SCARP Symposium

Are you interested in the Planning field? SCARP’s graduate programs are interdisciplinary and we have accepted students from a variety of majors. The SCARP

Symposium is organized by the faculty’s own Planning students and can provide insights on student life at SCARP as well!

We are excited to invite you to the 11th Annual School of Community
and Regional (SCARP) Student Symposium. The chosen theme this
year, [Re]present, is about coming together to reflect on our history,
re-examine how we engage in planning practice, and redefine our
future. It is about the power of stories and narratives in shaping how
we interact with each other and the built environment – as well as
about making room for all voices, bodies, and perspectives in our
communities. The symposium will have two keynote speakers and 10
sessions across three breakout periods.

Keynote Speakers
The keynote speakers this year are Ginger Gosnell-Myers and Jay
Pitter. Ginger has been an exceptional voice at the City of Vancouver
pushing for reconciliation, and has worked with the Urban Native
Youth Association and Assembly of First Nations Youth Council. Jay is
an award-nominated author and placemaker whose practice mitigates
growing divides in urban centres. We are ecstatic to be hosting such
brilliant keynote speakers and cannot wait for our attendees to hear
their stories.