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EVENT: East Vancouver Garden Tour—Sunday, June 18th
This year’s East Vancouver Garden Tour will be on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18th. Like other years, this year’s tour will be...
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Volunteer Opportunity: Doors Open Vancouver, June 24, 2017
Via Doors Open Vancouver: DOV is an event that will throw open the doors of popular Vancouver buildings to the public. Throughout the day, the public will...
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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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Wellbeing in the City: The Impact of Culture, Heritage and Community on Healthy Cities
Numerous publications, research labs, and international organizations have been dealing with the question: “What makes us happy?”...
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EVENT: Wellbeing Dialogue—Embracing a Livable and Healthy City
Wellbeing Dialogue: Embracing a Livable and Healthy City through Strong Cultural and Social Connections Details Date: Thursday, May 4, 2017 Time: 7:00 PM...
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What does the future hold for Vancouver’s Chinatown?
In 2014, the City of Vancouver announced a three-year, $2.5 million grant program to provide critical upgrades to Chinatown’s historic clan and society...
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Visual Thoughts #62
Last VT image: Alice Lake – Squamish, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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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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The Beginning of the Vancouver Special Revolution
It’s important to keep pre-existing buildings until they have outlived their usefulness. This makes sense economically, environmentally and culturally...
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Release: Free UBC online edX course – Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs, April 4th
ECODESIGN FOR CITIES AND SUBURBS A New Free Internet Course Offered on edX by the University of British Columbia Architects, urban planners, real-estate...
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11 Milestones that will Shape Vancouver’s Future
What are the significant events, activities and decisions in 2016 that will shape Vancouver’s future? Earlier this fall, the Vancouver City Planning...
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Release: Full-Tea and History of early Farmers in BC at London Heritage Farm
With Canada celebrating its 150th birthday this year, heritage sites are an resourceful way to discover and revive the history of early settlement life in...
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