By Vanessa Kay
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Book Review – Big City Bees
How do city kids relate to the seasons and to where their food comes from? Their connection to nature can be just as rich and deep as any suburban...
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Can We Raise Children in Vancouver? – UBC Dialogues Recap
Local leaders in social policy and population health tackled the question “Can we raise children in Vancouver” in the Creekside Community Centre gym...
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Book Review – The Last Gang in Town
Author: Aaron Chapman (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016) Those who love and study Vancouver know how quickly it transforms through redevelopment, displacement...
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Book Review – Stewardship of the Built Environment
Author: Robert A. Young (Island Press, 2012) “The greenest building is one that is already built” Waste from demolition makes up 22% of materials in the...
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Gardening with Chayote/Buddha Hand Melon: A Very Vancouver Squash
In small backyards, informally shared plots and community gardens, Vancouver gardeners know how to make the most of small growing spaces. We also take...
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Religious Buildings, Reincarnated
Residents of the Little Mountain neighbourhood and swimmers on their way to a dip in the Hillcrest Pool might be surprised to see a “for sale” sign in...
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School Troubles in a Booming Metropolis – Part 2: Intergenerational Communities
[Editors Note: this is a revised version of a four-piece series originally published on Planning Pool. You can read the first part here.] To serve a...
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School Troubles in a Booming Metropolis – Part 1: Demographics and Family Housing
[Editors Note: this is a revised version of a four-piece series originally published on Planning Pool] Recent years have not been easy for public schools...
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Planning the way to a better world
Planning Pool shares the highlights of the Canadian Institute of Planners Conference. Although the conference was in Ontario, BC was the topic of much...