to the Ontario Association of Geography and Environmental Education about the important role that classrooms can play in shaping cities and place.
New Date for Stepping Stones Workshop for Black Students
In partnership with our friends at The Black Architects and Interior Designers Association (BAIDA)?we're very happy to have the Stepping Stones Workshop return for a second year! This is a two-day workshop on Saturday, November 11 and Sunday, November 12 hosted at the Toronto Metropolitan University?Architecture building.
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Recent Blogs:
Our collective reflections, learning and unlearning don't stop when the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation passes each year. This work doesn't stop. In this blog, Outreach Coordinator Kelly Gingrich , thinks through some of what city dwellers and city builders could learn from Indigenous practices of governance, inspired by the great show of solidarity and commitment at the #LandAlliance March that took place at the end of September.
Everywhere around the world, governments, corporations, and even car companies are building their own 'Smart Cities'. Our Product Lead, Chloe N. , goes through three high-profile examples of these cities and examines if they're actually that smart.?
Major cities across North America face a significant office vacancy problem as remote work becomes more prevalent. There is a clear need to find new uses for these underutilized buildings. Devesh Vaswani explains one potential solution: converting vacant offices into residential units. While conversion projects present various challenges, they offer environmental and economic benefits if undertaken successfully.
1UP Toronto Co-President, Daphne Zhu, takes a closer look at the architectural landscapes and urban planning strategies of England and France, focusing on their embrace of small roads that limit car use and the promotion of cycling; as well as the architectural styles that make them unique.
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