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- Thesis completed!
- The cost of urban intensification
- Conclusion
- Preliminary thesis findings – pragmatic and modernistic
- Urban intensification – a challenge and an opportunity
- After thinking and writing comes the talking – on the radio
- Statistically Speaking – different characteristics require different planning approaches
- Putting Downtown Guelph On the Map – optimistic, pragmatic, critical, collaborative and/or technocratic
- The Policy Drafting Process – when ideas morph
- Blueprint models: from suburbs to high-rises, but nothing in the middle
Tag Archives: Canada
Urban Planning: University of Waterloo – Week 1
My Master of Arts in Planning is a two-year program at the University of Waterloo, starting this week. I’m doing 3 courses (PLAN 621, 700 and 703), which of 2 is instructed by Professor Pierre Filion (also my advisor) and … Continue reading
Posted in Urban Planning
Tagged Canada, demographics, generalist, Innis, Master of Arts, Pierre Filion, planning, Ray Simpson, school work, Staples theory, studies, Urban Planning, USA, values, virtue, Waterloo, week 1
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Christmas Approaching
My 8th semester as a university student has come to an end. That means I have now completed 4 years of university, earning myself a 3 years degree in international development from La Trobe University in Australia and a 4th … Continue reading
Posted in No topic entires
Tagged Australia, Canada, Christmas, Graduate School, Norway, Undergraduate degree, Univeristy of Guelph, Univeristy of La Trobe
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Agriculture Around the World: Where Does Canada Stand?
When approaching new people and locations, it is often advised to steer away from politics and religion and other ‘controversial’ topics. This is particularly true if you are the type who enjoys sharing your view more than listening to others’ … Continue reading
Posted in Aggie times
Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, biofuels, Canada, export, food prices, food riots, high prices, hunger, International, powerty, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
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More of the same, please
The election circus is over. No Green Shift, no working class heroes, no sustainability, only more of the same, please. A conservative outcome indeed… Canada got what the majority of Canadians want. At least it is what the few who … Continue reading
Posted in Aggie times
Tagged Canada, conservative, farming, industrial agriculture, multifunctionality, Ontario, paradigm, politics, Professor Filson, rBST, sustainability, Univeristy of Guelph
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Passion for Agriculture
Agricultural Communication students at the University of Guelph are full of passion for agriculture. The students are preparing for the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture (CYSA) competition at the Royal Agriculture Winter Fair in Toronto on November 8, 2008, where the top six … Continue reading
Posted in Aggie times
Tagged agriculture, Canada, comminication, Guelph, Ontario, public speaking, rare breeds
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