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We deliver courses, certificates, and public programming that help planning, policy, and development professionals build better communities.

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Introduction to Sustainable Cities <p>Cities are at the centre of the global sustainability challenge: both sites of intense resource consumption and places of creative invention and solutions implementation.</p> <p>In this course, you...

Want to learn about the challenges, principles, & tools of sustainable #urbanism + #design?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY109: Introduction to #SustainableCities w @nlamontagne.bsky.social + Shafraaz Kaba

Starts Thurs, Feb 19 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

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Introduction to Sustainable Cities <p>Cities are at the centre of the global sustainability challenge: both sites of intense resource consumption and places of creative invention and solutions implementation.</p> <p>In this course, you...

Want to learn about the challenges, principles, & tools of sustainable #urbanism + #design?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY109: Introduction to #SustainableCities w @nlamontagne.bsky.social + Shafraaz Kaba

Starts Thurs, Feb 19 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

02.02.2026 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Want to learn about the challenges, principles, & tools of sustainable #urbanism + #design?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY109: Introduction to #SustainableCities w
@nlamontagne.bsky.social + Shafraaz Kaba

Starts Thurs, Feb 19 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

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Introduction to Sustainable Cities <p>Cities are at the centre of the global sustainability challenge: both sites of intense resource consumption and places of creative invention and solutions implementation.</p> <p>In this course, you...

Want to learn about the challenges, principles, & tools of sustainable #urbanism + #design?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY109: Introduction to #SustainableCities w @nlamontagne.bsky.social + Shafraaz Kaba

Starts Thurs, Feb 19 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

27.01.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Introduction to Sustainable Cities <p>Cities are at the centre of the global sustainability challenge: both sites of intense resource consumption and places of creative invention and solutions implementation.</p> <p>In this course, you...

Want to learn about the challenges, principles, & tools of sustainable #urbanism + #design?

Consider taking @SFUcity CITY109: Introduction to #SustainableCities w @nlamontagne + Shafraaz Kaba

Starts Thurs, Feb 19 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

11.02.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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City Program

Looking for an introduction to ideas + policies that shape transit, active transportation, driving + parking, & goods movement?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY103: #Transportation Planning Foundations

Starts Thurs Jan 22 | 6 pm PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

16.01.2026 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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City Program

Want an intro to urban planning, housing policy, or transportation planning?

These @sfucity.bsky.social courses start this week

CITY102: Housing Policy Fundamentals - 1/20
CITY101: Planning for Non-Planners - 1/21
CITY103: Transportation Planning Foundations - 1/22

www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

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City Program

Want an introduction to the practice of #UrbanPlanning and #CityBuilding?

@sfucity.bsky.social CITY101 with @nlamontagne.bsky.social is open for enrollment.

Starts Wed, Jan 21 | 6pm PST | Register:
www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

12.01.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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City Program

Want to learn about the fundamentals of #housing policy?

What is affordable housing, who should be responsible + how & where to make it happen

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY102: #HousingPolicy Fundamentals

Starts Tues, Jan 20 | 6 pm PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

12.01.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
City Program

Want to learn about how goods and people move in a city and region?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY103: #Transportation Planning Foundations

Starts Thurs, Jan 22 | 6 pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

12.01.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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City Program Understanding cities and empowering its residents to shape its future is at the heart of the City Program at SFU Continuing Studies.

THIS WEEK!

Want an introduction to professional fields dedicated to shaping and making livable, sustainable, and inclusive communities?

Sign up for the @sfucity.bsky.social Jan 7 CITY100 Info Session

Wed, Jan 7 | 6 pm PST | Free | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

06.01.2026 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We’ve Learned | The Tyee We need cleaner air, which requires changes in medical culture.

Thanks to the @thetyee.ca and @crof.bsky.social for this piece. I've been off work due to long COVID for a year this January, and it's heartening to see the realities of the ongoing pandemic reflected in local media. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

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The Overhead: Community land trusts gaining ground - Spacing National THIS EPISODE: Community Land Trusts Gaining Ground A good news story in recent years is the amount of progress Community Land Trusts (CLTs) have made in communities across the country. New CLTs are be...

