Civic Engagement
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Housing Central 2019: Creating A Culture of Belonging and Inclusion
This year’s Housing Central Conference may have been the most comprehensive, versatile and multifaceted to date. From Sunday, Nov 17. to Tuesday...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
EVENT: 2019 Year-in-Review Workshop
Workshopping the planning milestones that transformed Vancouver in 2019 Year in Review 2019 is the 5th annual workshop convened by the Vancouver City...
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CityStudio Vancouver: A Model of Global Urban Innovation
Since its founding in 2011, CityStudio Vancouver has demonstrated a unique ability to connect City of Vancouver staff with post-secondary faculty...
By Marnie McGregor -
RELEASE: Volunteers needed for Vancouver’s Civic Advisory Bodies
The City of Vancouver is seeking volunteers from the general public for positions on the following advisory bodies: Children, Youth and Families Advisory...
By Spacing -
RAIC Metro Vancouver – Built City Speaker Series
Guest Contributor: Gloria Venczel As the Thought Leader these past 3 years for the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Metro Vancouver Network’s...
By Spacing -
Video Vancouver: Northeast False Creek Plan – Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Award
Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Award Northeast False Creek Plan Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Summary Adopted by the Vancouver City...
By Yuri Artibise -
SURVEY: What were Vancouver’s Planning & Development Milestones of 2018?
As 2018 draws to a close, the Vancouver City Planning Commission (VCPC) Chronology Program is embarking on our annual retrospective of planning and...
By Vancouver City Planning Commission -
Do Small in a Big Way: BC Housing Society’s first annual Summit
It’s not a movement about people claiming to be ‘tinier than thou’ but rather people making their own choices toward simpler and smaller living however...
By Sean Ruthen -
Writing Vancouver – Smashed Egg Syndrome
SMASHED EGG SYNDROME or How to Make an Omelette If you want to make an omelette, you have to break a few eggs. — City of Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan...
By natashasanderskay -
Writing Vancouver – A Long Story this …
A Long Story this … It was at Quebec and Terminal in 1973, as a young immigrant hitch-hiker, I arrived at the Pacific...
By grahammcgarva -
Release: Living in an apartment with kids? Share your experiences
Via City of Vancouver: The City of Vancouver is seeking input from apartment-dwelling families with children to help plan for spaces that better meet...
By Spacing -
The “Right to Housing” still not realized in BC – why a constitutional amendment may be needed
Despite recent advocacy, a declaration by our Prime Minister that housing rights are human rights, and a record count of homelessness in Metro Vancouver...
By Scott McAlpine