School of Architecture, Planning + Landscape Student Association
2500 University Dr NW T2N 1N4 Calgary, AB, Canada

Hello fellow colleagues and faculty! I am starting a SAPL Movember team in hopes of raising funds for prostate cancer research. This is a well known initiative that happens annually over the month of November, where typically men would shave on Oct 31st and grow a mustache. However, you can choose to grow whatever style of facial hair as you please! Usually folks will share their progress every few days or week for friends and family to see. Your network can click the SAPL Mo...vember link in your post and donate if they wish! For those who do not wish or are unable to grow facial hair, you can also set exercise goals for Movember. I highly encourage those that are interested to participate, and of course we are welcome to anyone who would like to donate to the cause. Currently the goal is set at $2,000, which I am sure we can achieve! Here is a link to the Movember website where you can create your own profile: https://ca.movember.com/ And Here is the link to the SAPL Movember team: https://ca.movember.com/team/2381901 You can join the SAPL team once you create an account by clicking the Teams tab under your profile directory and searching for SAPL. Thanks and feel free to email me or SAPLSA for more information. I look forward to meeting some new participants. Kind regards, Elie Jahshan SAPLSA Director of Communications

In the process of making a SAPL Movember team. Lookout for future posts!

Sure, you can make intricate 3D models and stunning renders of all sorts, but let's sort out the REAL designers here... the proof is in the pumpkin! Donate, carve, win! All for a good cause, support SAPL supporting the United Way!

Master Your Job Search Skills While Studying your Master's Join us on Wednesday October 28th at 2:00 PM (MST) This is a free virtual event organize by your SAPL Student Association for all SAPL students. Christie Westmann is a career strategist who will be sharing tips and info about how you can grow professionally and find work in your field. Particularly, she has a specialized understanding (from personal experience and academic research) about how international students ca...n compete for jobs against those with more work experience in Canada. But of course, this will also be of great benefit to domestic students. More about Christie: Christie Westmann is a career strategist and labour market researcher who has spent the last four years studying employment barriers in the Canadian job market. She holds a Master of Education in Equity Studies from Simon Fraser University and, nowadays, shares her findings on what might work and what might not regarding job-search strategies, particularly for those who don’t have their Canadian experience in a qualified position. As an immigrant herself, she has been particularly focusing on immigrants’ professional experiences in Canada, helping them and those transitioning to a high-skilled position to overcome employment barriers. No registration required, join via the zoom link below. https://ucalgary.zoom.us/j/92757373300

DEADLINE EXTENSION!!! SEPT 1st. 11:59 PM Attention New and Returning Students!! Welcome to our Dream Destination Design Competition!... The rules are simple: design a building, space, or landscape at your favourite location - doesnt matter where! Tell us in a few sentences why this is your favourite place, and then give us a description on your design - who is it for? how will it be used? The world is your oyster :) Remember to have fun! This is a great opportunity to show off you amazing design skills to your peers and community. The winning designs and selected works will be featured on our social media! Please also include your design title, name, social media handles, and contact information. 1st place: $50 gift card 2nd and 3rd: $25 gift cards How to Submit 1. Upload a folder with your images and a word file for your description with the format: FirstName_LastName_Program_Year to the following google drive link: https://drive.google.com//1vxcMr9m3hvGob7_Y3uiXPZJR_X9k4o6 - Please upload your work into the right folders (incoming students/ returning students) 2. up to 5 images, one word file (description and contact/social media) 3. 1:1 aspect ratio, or 4:5 portrait if you want maximum exposure on IG 4. PNG image format If you have any questions, feel free to email us at [email protected]. Thank you, From your Student Association

Meet your 2020/2021 SAPLSA executive team!

Attention New and Returning Students!! Welcome to our Dream Destination Design Competition! The rules are simple: ... design a building, space, or landscape at your favourite location - doesnt matter where! Tell us in a few sentences why this is your favourite place, and then give us a description on your design - who is it for? how will it be used? The world is your oyster :) Remember to have fun! This is a great opportunity to show off you amazing design skills to your peers and community. The winning designs and selected works will be featured on our social media! Please also include your design title, name, social media handles, and contact information. 1st place: $50 gift card 2nd and 3rd: $25 gift cards How to Submit DEADLINE: August 23rd at 11:59pm. 1. Upload a folder with your images and a word file for your description with the format: FirstName_LastName_Program_Year to the following google drive link: https://drive.google.com//1vxcMr9m3hvGob7_Y3uiXPZJR_X9k4o6 - Please upload your work into the right folders (incoming students/ returning students) 2. up to 5 images, one word file (description and contact/social media) 3. 1:1 aspect ratio, or 4:5 portrait if you want maximum exposure on IG 4. PNG image format If you have any questions, feel free to email us at [email protected]. Thank you, From your Student Association

