In this webinar event, participants will get the chance to listen to and explore the various paths to become city building professionals.
What are 1UP Connect Webinars?
1UP Connect Webinars are a curated series of free, monthly Zoom workshops covering a variety of topics relating to urban planning, landscape design, and architecture. These webinars give high school students an opportunity to engage with industry experts and like-minded peers while gaining a deeper understanding of city-building.
What's happening at this webinar?
• An introduction to the world of city building and urban planning
• Fun and interactive activity
• Time for Q&A
• Trivia Game - Winner receives a $10 e-gift card of their choice (Amazon, Visa, or McDonald's)
• Prizes Announcement - Follow @1uptoronto on Instagram and enter their Tag a Friend Giveaway for a chance to win a $10 e-gift card of your choice (Spotify, Tim Hortons, or Indigo)!
• Receive 1 volunteer hour for participating
What do I need to know or bring?
Just an open mind to learn! No experience is required. Sign up on your own or with a friend (please have them register here too).
About the speaker:
This webinar event will feature Kristy Kilbourne, an Urban Planner and Planning career coach. Currently pursuing doctoral studies in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo, Kristy's professional planning experience includes working in a variety of roles in the local government and non-profit sectors, and more recently as a planning consultant and sessional lecturer. As passionate about "the Planner" as the practice of urban planning, Kristy is also the founder of Your Planning Career, an organization that supports career development for planners. In this capacity, she has had the privilege of working with and supporting hundreds of planners and aspiring planners at all stages of their careers from across Canada, the U.S., and other parts of the world.