Omer Aijazi | SCARP | UBC School of Community and Regional Planning

Omer

Aijazi

Email: omer.aijazi@utoronto.ca

Omer grew up in Pakistan and aims to use his contextual experience and education to make this world a better place. He is a humanitarian and plans to work in conflict ridden countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Omer is currently working with Save the Children in the emergency flood response in Pakistan

Publications

Thesis: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/23840

Scholarships and Awards

CARE travel award, International student partial scholarship University of British Columbia, Amacon Beasley student enhancement fund University of British Columbia, International student scholarship University of Toronto.

Courses Taken

Plan 502: Planning history Plan 548W: Introduction to GIS Plan 511: Quantitative research Plan 573: Shelter and services for developing countries Plan 515: Qualitative research Plan 572: Project planning for developing countries Sowk 571: International social development Rmes 518: Water and international development Plan 548V: Introduction to participatory planning Plan 548C: Nature & practice of the humanitarian system in post-crisis response & recovery Hist 481: Education in modern China Iar 515T: Religion, development and public policy (directed studies) Plan 590: Land use and the environment Adhe 514: Program planning theory for education Adhe 535: International development and adult education Iar 515E: Conflict and development in Tibet (audit) Adhe 580A : UNESCO CONFINTEA reports in comparative perspective

Related Work Experience

AMS FoodBank: Executive secretary and communications manager

Teaching Assistantships International Economics, University of Toronto

Internships Schlumberger: Intern development and research, OMV: Intern community development, Pakistan Institute for Fighting Blindness