{"id":39043,"date":"2026-04-25T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=39043"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:21:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:21:42","slug":"event-introduction-to-neighbourhood-design-sfu-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/04\/25\/event-introduction-to-neighbourhood-design-sfu-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENT: Introduction to Neighbourhood Design (SFU) \u2013 May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Events_Spacing_logoBanner_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft 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\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><strong>Scot Hein<\/strong> was one of the most respected planners at Vancouver City Hall. For the last few years, he has been using his skills to train other planners and is offering another&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/continuing-studies\/courses\/city\/introduction-to-neighbourhood-design.html\">introductory course<\/a> to neighbourhood design for <em>The City Program, <\/em>starting on May 5.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>This interactive course will help develop a toolkit for navigating public processes such as permitting and zoning, and public engagement from a design perspective, including three online sessions, plus a walking tour through Vancouver\u2019s Kitsilano neighbourhood.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><em>Location<\/em>: Online and&nbsp;Vancouver<br \/>\n<em>Duration<\/em>: 4 weeks, starting Tuesday, May 5th, 2026<br \/>\n<em>Tuition<\/em>: $430 + GST<\/div>\n<div><em>Instructor<\/em>: Scot Hein<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><b>Schedule<\/b><\/div>\n<ul data-editing-info=\"{&quot;applyListStyleFromLevel&quot;:true,&quot;unorderedStyleType&quot;:1}\">\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Tue, May 5, 6:00 p.m. &#8211; 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time (virtual class)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Tue, May 12, 6:00 p.m. &#8211; 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time (virtual class)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Sat, May 16, 10:00 a.m. &#8211; 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (walking tour)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Tue, May 19, 6:00 p.m. &#8211; 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time (virtual class)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information, visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/continuing-studies\/courses\/city\/introduction-to-neighbourhood-design.html\">SFU website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scot Hein was one of the most respected planners at Vancouver City Hall. For the last few years, he has been using his skills to train other planners and is offering another&nbsp;introductory course to neighbourhood design for The City Program, starting on May 5. &nbsp; This interactive course will help develop a toolkit for navigating<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/04\/25\/event-introduction-to-neighbourhood-design-sfu-may-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;EVENT: Introduction to Neighbourhood Design (SFU) \u2013 May 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11230,20,26,11235],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-events","category-neighbourhoods","category-urban-design"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EVENT: Introduction to Neighbourhood Design (SFU) \u2013 May 2026 - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/04\/25\/event-introduction-to-neighbourhood-design-sfu-may-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EVENT: Introduction to Neighbourhood Design (SFU) \u2013 May 2026 - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scot Hein was one of the most respected planners at Vancouver City Hall. 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