Civic Engagement
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a red rectangle of our urban density hinge-mounted like a stamp
nights, bearings, routes
By Derek DeLand -
The Big Brutal Breakfast
Architecture and Design Film Festival 2025 hits Toronto, Nov. 12-15, Mumbai, Jan. 8-11, Chicago, Feb. 18-21. It features The Big Brutal Quiz, a...
By Derek DeLand -
The Singapore Chronicles: Divergent Models
The city, we’re often told, is a model—something to be learned from, exported, improved. But what happens when models conflict? What if the city itself...
By Erick Villagomez -
The Singapore Chronicles: Designing for Urban Health
In the closing days of our field school, we sat around a modest table in a conference room overlooking the city skyline. It was our final debrief, and the...
By Erick Villagomez -
The Governance Gap
In 2024, Ontario Premier Doug Ford ordered the removal of bike lanes from some of Toronto’s busiest corridors—Bloor, University, and Yonge—claiming they...
By Erick Villagomez -
The Importance of Being Ernest
The Importance of Being ErnestErnie Wheadon 1937-2024 I grew up two doors from the Wheadon family, in an upscale professional neighbourhood, in an...
By Derek DeLand -
City of Glassholes
City of GlassholesWorld Classholes dog eat downward dogcity of narrow shoulderscity of broad stereotypescity that ever sleepslong legs running off at the...
By Derek DeLand -
Can the City build needed housing while preserving local democracy?
Authors: Patrick Condon & Colleen Hardwick Vancouver’s success as a global city has spawned housing prices that rise farther and farther out of reach...
By Patrick Condon -
Broadway Plan Reflections
This piece started with a simple aspiration: to collect a diversity of meaningful 100-200 word reflections on Broadway Plan processes and outcomes...
By Erick Villagomez -
VIDEO: Why does the Vancouver Plan matter to you?
On July 22, 2022, Vancouver City Council approved the Vancouver Plan, a citywide land use strategy to create a more livable, affordable and sustainable...
By Yuri Artibise -
Taking Us Where The Sun Don’t Shine – The Broadway Plan
Why bother? The survey flashes across your horizon suggesting a moment of importance. You click on the survey and give your opinion. What is really in...
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What You Should Know about Vancouver’s New City Plan
By Christopher Cheung and Jen St. Denis It’s here at last — Vancouver’s long-awaited plan that will guide land-use decisions from density to design across...
By Christopher Cheung