This course helps build a strong background in social research procedures and other methods useful in contemporary planning practice. It examines a number of conceptual issues differentiating alternative approaches to policy and design problems and provides intensive practice with a number of tools. The Design III Studio considers specific issues whose study and analysis build upon the accumulated insights gained from courses undertaken within the Masters of City Planning Program. Focus for the 1999 fall term was on the needs of aboriginal youth in Winnipeg. Studio intent is to identify aboriginal youth issues and needs as a basis for recommending service and facility developments.
Specific attention is to be directed at the prospect of developing a multi-purpose youth facility.
In this regard students will act in the capacity of a resource group engaged in serving Winnipeg's aboriginal youth community. Focus for 2000 was to develop a proposal for an Aboriginal Planning Program. An examination of the Canadian legal system, including the structure and functioning of law-making institutions. The law relating to local government is the focus, with an emphasis on statutory authority, finance, and land use control. The interactions between planners and local governments from a public and private perspective are also examined.