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Get ready to party at the SAPL Winter Holiday Bash, where we'll celebrate the festive season with friends, fun and plenty of holiday cheer at the CBDLab on Thursday, December 14, 2023 from 6:00 - 10:30 PM.
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Join us on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 for free breakfast and deep discussion with UCalgary alumni featuring SAPL's very own Dr. Teresa Goldstein (DDes '23) and other researchers who are currently working on the issues associated with affordable housing in Calgary.
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How can we use AI effectively to create educational content? Learn from experts and thought leaders on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 as they share their strategies and tips for integrating AI tools to enhance creativity, amplify educational impact, and create immersive learning experiences. Sandra Abegglen – SAPL Researcher, will be presenting at the event.
SAPL students can attend the online event for free (event costs €50) by emailing Sandra Abegglen [email protected]
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Women Breakthrough Award Winner: Atinuke Chineme
Atinuke Chineme, a PhD candidate at SAPL, is the recipient of the Women in Breakthrough Award 2023 in the Innovation Category.
Presented by the Falling Walls Foundation and the Elsevier Foundation, the award recognizes exceptional contributions of female researchers across diverse disciplines and celebrates the accomplishments of women who have broken new ground in their respective fields.
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Calgary Student Housing Crisis
With the province growing quickly, students have found themselves hit with a one-two punch of rising tuition and rents. Almost 90 per cent of young adults 18-34 believe housing should be a top priority for government. And yet, things are worse than ever.
For now, students are learning that finding a place to live can be as tough as anything they face in the classroom.
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Red Line C-Train Closure | November 24 – December 4
The City of Calgary will be closing a portion of the Red Line from Friday, November 24, 2023 (after rush hour) until Monday, December 4 , 2023 (before the start of service) as part of its redevelopment of Calgary’s new Culture & Entertainment district.
You can learn more about the Calgary Transit closure by visiting calgarytransit.com/switch or by calling 403.262.1000. More information about the Victoria Park/Stampede Station Rebuild Project or The Culture + Entertainment District can be found by visiting calgarymlc.ca or reaching out to [email protected].
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End of Classes Next Week
Just a friendly reminder that the last day of classes for the Fall semester is next week on Wednesday, December 6, 2023!
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40 Under 40 in Canadian Construction
Connor Chow (MArch '22) has been recognized in the National 40 Under 40 in Canadian Construction!
"SAPL played a key role in my MArch journey... Special thanks to Erin Faulkner and Prof. David Monteyne for their invaluable guidance."
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Congrats Class of 2023!
Congratulations to all of our Fall graduates and first ever DDes (Doctor of Design) graduating class. You made it!
You can view the photos here.
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Call for Paper Submissions | 14th International Conference on The Constructed Environment
Founded in 2010, the Constructed Environment Research Network is brought together by a common shared interest in human configurations of the environment and the interactions among the constructed, social and natural environments. Fabian Neuhaus – SAPL professor, is the conference chair.
All accepted proposals are eligible to be submitted to The International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design. The submission deadline for abstracts is Friday, January 5, 2024.
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PhD Student Research Feature
Did you know that SAPL now has an official place on the website to showcase PhD student's research work? Similar to the DDes Research page, the new PhD Research page showcases the students in the PhD program's work.
If you would like your work to be featured on the website, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject line "PhD Research Submission" along with your submission package.
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SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARD OPPORTUNITIES
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At UCalgary, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility are foundational values, practices, and strategic commitments across all areas of teaching, learning, research, service, and community engagement. Nominations for the 2024 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Awards are extended until Friday, December 1, 2023 at 11:59 PM.
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The National Urban Design Awards are now open until Thursday, January 11, 2024. Submissions can be made directly from individual students or groups of students enrolled in an accredited program in architecture, landscape architecture, and/or planning in the past two years. Such students and student groups may also be nominated by their schools to submit. Students and schools may forward submissions from studio or thesis projects with an emphasis on urban design.
All SAPL students are eligible to apply!
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The Hive | Kiarash Kiany | MArch
Year: 2020
Media: Digital art Size: N/A Description: Inspired by the alien hive in Netflix's "Beyond the Aquila Rift", This work was created using ABM (Agent-Based-Modeling) and visualized to relay the feeling of isolation and dread. The goal was to create something which blurs the line between a biological and mechanical organism.
Like what you see up here? Share your talent with us too! Send your work to [email protected]
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Current Opportunities
This is a resume and skill-building experience! Your work will include project research, site visits and observation reports, sketching, CAD and computer graphics production, design reviews, and marketing proposal assistance – all under guidance of our talented inter-disciplinary team.
SHAPE Architecture is a diverse and exciting Vancouver-based architecture practice of 30 talented designers with a focus on delivering professional architectural consulting services throughout western Canada. They have an immediate opportunity for the position of Student Intern in their Vancouver office. Deadline: December 1, 2023
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Are you a student looking for a job or internship? SAPL is now a participant in UCalgary's official job board – Elevate
Students can access this searchable and organizable job board by clicking here. Elevate is accessed by using your myUCalgary login. We hope this platform will easily and more effectively bring attractive job opportunities to more of our students, and do so in a faster and more effective manner.
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Have any website updates?
Let us know what needs our attention on the SAPL website. Send a detailed note to [email protected] explaining the problem, and please provide the content to be uploaded, updated, or that is simply missing.
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