Tanya Fink
"Strategic Planning Toolkit: Feasibility Studies, Benchmarking, Monitoring and Evaluation for Municipal Projects and Programs. A Report Presented to the Local Government Unit of Plaridel, Bulacan, Philippines" (July 2010), "Woodward's and Surrounding Area: Exploring the Connection Between Urban Form, Social Interaction and Community." (May 2010), "Hopes and Expectations for Woodward's: Community Perspectives" (April 2010), "Food Policy Failures Fan Hunger and Poverty" (February 2010), "Analyzing the Four Pillars Drug Strategy" (December 2009)
1994-1995 Rotary International Youth Exchange Participant, 2008-2009 Killam Fellowship Award (Declined), 2010 CFUW 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Commemorative Award (First Runner-Up), 2010 Amacon-Beasley Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Urban Planning, 2010 Canadian Housing and Renewal Association Tri-Country Conference “Who, What, and Where: the Politics of Affordable Housing Decision Making? Denver, CO (Youth Delegate), ,
Quantitative Methods and Computer Applications (Mark Stevens), Omnibus: Becoming a Good Sustainability Planning Practitioner (Tony Dorcey), Introduction to Planning History and Theory (Leonie Sandercock), The Legal Context of Planning (Raymond Young), Planning Research: Qualitative Methods and Research Design (Penny Gurstein), Cross Cultural Planning: Educating the Heart (Normajean McLaren & Nathan Edelson), Affordable Housing Policy and Planning (Margaret Eberle), City Planning as a Craft (Larry Beasley), Practicum in Participatory Process Facilitation (Aftab Erfan), Social Learning Studio: Building Inclusive Communities (Nathan Edelson), Social Inequality and the ‘Just’ City (Karen Ferguson), Digital Video & Planning (Jon Frantz), Working in Community(ies) (Pilar Riano-Alcala), Philippines Field Studio (Nora Angeles), Global Change, Complexity and Panarchy: The 21st Century Context of Planning (Bill Rees), Food Policy (Wendy Mendes)
2008 (Research Assistant) Dr. Renisa Mawani, UBC (Sociology)
2008 (Volunteer Coordinator) Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver
2009 (Special Feature Writer) The Georgia Straight
2009-2010 (Research Assistant) Dr. Karen Cooper, UBC (Food and Well-Being in Homeless Shelters)
2010 (Research Assistant) Dr. Margot Young & Dr. Penny Gurstein, UBC (Reflections on Community-University Collaborations)
COMMUNITY/VOLUNTEER/CONFERENCE INVOLVEMENT:
1990-Present (Volunteer) Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House
1993 (Participant) Encounters with Canada Youth Program—selected from high school class to go to Ottawa for this youth program
1994-1995 (Youth Scholar/Ambassador) Rotary International Youth Exchange Program—spent Grade 12 year in Cd. Del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico;
2006 (Participant) UBC Community Service-Learning Orientation—oriented to issues facing the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver and volunteer opportunities in agencies in the neighbourhood;
2007 (Volunteer) UBC Learning Exchange/YWCA—created a display and fact sheet for the YWCA’s Single Mothers Conference;
2006-2009; (Committee/Editorial Board Member/Writer) “The Neighbour”—community newspaper for the Kensington/Cedar Cottage neighbourhood;
2008 (Volunteer Advisory Committee Member) United Nations Association Canada—aided in the editing of the UNA’s Child Health Action Manual;
2008 (Volunteer) Vision Vancouver Civic Election Campaign—canvassed and performed other campaign duties to promote the election of Vision candidates including Mayor-elect Gregor Robertson;
2008-2009(Participant) UBC Community Initiative Leadership Program—attended leadership training workshops in preparation of leading a group of UBC students in a community service learning project
2008-2009 (Leader) UBC/Habitat for Humanity Community Service Learning Program—lead two groups of UBC Civil Engineering students who were doing research projects for Habitat for Humanity
2009-Present (Board Member) Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House
2009 (Volunteer) Truckstop Dining Society—serving homeless people food at special events
2009 (Volunteer/Delegate) Gaining Ground Conference: Resilient Cities
2009 (Volunteer) Homeless Connect (part of Homelessness Action Week)
2009-Present (Volunteer) First United Church—weekly volunteer in emergency homeless shelter
2009 (Delegate) Symposium on Challenges to Affordable and Sustainable Housing, UBC
2009 (Delegate) BC Non-Profit Housing Association Annual Conference, Richmond, BC
2009-2010 (Student Project) Hopes and Expectations for Woodward’s: Community Perspectives in partnership with the Portland Hotel Society
2010 (Volunteer) Homeless Voices Working Group. Greater Vancouver Shelter Strategy
2010 (Panel Organizer) "From Enemies to Neighbours--Moving Away from "NIMBY": Building Inclusive Communities in Vancouver without a Frontline Battle" SCARP Symposium: Planning for Resilience
2010 (Volunteer) Vancouver Homeless Count
2010 (Volunteer/Delegate) Our Province, Our Future: Connect, Renew, Build, Official Opposition Day on the Economy
2010 (Student Project) Woodward’s and Surrounding Area: Exploring the Connection Between Urban Form, Social Interaction and Community
2010 (Delegate) Planners Network: The Just Metropolis, San Fransisco, CA
2010 (Volunteer) Kensington/Cedar Cottage Literacy Task Group
2010 (Presenter) “Unpacking the Food System in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.” Mainstreaming Climate Change Strategies in Local and Regional Development Planning, University of the Philippines
2010 (Volunteer/Delegate) Gaining Ground Conference: Eco-logical
2010 (Volunteer) Homelessness Action Week
2010 (Volunteer/Delegate) Shelter Net BC Conference
2011 (Social Planner) City of Vancouver, Social Policy