As cities grow bigger and denser every day, designing great public spaces has never been more important. With climate change driving more frequent and intense extreme heat events, outdoor spaces where people can stay comfortable in any weather are critical to creating resilient cities and improving urban quality of life. 

Join DIALOG’s Dorsa Jalalian, Associate and Senior Urban Designer, Mona Lemoine, Associate and Senior Sustainability Consultant, and the City of Vancouver’s Angela Danyluk, Manager of Climate Adaptation & Equity in the Sustainability Group, on March 10, 2025, for a virtual session on the Thermal Comfort Study, hosted by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) BC.

Event Details 

Date:                   March 10, 2025
Time:                   3-4 p.m. ET
Location:            Virtual
Fee:                      Members: $10CAD | Non-members: $25CAD

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About the Thermal Comfort Study

Thermal comfort is the state of feeling neither too warm nor too cold in a given environment. In 2023, the Urban Design Division at the City of Toronto, in collaboration with a consultant team led by DIALOG and Buro Happold, completed a Thermal Comfort Study. The study aimed to provide guidance on enhancing thermal comfort in public spaces by integrating considerations into City guidelines, standards, and policies.

Vancouver has been proactively addressing climate change for over a decade. In 2012, it launched Canada’s first Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (CCAS), which is now in its third iteration. The CCAS focuses on reducing the city’s vulnerability to climate impacts while safeguarding people, ecosystems, infrastructure, and essential services from unavoidable changes. Recognizing that climate change does not affect all communities equally, the City is implementing an Equity Framework to ensure its ambitious carbon reduction policies are both inclusive and fair.

About Urban Land Institute BC

ULI BC brings together multi-disciplinary professionals with a range of experiences and expertise. The organization shapes the future of the built environment for transformative impact in its communities, serving the British Columbia private and public sectors with pragmatic land use expertise, information, and education. ULI BC is dedicated to excellence in city building, best practices, and is committed to tackling the greatest urban challenges in the country.