The international University of British Columbia (UBC) Centre for Cultural Planning and Development is offering a new session of an online professional development course, Creative Placemaking, starting September 28. This course can be taken individually for professional development, or applied to the UBC Certificate in Cultural Planning - an international professional learning program delivered 100% online. Creative Placemaking<https://cstudies.ubc.ca/courses/creative-placemaking/uc003> Sept 28-Nov 29. 100% Online Instructor: Pru Robey, Vice-President and Creative Placemaking Lab Director, Artscape Registration closes Sept 14. Acquire the knowledge, skills and inspiration required to investigate, develop and implement creative placemaking projects in your community, including: the development of cultural districts and creative industry clusters, public art, cultural flagship development and artists' space projects, and festivals and events. This course includes online discussions, case studies and opportunities to engage and network with other professionals in an interactive online learning environment. Instructor: Pru Robey is Vice-President and Creative Placemaking Lab Director at Artscape, a not-for-profit organization that makes space for creativity and transforms communities, where she advises communities on strategies to support city-building through the arts. About the UBC Centre for Cultural Planning and Development A legacy of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the UBC Centre for Cultural Planning and Development is an international centre dedicated to the creation and strengthening of a global community of professionals advancing cultural development as a vital component of successful communities and sustainable growth. Our online professional development courses and workshops are taught by international leaders in their fields, and designed to meet the needs of professionals and administrators working in all levels of government, arts and cultural organizations, and cultural industries. For more information about the program and other online professional development opportunities offered, visit https://cstudies.ubc.ca/about-us/program-units/centre-cultural-planning-development Other online professional development courses and workshops on offer this fall include: Creating Strategic Plans<https://cstudies.ubc.ca/courses/creating-strategic-plans/uc001> (Sept 28-Nov 29), Festivals, Events and Eventful Communities<https://cstudies.ubc.ca/courses/festivals-events-eventful-communities/uc004> (Sept 28-Nov 29), Online Workshop: Resourceful Design Innovation by Re-Imagining Existing Urban Assets<https://cstudies.ubc.ca/courses/online-workshop-resourceful-design-innovation-re-imagining-existing-urban-assets/uc014> (Sept 10-24), Online Workshop: Cultural Entrepreneurship<https://cstudies.ubc.ca/courses/online-workshop-cultural-entrepreneurship/uc011> (Nov 19-Dec 3). Thank you, Kerri Kerri Arthurs PhD (candidate) Program Leader | Continuing Studies | Centre for Cultural Planning and Development The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus 410 - 5950 University Boulevard | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z3 Phone 604 822 1459 kerri.arthurs@ubc.ca<mailto:kerri.arthurs@ubc.ca> | www.cstudies.ubc.ca/cultural-planning<http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/cultural-planning> www.facebook.com/UBCCulturalPlanningandDevelopment<http://www.facebook.com/UBCCulturalPlanningandDevelopment> [Description: cid:763227F0-89CD-4ED9-9CA5-05F0B3DE4226@d.cstudies.ubc.ca.]