The School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC is excited to

announce our upcoming 9th Annual Symposium, taking place on Friday,

March 3rd, 2017. We invite professionals, academics and students to

join us for a full day of discussion on planning issues.

The 9th Annual SCARP Symposium, audacity, is about bold, daring ideas to inspire future planning initiatives. This theme takes a brave stance against the status-quo, and demands a push for new ideas, innovations, and actions.

Keynote Speakers:

Severn Cullis-Suzuki

Severn is an Earth Charter Commissioner and Council Member; host of the APTN TV series ‘Samaqan Water Stories’; and board member of the David Suzuki Foundation. She has undertaken study of the endangered Xaayda kil (Skidegate dialect of the Haida language) and was a founding member of the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society. Severn holds a B.Sc. in Biology from Yale University and an M.Sc. in Ethnoecology from the University of Victoria.

Second keynote TBA

Plus: Eleven dynamic planning-related breakout sessions, workshops, and discussions.