{"id":4068,"date":"2018-01-15T09:26:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T16:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2018-01-15T09:26:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T16:26:57","slug":"mfre-friday-seminar-jan-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-4068","title":{"rendered":"MFRE Friday Seminar &#8211; Jan 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Hello everyone!<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The MFRE seminar this week is: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Lon LaClaire, Director, Transportation at City of Vancouver.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Date &amp; Time:<\/b> Jan 19, 3:30pm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Venue:<\/b> MCML 160<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>About the speaker:<\/b> Prior to taking on this position, he had acted in the Director role for almost a year. As Director, Lon oversees all aspects of transportation, including planning, design, engagement, traffic and parking management. Lon has worked for the City for about 20 years. He started his career by designing bikeways and traffic calming and quickly moved on to work on the City\u2019s newest rapid transit lines \u2013 the Millennium and Canada SkyTrain Lines. He was a key contributor to the two most recent, award-winning, long range transportation plans \u2013 the Downtown Transportation Plan and the City\u2019s Transportation 2040 plan. Before moving into the Director role, Lon managed the City of Vancouver\u2019s Strategic Transportation Planning Branch for a number of years. Lon completed his undergraduate degree in engineering at Concordia University in Montreal and completed his Masters in Transportation Engineering and Structures at the University of Calgary.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Everyone is welcome! <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">See more here: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mfre.landfood.ubc.ca\/mfre-speaker-series\/speakers-series\/\">http:\/\/mfre.landfood.ubc.ca\/mfre-speaker-series\/speakers-series\/<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"background: white; margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Gabrielle\u00a0Menard<\/span><\/b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0MFRE<br \/>\nAcademic Coordinator,\u00a0Graduating Projects Manager<br \/>\nLand and Food Systems\u00a0|\u00a0Master of Food and Resource Economics<br \/>\nThe University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus<br \/>\n348A-2357 Main Mall\u00a0|\u00a0Vancouver British Columbia\u00a0|\u00a0V6T 1Z4 Canada<br \/>\nCell 604 764 0305<br \/>\n<a>gabrielle.menard@ubc.ca<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mfre.landfood.ubc.ca\/\">http:\/\/mfre.landfood.ubc.ca\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone!\u00a0 The MFRE seminar this week is: \u00a0 Lon LaClaire, Director, Transportation at City of Vancouver.\u00a0 Date &amp; Time: Jan 19, 3:30pm Venue: MCML 160 About the speaker: Prior to taking on this position, he had acted in the Director role for almost a year. 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