Civic Engagement
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Jane’s Walk Special: Get with the plan (Marpole version)!
[Editor’s Note: We are happy to present the first of a three InDepth Features covering a trio of special Jane’s Walk neighbourhood tours...
By Ren Thomas -
An Overview of Vancouver’s New Official Community Planning Process
Vancouver has a rich history of urban planning and, this spring, the City of Vancouver is launching three new Community Plan processes in...
By Yuri Artibise -
Vancouver Dialogues Project
The Vancouver Dialogues Project is an initiative taken by the City of Vancouver to create a conversation of understanding between Vancouver’s many...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
Release: Urban Futures Survey 2012 Launched
It started in 1973. It happened again in 1990. And now it’s back. The third Greater Vancouver Urban Futures Opinion Survey is online. The Urban Futures...
By Erick Villagomez -
It’s Election Day – Here’s How Your Ballots Count Tonight
[If you’re reading this before 8pm, polls are open. Still lost or caught by surprise? Check out Spacing Vancouver’s recommendation post for...
By Brian Gould -
Spacing Vancouver Recommends…
Spacing Vancouver brings together contributors from all facets of the urban experience – transportation policy wonks and affordable housing...
By Spacing -
On Transportation: Affleck Seems to be Best NPA Bet, Viaducts Drive Carr, Cycling Survey Results Released
Transportation, always a major topic during a civic election, has spiked somewhat in the last few days with prompting from public forums and the release...
By Brian Gould -
Occupying the Election
The City has just posted notices asking Occupy Vancouver campers to pack up and leave, but if last night’s Last Candidate Standing event was any...
By Brian Gould -
Walk21 Helps Keep You Fit and Busy
A plethora of perambulating peripatetics and other pedestrians descended on Vancouver at the beginning of October to madly rush through 200 presentations...
By Brian Gould -
Vancouver Helps Launch the CanU
If this article is the first you’ve heard of the Council for Canadian Urbanism, you’re not alone. Its board is a veritable who’s who of...
By Brian Gould -
Urban Cartography – A public course at Emily Carr University of Art + Design
This fall, Spacing contributor Laura Kozak will be teaching Urban Cartography at Emily Carr University of Art + Design . Learn to critically read and...
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Release: Culture Days – Last Call to Participate
CULTURE DAYS – SEPTEMBER 30, OCTOBER 1 & 2, 2011 Last Call to Participate in the Activity Registration Promotion; Closes Midnight ET August 5...
By Erick Villagomez