CPL Resources

CPL MPPI is putting together a collection of learning resources for members. This collection is not exhaustive and will be added to on a continuous basis. We welcome any information about CPL resources from our members, or from organizations that may have learning resources for our members.

Urban Design Certificate Program

The SFU City Program's Urban Design Certificate Program is now accepting applications for the 2006 Cohort. The Urban Design Certificate Program is a part-time, interdisciplinary, mid-career professional development program, designed for working professionals from diverse backgrounds. Courses are taught by leading urban design practitioners in 2- and 3-day modules in Vancouver and Calgary.

Download the new 2006-07 brochure: http://www.sfu.ca/city/PDFs/UDbrochure2006.pdf
Application deadline for 2006 Cohort: July 21, 2006.

Online courses

Graduate Certificate Program in Facility Planning & Management Ohio State University's City and Regional Planning program is offering a graduate certificate program in Facilities Planning and Management. This curriculum offers working professionals an opportunity to expand their education from the convenience of your home or office. Please see the attached Word document or visit http://knowlton.osu.edu/ped/facilities.htm for more details.
Graduate Certificate Program in Facility Planning
Planetizen: online planning courses and opportunities to teach courses available. See http://www.planetizen.com/courses/ for details.

Bloustein Online Continuing Education for Planners (BOECP): internet-based courses in land use law and legal issues; urban design and placemaking; and balancing equity, economic and environmental planning. See http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/bocep/ for details.

MIT Open Courseware - http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/index.htm

A free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world, MIT Open Courseware is a useful resource for earning Independent/Unstructured Learning Units for the MPPI CPL program.

MIT Open Courseware:

Is a publication of MIT course materials
Does not require any registration
Is not a degree-granting or certificate-granting activity
Does not provide access to MIT faculty

Urban Studies and Planning Courses

To view the list of Courseware related to Urban Studies and Planning, please go to: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/indexa.htm

Reading List

CPL Reading List (PDF) Updated January 13, 2006
CMHC Free Content
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has been Canada's national housing agency since 1946. Over the past 60 years, CMHC has established itself as an excellent source for expert housing information and research.
- Now this expertise is available free of charge in one of two weekly e-newsletters:
- The CMHC Housing Technology e-newsletter covers housing technology issues such as the building envelope, moisture management or building operations.
The CMHC Housing Research e-newsletter topics include socio-economic housing research in areas such as sustainable community planning, homelessness or housing trends.
To subscribe to either or both of these e-newsletters and to view past issues, please visit
www.cmhc.ca and type in "newsletters" keyword search.

Audio/Video/PodCasts

Smart City Radio
Smart City™ is a weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, the people, places, ideas and trends shaping cities. Host Carol Coletta talks with national and international public policy experts, elected officials, economists, business leaders, artists, developers, planners and others for a penetrating discussion of urban issues.
http://www.smartcityradio.com/smartcityradio/
Eco-Density: Retooling Cities (Video Resource)
On March 3, 2007 world-renowned architect and designer Dr. Avi Friedman visited Vancouver. GVTV presents Part One of his talk, Retooling Cities, which focused on moving towards creating environmentally innovative and affordable housing in urban centres.
http://vancouver.ca/greaterdot_wa/index.cfm?fuseaction=GVTV.storyDet&storyid=613
Virginia Tech offers Podcasts of New Metropolis lecture series (see attachment)
Podcasts of presentations from Virginia Tech's New Metropolis Lecture Series are now available, free of charge, from I Tunes. Sponsored by the university's Urban Affairs and Planning program in Alexandria, Va., the lectures focus on cutting-edge topics and ideas about metropolitan development in the United States and abroad. Featured speakers have a broad regional, national and international reputation in scholarship, research, and policy,

Lectures are now available and can be accessed at the following website: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=202103646
For lecture dates and topics, please refer to the related attachment. For more information contact Heike Mayer at (703) 706-8122 or heikem@vt.edu
UofM Faculty of Architecture Library - a video collection that could be accessed by those with Library privileges. http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archfa/. Contact the Reference Librarian, Liv Valmestad (liv_valmestad@umanitoba.ca).
TED.com
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. This site makes the best taks and performances from TED availale to the public, for free. More than 100 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted. Please visit www.ted.com to view these free videos.
SFU City Program
Take advantage of 15 free audio prdcasts on the SFU City Program Website! Listen to recent lectures at www.sfu.ca/city_pgm_mp3.htm. You can also watch videos of some lectures but need a fast connection and Quicktime for this to work well. Download SFU City Program video podcasts here.

Live Meeting Workshops

Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network - Using web-conferencing technology, practitioners are gathering around the virtual meeting table to learn about each other’s initiatives and to get feedback on their own work. See http://www.csin-rcid.ca/workshops_e.htm for details.

Volunteering as CPL

CEDTAS is an effective technical assistance matching service that connects volunteer professionals to a broad array of Community Economic Development (CED) projects. Clients range from emerging community based groups with good ideas to well established organizations.

Community groups and CED organizations with specific projects apply to become Clients, and supply information about themselves and their projects.

Volunteer professionals apply to become Providers, and offer some information about themselves and the types of work they do.

CEDTAS arranges a matching process between Clients and Providers. When a mutual match is found, the Client and Provider meet and, if agreeable, an agreement is drawn up specifying what services the volunteer professional will donate to the particular project. CEDTAS then provides ongoing support during the technical assistance delivery. Check out the following website for more information on how you can get involved with CEDTAS: http://www.seedwinnipeg.ca/CEDTAShome.htm