4 Volunteers Needed - GRC Reps. The SAPL Student Association is looking for four students to become this years GRC Reps! GRC stands for the Graduate Representative Council, and you would help represent our School to the Graduate Student Association (GSA). All you have to do is attend 6 of 7 meetings across the entire year and fulfil the duties in the screenshot below. Were hoping to get one person from each program type. *The first meeting will be on May 26*... Email [email protected] if interested! Check out this handbook for more info: https://gsa.ucalgary.ca//upl/2019/08/2019-GRC-Handbook.pdf

This Friday, the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC) will be having a meeting to discuss how networking and industry engagement with SAPL will look like this upcoming year, given the current situation. This is an open invite for SAPL students to attend if you are interested. Register with the link below. On behalf of alumni Jay Boyce, RAIC hopes that it can help connect architecture students with industry in a meaningful way, not letting COVID disrupt that mission.... https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/raic-calgary-network-virtual-me

REMINDER: Puppy therapy is happening today in PF3177 from 11:30-1:30! Take a break from the stress of the last week of classes with PALS therapy dogs! We will have a donation box set up outside the room so please also bring any spare change you may have on you to help their cause!

Please read and be aware of the changes https://gsa.ucalgary.ca/budget2019/

Sweaters have been ordered, hopefully it will be a nice Christmas gift to yourself

For $100 you can have your name placed on the new Central Library. https://librarywindow.ca/

Make sure you RSVP

we hope you all had a great block week! to help fuel you through having a full class schedule again, your SAPLSA health and wellness reps are providing delicious treats on tuesday at lunch time! see picture for more details

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2019-mayors-urban-design-awards Make sure you grab your tickets to MUDA, last day to buy tickets is tomorrow!! This event costs $25 but will be an amazing opportunity to celebrate design in Calgary and network with alumni and design professionals.

The rules: Bring in your favourite bottle of wine ($15 or more value) OR spirit if wine isnt your thing along with $10 to enter. Can you enter more than once? Yes!! You can bring in more bottles of wine to increase your chances. For example, if you bring in 5 bottles of wine it costs $50 to enter. ... Deadlines: You can now enter until Friday, October 11th! Bring in your wine to Hana or Tracy and all alcohol will be locked up throughout the competition. Wine Survivor will run until October 31st so you could have the best Halloween party ever! Have any questions? Please let me know! Thanks! Esther Gutman

Please register for the Stantec Gallery Exhibition, its a great opportunity to get a break from studio work and to interact with other students in the faculty https://go.ucalgary.ca/ZurichandPavilionsExhibitionOpening.

Round 2 of the SAPL Swag is launching today!! If you missed your opportunity in the Winter term now is your chance! The Sweaters come in a variety of styles to fit your personality; Crewnecks, Hoodies, 1/4 Zip and Full Zip. The crewnecks were the most popular option ordered last year. ... We are able to do program embroidery on the sleeve; Architecture, Planning, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design. To have this additional item there has to be an order of 12 for each program at minimum. If we get enough MEDes students / PhD and Landscape Architecture students to order then hopefully we can meet the minimum order number for those orders. There shouldnt be a problem meeting that minimum for Architecture and Planning. We have a some samples from last year if you wanted to see/ try on before you place an order (4th Floor) Small Crewneck (Kelsey Braun) Medium Crewneck (Andrea Ruther) Medium Hoodie (Davis Jeffery) Medium 1/4 Zip (Alexander Mayhew) The pricing is simple $50 for the Sweater and additional $10 for the sleeve embroidery ($60) We accept Cash as well as direct deposit to our coordinator Alexander Mayhew ([email protected]) With the large variety of sizes, styles and customization (refer to attached file) it is really important that you state your order in the correct format for clarity and to make sure you get the right product. FristName.LastName_Program_Size_Sleeve(noSleeve)_Style Please email Alex to place an order or if you have any questions [email protected] / [email protected] or email us back / reach us on Facebook Last year Josh Taron, asked about youth sizes for his son, if there is enough demand we can look into this further for other family members.

If you see Police on campus UCalgary is on lockdown- dont panic, stay calm https://www.google.com//l/calgary/2019/9/16/1_4595137.html

Hello Friends, The Faculty of Environmental Design Student Association, EVDSSA, are reaching out to our active members to hear their thoughts on a proposed name change for our student association following the renaming of the Faculty to the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape. . .... WE, the Graduate Council of the EVDSSA, have gone over some preliminary suggestions for our new name and are presenting them to you here. Following the orientation block week we will be hosting an official vote for the new name on September 13th, 2019 at our Annual General Meeting. . . . . . . https://survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_00Y2EYzHSCj05GB

CHECK OUT our exciting 2019 Orientation Week Schedule! The schedule outlines mandatory safety training activities as well as social mixer events for the incoming students only (outlined in red) and events for our entire graduate student association members (outlined in purple). Make sure you RESP to our Facebook Events and send us a message if you have any questions. ... "Information will be available in print on Mon. Aug 26"