By Barbara Spyropoulos Orphaned spaces: those pesky bits of land leftover when an area is divided into lots. Sometimes adjacent to residential lots, other times buffers between roadways or other purposed sites, but almost always eventually neglected. Architectural drawings often show them lush with ornamental plantings but in reality, the vegetation is, in due course, […]
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An Immersive Experience through Community Residencies
The idea came to me several years ago because of some close relationships with artists and a few of them who did residencies in other places. I began to think about how the idea might work in my field of work – CPTED and our built environment. And so, the initial cast was formed. To […]
What Can CPTED Canada Offer You?
by Tom McKay CPTED Canada is a grass roots, non-profit, education and networking organization that is dedicated to promoting Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) throughout Canada. Since its founding in 2022, CPTED Canada has planned and delivered a number of open events which includes a Conference and Speaker Series. Members receive preferential treatment when […]
What’s Your Story?
There is no question that storytelling has always been intriguing and especially as children. It’s become a bit of a phenomenon as of late with more and more people offering storytelling workshops. It seems rather fitting then that our upcoming conference theme is – CPTED Success Stories. In keeping with that idea I would like […]
CPTED – Above and Beyond
As practitioners of any kind, we can always tap into our creativity and explore other modalities that support our work. To pigeonhole ourselves limits the untapped potential for the work we do in our communities. There is no better way to reduce our limitations than to seek out new ways of doing business by improving […]