{"id":23860,"date":"2014-01-14T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=23860"},"modified":"2018-03-06T17:38:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T01:38:07","slug":"events-embracing-complexcity-2014-scarp-student-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2014\/01\/14\/events-embracing-complexcity-2014-scarp-student-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENTS: Embracing ComplexCity: the 2014 SCARP Student Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How can we work toward building resilient and inclusive cities in the face of deeply complex environmental, social, and economic challenges? The Planning Students Association of the University of British Columbia’s\u00a0School of Community and Regional Planning<\/a>\u00a0invites you to join us for<\/p>\n

Embracing ComplexCity: the 6th Annual SCARP Student Symposium
\n<\/strong>Date: Friday February 7, 2014
\n<\/span>Time: 9:00am-5:30pm, followed by wine and cheese reception
\n<\/span>Location:\u00a0Graduate Student Society (GSS) Building \u2013 6371 Crescent Road, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.<\/span><\/p>\n

Registration<\/strong>
\nProfessional \u2013 $100 (plus 5% GST)
\n<\/span>Student \u2013 $45 (plus 5% GST)
\n<\/span>SCARP PSA Volunteer \u2013 $35 (plus 5% GST)
\n<\/span>Please <\/span>register online<\/a> by February 1st, 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

Poster Competition
\n<\/strong>The SCARP Planning Students Association invites graduate students at UBC to submit posters.\u00a0Prizes of $200 will be awarded to the top poster ranked by a team of faculty and professional judges, and to the most popular poster selected by popular vote on the day of the Symposium.\u00a0The deadline for electronic submission deadline is January 20, 2014. \u00a0Submissions should be emailed to posters@scarpsymposium.ca. Read the <\/span>submission criteria<\/a> here.<\/span><\/p>\n

About
\n<\/strong>This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Horst Rittel and Melvin\u2019s Webber\u2019s seminal publication that framed the challenges confronting planners as \u201cwicked problems.\u201d These problems are inherently hard to define and therefore difficult to address. They are constantly evolving and encompass many interacting systems. Improving the resilience of our towns, cities, and regions to wicked problems like climate change, demographic change, and structural shifts in our economy is a critical issue for the next generation of planners.<\/span><\/p>\n

Understanding the space around us as a complex web of interdependent pieces and challenges has tremendous implications for planning, but it is unclear how this framing can be translated into practice. Together we will explore tools and strategies we can use in our practice to embrace the complexity of our towns, regions, and cities.<\/p>\n

This year we\u2019ve again partnered with the Planning Institute of British Columbia and Yukon (PIBC) to offer 7.5 Organized\/Structured CPD Learning Units to PIBC members.<\/p>\n

Keynote Speakers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n