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Thursday, April 12, 2018

Urban Development: Cities & Slums in the Global South

Guest Lecture: Food Security as an Outcome of Urban Vulnerability: The Case of Southern Africa

Prof. Bruce Frayne, our guest lecturer, is Director and Associate Professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development. He is a geographer and urban planner, teaching in the International Development program at the University of Waterloo. His expertise is within the realm of sustainable cities and related areas of human migration, urbanization and food security. Prof. Frayne’s regional focus is Sub-Saharan Africa and China.

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Rural Development in an Increasingly Urbanized World

Rural Development in an Increasingly Urbanized World

Brock Dickinson is the Assistant Director of the Economic Development Program, the Entrepreneur in Residence and an Adjunct Professor with the University of Waterloo. He was the CEO of MDB Insight, has worked for the U.N., and helped with the development of many different communities, including his own community in Nova Scotia. Throughout his presentation to our INDEV 101 class, he spoke about dislocation, development, and opportunities relating to rural development.