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Feeling Through Conflict: A Reflective Activity for Planners and Designers
Feeling through Conflict is a guided reflective exercise I designed as a final project for my masters of planning course "Design and Planning for Community Power". I mobilized my skills in facilitation and storytelling to create an interactive worksheet for planners & designers engaged in anti-oppressive work.
Final Project – Chinatown Public Space Stewardship Strategy
Community engagement is an integral ingredient in planning decision-making. For my final project in my "Communication in the Face of Power" course as a Planning master student, I created a community engagement strategy and poster for a hypothetical project in Vancouver's Chinatown.
UBC Campus and Community Planning: UBC Bird Friendly Design Guidelines for Buildings
Over the last year, I took on a lead role in the writing and research for the updated UBC Bird Friendly Design Guidelines for Buildings. Through research of academic studies and best practice review of municipal guidelines across North America, the update promotes cost-effective and co-beneficial strategies to designers.
Research Abroad with TUDarmstadt: Seeing Soundscapes
In Summer 2019, I had the very enriching opportunity to collaborate on urban design research at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany as a visiting research student. I conducted a study to examine the relationship between soundscapes, urban design, and mental health and produced a research poster to illustrate my findings.
UBC Campus and Community Planning: The Green Building Action Plan
From Fall 2017-2018, I had the very exciting and unique opportunity to participate in writing and researching the new UBC Green Building Action Plan (GBAP) for UBC Campus and Community Planning. The GBAP outlines goals, targets, and actions to advance academic and residential buildings at UBC towards making net positive contributions to human and natural systems by 2035.
Final Project – Safer Buildings for Birds: a GIS Analysis
Buildings are the main anthropogenic cause of death for birds in cities, with approximately 16 to 42 million deaths in Canada each year, and around 10,000 deaths at UBC. To investigate this issue as a final project in my Advanced Issues in GIS class, I created a model to identify core institutional buildings of high bird collision risk at UBC. The project aims to recommend UBC operational staff where to target bird friendly design retrofits.
Final Project – Cultural Appropriation as a Spectrum
In order shed light on the complexity of cultural appropriation, I worked on a group project to present a variety of commonly discussed examples from popular media and daily life as a spectrum. Through the project, we hope to engage people to think beyond "is this appropriation?" to "if this is appropriation, who benefits and who doesn't?"
Geographic Information Sciences (GIS) & Cartography
Performing spatial analysis and designing maps with an attention to visual communication for a variety of audiences. I have proficient knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS 10 and Adobe Illustrator in both academic and work settings.
Public Speaking
Combined with academic presentations and volunteering in educational programs, I develop my ability to speak to audiences of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and English abilities. Adaptability and attentiveness to your audience are key to great public speaking!
Report Writing
Writing reports to highlight findings, challenges and recommendations for further work. In other words: taking academic research and repackaging it into concise summaries for broader audiences.
Storytelling
Sharing the stories of things I'm passionate about and using my platform to amplify important stories of community members I interview.
Visual Communication
Designing posters, websites, and videos with an emphasis on balancing information with engaging visual aids. I have intermediate experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere.
GEOB 270- Intro to GIS
Winter 2016. A journal of my first steps into GIS and its applications in visualizing census data and environmental risk. I learn the basics of projections, coordinate systems, and data collection.
GEOB 370- Advanced Issues in GIS
Winter 2018. I dive deeper into GIS and apply spatial analysis across fields of ecology to crime mapping. I explore least-cost path analysis, multi-objective decision making, statistical methods, and primary data collection.
GEOG 372- Intro to Cartography
Spring 2017. An exploration of cartography methods and visual communication of the spaces around us. I make reference maps, thematic maps, and special purpose maps!
HIST 483- Asian Migrations to the Americas
Spring 2018. I explore ongoing histories of Asian migration, identity formation, and racial discrimination in North America through videos, interviews, digital art and online research.
PLAN 425- Urban Planning Issues and Concepts
Spring 2018. In this course, I become acquainted with prominent urban planning theories such as community consultation, intersectionality, and green cities. I collaborate with the Vancouver Parks Board in a group project to assess environmental education programs in the city.
Research Abroad in Germany
Summer 2019. I conducted research on pedestrianization, mobility, and mental health with the Urban Health Games Research Group at Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUD). I was awarded a total of $4000 from UBC Go Global and TUD.
UBC Arts ePortfolio
ePortfolio Peer Mentor. I provide drop-in support to students and support faculty in their classrooms, sharing my experiences on how ePortfolios can be used to enhance course learning.
UBC Campus + Community Planning
Green Building Action Plan Research Assistant. I co-wrote the 2018 UBC Green Building Action Plan and work on ongoing projects to advance sustainability on campus.
UBC Learning Exchange
English Conversation Program Facilitator. I facilitate English conversation groups for ESL learners to practice speaking, reading, and listening comprehension skills on current and relevant topics.
Vancouver Aquarium
Marine Educator and Gallery Educator. I connect visitors with local ecology and conservation initiatives through props and hands-on interactions with marine animals.