On April 3, 2024, the University of ݮƵ will embark on a bold new mission to create healthier, more prosperous cities with the launch of the Future Cities Institute founded by CAIVAN.
Join Juanie Pudluk, Director of Infrastucture at Nunavut Housing Corporation, to explore the challenges of building in Nunavut.What are the solutions or strategies that we can use to alleviate the housing crisis? We will discuss some of the challenges and strategies that we have started and share that with the students.
FCI Postdoc Robin Mazumder is a panelist on Where We Live: Critical Perspectives on Our Built and Natural Environments as part of The John Albert Lecture Series. This session, in Victoria, BC, explores how cities and regions can reimagine built environments to create more affordable, beautiful, and sustainable communities that support mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.
How do we have reasonable dialogue about the biggest issues facing our municipalities today? Dr. Leia Minaker, inaugural Director of the Future Cities Institute at the University of ݮƵ, will talk about how the Institute is trying to shake up typical partnerships for action and impact. How do we get past the “this is how we’ve always done things” mentality, and decision making for political reasons to support healthy and prosperous cities?