Winter Cities
EX 1111 is offered this fall:
How do you create a livable and vibrant winter city? Planning and design of the built environment for winter cities can be challenging. Winter cities are an opportunity to experience contrasting indoor and outdoor environments, customized for comfort within well-established seasonal-based design principles. Students will explore topics in winter comfort in local and global winter cities, energy conservation, designing for transportation and mobility in sub zero environments, winter tourism and industry, winter city policy making and developing design interventions for winter city sites.
Course at a glance
- May be recognized for Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) credits by the Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI) for holders of the Registered Professional Planner designation.
- Aimed at professionals in the areas of municipal government planning, development, and bylaw enforcement. Students range from development officers, planning technicians, land use, environmental, and community planners, to resources managers, government officials, consultants, developers, lawyers, zoning administrators, administrators in smaller municipalities, and others involved in planning processes.
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Identify the degree to which the architectural features of a winter space encourage winter comfort for visitors.
- Recognize the importance of using energy-efficient technology in winter city design.
- Assess the usability of a winter site for pedestrians and cars.
- Propose a winter-oriented tourism service or event in a winter city.
- Write a short strategic plan to support a conceptual design for a service, event, or site design intervention which encourages winter comfort.
- Brainstorm a conceptual design for a winter cities service, event, or site design intervention which encourages winter comfort.
Offered:
Take note:
- Assessment activities may be during the course class dates, and a post-assignment after the last class date.
- Bursary opportunities may be available for members of the Alberta Development Officers Association (ADOA).
Overall Schedule
Lecture/Class Schedule
Nov 15Nov 24
9:00 am – 12:00 pm MT
9:00 am – 12:00 pm MT
Nov 19
9:00 am – 11:00 am MT
Dec 3 — post-class component closes
Students in this section may have post-class readings or assessments to complete.
Synchronous online learning, eClass
14 hours of instruction
In synchronous online courses, students move through the course material at the same pace as their peers. These courses also provide learners with pre-scheduled online lectures that have the instructor and students interacting at the same time. All components of this type of course are accessible through eClass, the University of Alberta’s eLearning management tool. format details
Your Instructor
Ryan HallID: ryan-hall
Ryan Hall is a senior planner with community planning at the City of Calgary. He is the team lead for the Beltline ARP Amendment project, which created the implementation tools for the culture and entertainment district in East Victoria Park and Stampede Park. He was also a project team member for the Chinatown Area Redevelopment Plan scoping project and has worked on the Calgary Main Streets project team to help plan and design 24 of Calgary's streets. Ryan’s areas of specialty include Indigenous engagement, project management, urban design, policy research, development application review, and public engagement.
Class info
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14 course hours in total
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Cost assistance: may be eligible for the Canada-Alberta Job Grant, the Canada Training Benefit, and the Skilled Immigrant Micro-Loan.
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Open for registration until November 15, 2021. Register at least one week before the course start date to secure your spot. If space is available you may register until the day the course starts. Refunds, withdrawals & transfers policies
This course has no prerequisites
Students from all educational backgrounds welcome. You can register for this course without applying and enrolling in a program.
Take note:
- Assessment activities may be during the course class dates, and a post-assignment after the last class date.
- Bursary opportunities may be available for members of the Alberta Development Officers Association (ADOA).
Currently counts towards
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└ elective course
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└14-hour elective course
We recommend that you apply to the program as soon as possible to lock in your course requirements as they are subject to change.
*If you are already enroled in this program, please refer to your specific program requirements as outlined at the time of your admission: Bear Tracks > Academic Advisement.
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New course schedules are released each June and November.