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2022

​ What is 1UP Connect?

  • ​​​​Free live webinar hosted on Zoom ​
  • Open to everyone
  • Featuring guest speakers each session discussing a variety of topics ​
  • Open Q&A's to ask industry professionals anything!

Webinar Recordings
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Episode 1: Introduction to Urban Design
Speaker: Naama Blonder

Naama Blonder is the Co-founder of Smart Density, an architecture and urban planning firm based in Toronto. Naama introduced students to urban planning as a discipline and the importance of urban design.
Episode 2: World Town Planning Day
Speaker: Charlie Smith, Preet Mathouda, and Celina Hevesi 

Bousfields Planners Charlie, Preet, and Celina joined us on World Town Planning Day! Their experience in master plans provided students with the opportunity to learn more about complete communities.
Episode 3: Urban Planning for Growing Towns
Episode 4: Advocacy and Activism in the Built Environment
Speaker: Paul Pentikainen and Kishmita Arora

Paul Pentikainen and Kishmita Arora are both municipal policy planners. They introduced students to placemaking in growing towns and shared about some of their innovative projects, including using Uber as public transit.
Speaker: Tommy Tso

Tommy Tso is an architect with HoK and an instructor at OCAD University. Tommy provided students with a different perspective when learning about architecture and urban planning, activism and advocacy in a built environment. Whether the built environment is physical or online, Tommy encouraged youth to really tap into the potential of advocacy in any medium. 

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