Civic Engagement
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Recap: Vancouver Design Week(end) 2017
Via Vancouver Design Week: With over 50 events in just two days the second edition of the Vancouver’s official interdisciplinary design festival...
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Release: REFBC Building Change report released
People live in places. The places that we build – small towns, communities, cities, suburbs – all have impacts on our environment and on shared resources...
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Video Vancouver: Anyone Can Lead Their Own Jane’s Walk!
Jane’s Walk 2017 is on May 5, 6, and 7! Whether the conversation is about art, architecture, soundscapes, diversity, history, nature, technology...
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EVENT: Vancouver Design Week(end) 2017, May 12-14
Vancouver Design Week(end) will run from May 12–14 throughout Vancouver. Vancouver Design Week(end) (VDW) is the city’s official interdisciplinary design...
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Metro Vancouver Speaks: A New Podcast Lets Residents Tell Their Stories
Looking for a new podcast in your life? How about one with a local flavour? In “The Strait and Narrows” – an exciting new six-episode podcast series ...
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Audacious Planning: Takeaways from the 2017 UBC SCARP Student Symposium
The 9th annual UBC SCARP Student Symposium took place on Friday, March 3rd at the AMS Nest on the UBC Campus. This year’s theme was audacity...
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Event – Audacity: 9th Annual SCARP Symposium, March 3rd
Audacity: bold ideas for planning communities The School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC is excited to announce our upcoming 9th annual...
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The Buzz Buzz on Tiny Homes
This month the BC Tiny House Collective has catapulted into the homes of Canadians. On January 15, 2017, Frances Bula, a long-time affordable housing...
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Three Cities, Three Paths on Energy Engagement
In Stockholm, planners ponder how to ensure that deep energy retrofits take root in the diverse suburb of Järva, a district with unique socioeconomic...
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RELEASE: RAIC Metro Vancouver Art x Architects
The Metro Vancouver Chapter of Architecture Canada held its second annual Art by Architects Silent Auction and Fundraiser on December 8th at the AIBC...
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EVENT: Inclusive Cities—Lessons Learned from Habitat III, December 14th
Date: Wednesday, December 14th, 5:30-8:30pm Location: Dudoc Vancouver #100-1445 W Georgia St Unceded Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territory...
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Can a New Community Plan Reverse Population Decline in Vancouver’s Grandview-Woodland Neighbourhood?
For the last 15 years, the population of Vancouver’s historic Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood has shrunk. Recent census data shows that the...
By Jillian Glover