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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

  • Neighbourhood Watch

    A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The Similkameen River watershed study is underway as the Similkameen Valley Planning...

  • February 16, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • REVIEW | Kota Ezawa’s ‘Hand Vote’ [The Mainlander] • Low air-quality readings near New Westminster parkade prompt traffic concerns [Vancouver Sun...

  • Release: Tangential Vancouver – Potential futures emphasize a finer-grain for Vancouver

    An experimental project titled Tangential Vancouverism: projects for Vancouver’s urbanism brings together a diverse Vancouver-based team that...

  • (PICS) Free Public Lecture: Michael E. Mann – The Hockey Stick and The Climate Wars

    Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) Free Public Lecture The Hockey Stick and The Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines Join this...

  • February 15, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Does Vancouver need to rezone when it already has lots of zoned capacity? [State of Vancouver] • City approves three new urban gardens intended to...

  • February 14, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver park board probes report that petting zoo animals sold for meat [Globe and Mail] • Mass Effect 3: Futuristic Vancouver [Vancity Buzz] â€...

  • February 13, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Exit Interview: Brent Toderian, Vancouver’s Ousted Planning Director [The Atlantic Cities] • BIG’s Beach & Howe Tower Proposal [Vancity Buzz...

  • February 12, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Builders told to adjust for rising sea levels [OpenFile] INTERNATIONAL • Designing a Fix for Housing [The New York Times] • Louis Curtiss and the...

  • February 11, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver mayor tells Toronto audience about rental housing plan [Vancouver Courier] • Surrey’s East Clayton a dream community with growing pains...

  • February 10, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL Key to smart transit is data sharing, experts say at Cities Summit [Vancouver Observer] Affordabull force [Vancouver Courier] Mayors bristle over...

  • Neighbourhood Watch

    A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Longboarders are not very happy in the District of North Vancouver with proposed changes...

  • February 9, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver School Board backs province-wide cycling education [Vancouver Courier] • Black history month a time to remember Joe Fortes [Globe and...