{"id":27632,"date":"2015-10-06T15:30:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T22:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=27632"},"modified":"2015-10-06T15:12:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T22:12:14","slug":"event-researching-city-october-30-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2015\/10\/06\/event-researching-city-october-30-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENT: Researching the City, October 30, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23848\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Events_Spacing_logoBanner_600.jpg\" alt=\"Spacing Events Vancouver Banner\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Events_Spacing_logoBanner_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Events_Spacing_logoBanner_600-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Think research is boring and unrelated to the real world? Think again!\u00a0<em><strong>Researching the City<\/strong><\/em> is an inspirational evening showcasing how seemingly &#8220;abstract&#8221; research activities, all related in some way to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/publicsquare\/community-summit\/2015-summit.html\" target=\"_blank\">SFU 2015 Community Summit<\/a> theme of city-building, have real world impact on our city.<\/p>\n<p>Our evening begins with an interactive public gallery of faculty, staff and student research from SFU\u2019s Vancouver Campus. Enjoy light refreshments as you stroll through different showcase presentations from a variety of SFU departments and programs. Chat directly with the researchers about their work and how it serves the broader community.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, ticket holders will gather for a series of rapid-fire presentations and moderated panel discussion. Outstanding researchers will tell the story of how their work contributes to\u2014and learns from\u2014the city and its residents. Through the lenses of public policy, planning, economic development, social justice, and health and well-being, the evening promises a hopeful and illuminating examination of the intersection between the university and the city.<\/p>\n<p>Presented in partnership with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/campuses\/vancouver.html\">SFU Vancouver<\/a><\/strong>, the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/urban.html\">Department of Urban Studies<\/a><\/strong>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/mpp.html\"><strong>School of Public Policy<\/strong>.<\/a>\u00a0Hosted by <b>Joy Johnson<\/b>, SFU\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/vpresearch.html\">Vice-President, Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text parbase section\">\n<p>Fri, 30 Oct 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">5:30 &#8211; 6:45 pm<i>: Showcase\u2014<\/i>SFU Vancouver Harbour Centre, Concourse &amp; Teck Gallery<br \/>\n7:00 &#8211; 9:00 pm: <i>Storytelling\u2014<\/i>SFU Vancouver Harbour Centre, Room 1400<\/div>\n<p><strong>FREE Event, but <a href=\"https:\/\/whatson.sfu.ca\/Online\/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=4185D34B-BCE9-46FF-A567-2D54FB72FD13&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=FB920E36-A45A-4F20-B98A-62AC53FC461E\" target=\"_blank\">registration is required<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Call for Presenters<\/h2>\n<p><b>SFU students, alumni, faculty, staff members, and community members with strong connections to SFU are invited to apply to present.<\/b> Application deadline is Monday, October 12<sup>th<\/sup>, 2015 at 11:59 PM. For more information, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/publicsquare\/community-summit\/2015-summit\/researching-the-city\/researching-the-city--information-for-researchers.html\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think research is boring and unrelated to the real world? Think again!\u00a0Researching the City is an inspirational evening showcasing how seemingly &#8220;abstract&#8221; research activities, all related in some way to the SFU 2015 Community Summit theme of city-building, have real world impact on our city. 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