New episode of our housing series The Overhead on the @spacingradio.bsky.social feed: from Parkdale in Toronto to the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, community land trusts are growing, and keeping housing affordable in their communities: spacing.ca/national/202... @bshnode.bsky.social

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City Program

Want to learn about the fundamentals of #housing policy?

What is affordable housing, who should be responsible + how & where to make it happen

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY102: #HousingPolicy Fundamentals

Starts Tues, Jan 20 | 6 pm PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

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THIS WEEK!

Want an introduction to professional fields dedicated to shaping and making livable, sustainable, and inclusive communities?

Sign up for the @sfucity.bsky.social Jan 7 CITY100 Info Session

Wed, Jan 7 | 6 pm PST | Free | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

05.01.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
City Program

The new @sfucity.bsky.social online and in-person introductory + advanced classes & workshops on #CityMaking + #Urbanism for Spring 2026 are now open!

#urbanplanning #housing #transportation #data #sustainablecities #realestate #design #landscapearchitecture

www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

22.12.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Climate Action in Smaller Communities <p>Often, news about climate action focuses on big cities. This course is for the rest of us. Smaller communities β€” whether Indigenous, municipal, or unincorporated β€” have an important role to play in...

Often, news about climate action focuses on big cities, but smaller communities face some of the biggest challenges from climate change.

Learn to create an action plan for your community to reduce climate impacts in the @cs-sfu.bsky.social course starting Jan 14: ow.ly/SsTL50OBohW

22.12.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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City Program

The new @sfucity.bsky.social online and in-person introductory + advanced classes & workshops on #CityMaking + #Urbanism for Spring 2026 are now open!

#urbanplanning #housing #transportation #data #sustainablecities #realestate #design #landscapearchitecture

www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

15.12.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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City Program

This Monday!

Renew your knowledge about key foundational principles in Canadian planning and zoning law and litigation

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY255: Planning and Zoning Law Refresher

Starting Mon, Nov 24 + Tues, Nov 25 | 1 pm | Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

21.11.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“§ Years before Google, β€œGmail” was a fan email service on Garfieldβ€€com; perfect for anyone who hates Mondays.

It vanished like lasagne into Garfield's belly, but pawprints remain on the #WaybackMachine ‡️
web.archive.org/web/20000815...
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#Wayback1T #WebHistory

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Finance minister says budget will have no surprises, make 'generational investments' OTTAWA β€” Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says there will be "no surprises" when he tables a federal budget Tuesday that he promises will offer "generational investments." Champagne told a press conference in Saint-Tite, Que.
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City Program

Starts Wednesday!

Learn how to finance infrastructure + community amenities

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social 242: Financing Urban Growth: The Use of Development Cost Charges & Community Amenity Contributions

Starting Wed, Nov 5 | 9am PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

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City Program

Starts Wednesday!

Want to learn how to finance #infrastructure + community amenities

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY242: Financing Urban Growth: The Use of Development Cost Charges & Community Amenity Contributions

Starting Wed, Nov 5 | 9am PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

01.11.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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City Program

Starts Wednesday

Want to learn about how the Real Estate Development Process works?

Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY755: Real Estate Development from the Inside Out

Starting Wed, Nov 5 | 6 pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

01.11.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save the date! On Dec 2nd, #sfuurb and @sfucity.bsky.social
are excited to host author/artist @donnaseto.bsky.social for a talk SFU's Harbour Centre campus on Vancouver's Chinatown.

Learn more/Reserve a spot: ow.ly/3Z0C50XfVoS

30.10.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Crafting the Narrative: Wealth migration, growth machines and the politics of housing affordability in Vancouver, Canada

Presented by @sfucity.bsky.social X @sfuurb.bsky.social

Full, but waitlist available

#cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

Thurs Nov 6 | 6:30pm | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

30.10.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Treat Count 2025: Which B.C. neighbourhoods have the most trick-or-treaters this Halloween? | CBC News CBC B.C. is teaming up with Simon Fraser University's City Program once again to find out which B.C. neighbourhoods trick-or-treaters are flocking to and where they're receiving the best candy.

#TreatCount2025... IT'S ALIVE!!!....IT'S ALIVE!!!....IT'S ALIVE!!!

#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

@cs-sfu.bsky.social @sfucity.bsky.social @sfuurb.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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