Duane Elverum is the executive director and co-founder of CityStudio Vancouver, as well as a designer and educator. He has taught at university for 20 years, first at the UBC School of Architecture where he created the Hornby Island design/build program, and subsequently at SFU’s Centre for Dialogue as an associate and visiting professor. He has also held positions at the
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Written for Daily Hive by Sinead Russell
This fall, 18 SFU students planned and launched pilot projects aimed to engage young adults with the City of Vancouver.
The cohort took part in SFU’s Semester in Dialogue program and partnered with the City of Vancouver and CityStudio Vancouver to design and implement four engagement projects to contribute to the City’s 2050 Vancouver Plan. Each group focused on one of the 10 provisional goals outlined by the Vancouver Plan that were identified in the initial stages of citizen engagement.
“Youth deserves to be heard and included in decision-making processes within the City,” says Mailyn L., one of the students designing a project. “They will grow to become the ones who shape our future.”