Episodes

  • Urban Speak Episode 4 - Dear Urban: How do I become a flex-pert?

    Urban Speak Episode 4 - Dear Urban: How do I become a flex-pert?
    Feb 2 2022
    What's a Flex-pert? Episode 4 of UrbanSpeak features Katie and Jenn chatting with down with Jade Arignon (Urban Matters CCC, Kelowna), Mercedes Braun (Branch Steward, Vancouver), and Ryan Segal (Planner, Winnipeg) to talk about their experiences of all things "hybrid" or "flexible" work. We also heard stories from fellow Urbanites about their work experiences in a new segment we called DearUrban. Tune in and turn it up to hear Jade, Mercedes, and Ryan apply their "flex-pert" skills to your work-from-home questions.
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    58 mins
  • Urban Speak Episode 3 - Langineering

    Urban Speak Episode 3 - Langineering
    Jun 18 2021
    Episode 3 has dropped! We sit down with Shasta McCoy, a Landscape Architect, from Kelowna, and Amie McGowan, an Engineer from Fort McMurray to talk about the ways landscape architecture and civil engineering come together to create great places. Tune in to learn what we mean by "langineering" and how it shows up in communities all around us.
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    55 mins
  • Urban Speak - Episode 2 - Building Meaningful Relationships

    Urban Speak - Episode 2 - Building Meaningful Relationships
    Feb 3 2021

    Episode 2 is here! We sat down with Laura Creswell, a Civil Engineer from Edmonton and Brie Haley, a Community Sustainability Specialist in Vancouver to talk about building meaningful relationships. Tune in for chat about the characteristics of a good relationship, hot takes on relationship-building with clients and our colleagues, and our relationship-building "ah-ha!" moments.

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    47 mins
  • Urban Speak - Episode 1 - Active Transportation Planning and Urban Design

    Urban Speak - Episode 1 - Active Transportation Planning and Urban Design
    Oct 7 2020
    Our guests for Episode 1 are Brian Patterson, an Active Transportation Planner from Vancouver and Leighton Ginther, an Urban Designer from Calgary. They sit down with us to talk about the relationship between transportation planning and urban design. We talk COVID-19 street rebalancing, public participation in the planning process, and redefining the street beyond curb cuts.
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    55 mins
  • Urban Speak - Introduction Episode

    Urban Speak - Introduction Episode
    Sep 29 2020

    An introduction episode of our Urban Speak podcast.
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    5 mins