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Vancouver

It’s complicated — our relationship with Instagram and nature

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On a hike to Upper Joffre Lake near Pemberton this summer, I saw a dozen people frozen in the same pose. In one hand, they held out... Read More

Toronto

WexPOPS pops-up in a vibrant suburban stripmall

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WexPOPS is a pilot of the plazaPOPS project, an initiative spearheaded by Daniel Rotsztain, aka The Urban Geographer, and Brendan... Read More

Book Review – The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology In Its Place To Reclaim Our Urban Future

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Author: Ben Green (MIT Press, 2019)  This book is about the battle for the future of cities. The smart city may represent the next... Read More

Toronto

When is efficient too efficient? Tech lessons from the port city of Hamburg

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Cities can have ports, and many do. Moreover, successful ports make for thriving cities. But ports are not cities. They are not models... Read More

Notes from Charlottetown

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As the new BC/Yukon regional director of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, I recently had the privilege of meeting in June... Read More

Toronto

A City on the cusp: A Torontonian’s visit to Detroit

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Claire Stevenson-Blythe is entering her second year in the Master of Science in Planning program at the University of Toronto. Her... Read More

Vancouver

Event – 2019 East Vancouver Garden Tour, Sunday, June 16th!

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East Vancouver Garden Tour Sun, 16 June 2019 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM PDT This year’s East Vancouver Garden Tour will be on... Read More

Toronto

Vanishing venues: new funding models favour festivals over small music clubs

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Since January 2017, Toronto has lost more than one live music venue per month, with 76A, The Central, The Comfort Zone, Hard Rock... Read More

Toronto

REID: On Public Etiquette

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It’s not a coincidence that words for people who understand good etiquette – polite, urbane – are derived from classical words for... Read More

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