In May 2025, a group of 14 urban planners from across BC and Alberta participated in the Singapore Urban Planning Field School. Throughout the week, we met with local planners and activists within the areas of housing, redevelopment, sustainability and indigeneity. Our aim was to understand how Singapore is addressing many of the same challenges we face here in Canada, inspire our planning practices through a new lens, and to promote discussion between Canadian and Singaporean planners. This webinar aims to summarize many of our learnings and provide insight into the unique planning approach of the Singaporean city-state.
Date and Time:
November 6, 2025
11:30am - 1:00pm Pacific Time / 12:30pm - 2:00pm Mountain Time
Click here to register for free and for the online ZOOM link.
Presenters:
Emilie K. Adin RPP, MCIP
Emilie K. Adin is a registered professional planner, past President of the Planning Institute of British Columbia, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia in the School of Community and Regional Planning. She is the author of The Urban Curious Guide to Europe and a widely published writer, with work featured in The Globe and Mail, Spacing, Planetizen, Herizons, and Plan Canada Magazine. As a planning professional, Emilie has led a number of innovative and award-winning projects that have inspired communities across British Columbia and Canada.
Sara Jellicoe RPP, MCIP
Sara Jellicoe is a Planner and non-profit housing development advocate, supporting dense, sustainable living, with over a decade of work experience in the planning, architecture, and development sector.
Maya Korbynn
Maya works as a transportation planner with a background in strategic planning, sustainability, social science research, and civil engineering. She is a graduate from UBC's Master of Community and Regional Planning program, and an active member of the Planning Institute of BC's Communications Committee and South Coast Chapter.
Stephanie Mah RPP, MCIP
Stephanie Mah is a planner dedicated to creating liveable and breathable spaces within growing cities. She brings over a decade of work experience in land use and open space/park planning. Stephanie serves on the Volunteer Recognition Awards Committee with the Alberta Professional Planners Institute and is a mentor through the Professional Standards Board.
Erick Villagomez
Erick Villagomez is an educator, independent researcher and designer with academic and professional interests in the human settlements. He is a Lecturer at UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning, as has also taught at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. He has led several Field Schools to different locations around the world. Erick is the founding principal of Mētis Design-Build—a practice that works on diverse projects ranging from small-scale architecture to urban design consulting—and the Editor-in-Chief of Spacing Vancouver, an online publication looking at Metro Vancouver’s urban landscape.
Devon Harlos
Devon’s career has centred around non-market housing development and consulting for non-profit housing providers to develop affordable housing in the Lower Mainland and Sea to Sky Region. She is also a passionate urban sketcher, helping organize over 20 sketchwalks for PIBC’s South Coast Chapter.
