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Attracting and retaining immigrants in the arts and culture sector : Policy challenges and opportunities

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's strategic research grant from Atlantic Metropolis Centre regarding immigration and the creative city. The first project was an evaluation of the immigration plans and policies developed by Halifax Regional Municipality, followed by a study with immigrant cultural workers.

Records include grant applications and reports, research ethics applications and reports, correspondence, notebooks, working papers, research data (interviews and surveys) and participant consent forms. Records related to research output (publications and presentations) are primarily found in the publications series, and some working papers are available on the Atlantic Metropolis Centre website. http://community.smu.ca/atlantic/working_papers_e.html

Coordinating land use planning in the context of multiple plans

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's research exploring how Canadian communities deal with planning and policy challenges arising from the increasing volume of plans that must be managed. Records include proposals, grant and ethics applications and reports, notes, research data, correspondence and research outputs.

ENVI 2100 : Introduction to social criticism

Subseries comprises teaching records for ENVI 2100 : Introduction to social criticism, which was taught by Jill Grant in the Department of Environmental Planning at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and "explores the social history of industrial society and considers the social effects and implications of modern mass culture." Materials include course outlines and syllabi, class readings, lecture notes and instructional assessments.

ENVI 2500 : Environmental planning 2 — community analysis

Subseries comprises teaching records for ENVI 2500 (originally listed as EP 2 : Community Analysis), which was taught by Jill Grant in the Department of Environmental Planning at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and "allow[ed] students to apply community research techniques valuable to planners." Materials include course outlines and syllabi, class readings, lecture notes and instructional assessments.

ENVI 3200 : Social environments

Subseries comprises teaching records for ENVI 3200, which was taught by Jill Grant at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and "considers the social, economic and political contexts and processes within which planners and designers attempt to address community needs." Materials include course outlines and syllabi, class readings, lecture notes and instructional assessments, including those from an earlier rendition of the course called Social Planning.

Environmental planning 3 — studio

Subseries comprises teaching records for EP 3 : Studio, which was taught by Jill Grant in the Department of Environmental Planning at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and was a "project-based planning workshop designed to familiarize students with social research techniques valuable to planners ... through investigation of a community development project." Materials include course outlines and syllabi, class readings, assignments and instructional assessments.

Gated communities in Canada : The planning response

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant to document the prevalence of gated communities in Canada and the nature of policy and planning responses to them.

Records include grant applications and reports, research ethics applications and reports, correspondence, notebooks, working papers, research data (interviews and surveys), photographs and participant consent forms. Records related to research output (publications and presentations) are primarily found in the publications series.

Jill Grant's print publications

Subseries contains editorial records for books, book chapters, book reviews, reports, journal articles and book reviews. Types of records include publishing agreements, editorial correspondence (including referees’ reports), and occasional draft versions and copies of publications not readily available through the library. There are also a limited number of unpublished papers.

Learning from practice

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's research examining the challenges and opportunities for making new urbanism principles work, drawing on the experiences of Larry Beasley. The research was undertaken to support an article published in Journal of the American Planning Association, as part of a series interviewing practitioners.

Miscellaneous planning courses teaching records

Subseries comprises records for various planning courses taught by Jill Grant through Nova Scotia College of Art & Design and the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University. Records include course syllabi, instructional assessments, lecture notes, class readings, slides and print photographs. Most records were removed intact from binders.

Neighbourhood change, diversity and inequality in global cities : Trends, processes, consequences and policy options for Canada's large metropolitan areas

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's research exploring how Canadian communities deal with planning and policy challenges arising from the increasing volume of plans that must be managed. Records include proposals, grant and ethics applications and reports, notes, research data, correspondence and research outputs.

Optimizing investments in the built environment to reduce youth obesity

Subseries contains records produced as a result of ENACT (Environment, Nutrition and Activity) project, for which Renée Lyons and Jill Grant were the principle co-investigators. Records include proposals, grant and ethics applications and reports, activity reports, notes, research data, correspondence and research outputs.

PLAN 1001 : Introduction to community design

Subseries comprises teaching records for PLAN 1001, which was taught by Jill Grant through the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University. Materials include course outlines and syllabi, a tutorial binder, instructional assessments, lecture notes, class readings, and slides.

PLAN 3005 : Cities and the environment in history

Subseries comprises teaching records for PLAN 3005, which was was cross-listed as PLAN 5005 and GEOG 3005 and taught by Jill Grant through the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University. Records include course syllabi, a teaching assistant handbook, instructional assessments, lecture notes, class readings, slides and print photographs.

PLAN 3040 / 5040 : Reading the suburbs

Subseries comprises teaching records for PLAN 5101, which was taught by Jill Grant through the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University. Records from an earlier course called Planning History, taught at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, are incorporated into this subseries. Materials include course outlines and syllabi, instructional assessments, lecture notes, class readings, and slides.

PLAN 5101 : History and philosophy of planning

Subseries comprises teaching records for PLAN 5101, which was taught by Jill Grant through the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University. Records from an earlier course called Planning History, taught at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, are incorporated into this subseries and within the files. Materials include course outlines and syllabi, instructional assessments, lecture notes, class readings, and slides.

PLAN 6505 : Theories, ideas and debates in planning

Subseries comprises teaching records for PLAN 6505, which was taught by Jill Grant through the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University, "a final capstone course that provides a venue for debate and discussion about theory, ethics, ideas and contemporary issues in planning." Materials include course outlines and syllabi, instructional assessments, lecture notes, class readings, and slides.

Planning sustainable communities in Japan

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's research fellowship from the Japan Foundation at Chukyo University, Toyota, Japan, from February–May 1999, and a second trip in 2002. Records include grant applications and reports, correspondence, slides and print photographs, notebooks and working papers. Records related to research output (publications and presentations) are primarily found in the publications series.

Presentations given to the Joint Review Panel

Subseries contains records created by, submitted to, or created for the Joint Review Panel. These include documents regarding the formation of the panel, printouts of presentation slides, submissions to the panel, notes, meeting agendas, and other documents.

Public outreach and public response

Subseries contains records regarding input and response from the public and the media. This includes transcripts from the public hearings and scoping meetings, newspaper clippings, comments from individuals, environmental groups and others, a draft hearing schedule, and other materials.

Research grant administrative records

Subseries contains administrative research records that are not contained within specific research project subseries. Types of records include research grant applications and reports; Dalhousie University Social Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Board applications, correspondence and reports; and participant consent forms.

Social dynamics of economic performance : Innovation and creativity in city-regions

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's collaboration in the 2006–2012 Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI). Led by David Wolfe (Munk Centre, University of Toronto), the project studied 16 Canadian cities to understand the factors that attract and keep talented and creative people, and to understand how the social dynamics of cities affect economic performance and innovation in city-regions.

Records include grant applications and reports, research ethics applications and reports, correspondence, notebooks, working papers, research data (interviews and surveys) and participant consent forms. Records related to research output (publications and presentations) are primarily found in the publications series.

Theory and practice in planning the suburbs

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant to examine how participants in the local planning and development process explain the choices and decisions they make in shaping suburban development. Also includes are records related to her follow-up SSHRC standard research grant project, Trends in residential environments : Planning and inhabiting the suburbs.

Records include grant applications and reports, research ethics applications and reports, correspondence, notebooks, working papers — including reports by graduate students — research data (interviews and surveys), images and participant consent forms. Records related to research output (publications and presentations) are primarily found in the publications series.