Events

Gentrification and the City Speaker Series, Spring 2013

Via the SFU Urban Studies blog: Gentrification is typically associated with change in inner city housing markets. The goal of this speaker series is to...

Housing Justice Dialogue #1 – February 20, 2013

Via Housing Justice Canada: Responses to Films Created by Young Artists on the Housing Crisis in Metro Vancouver A screening of youth artist films on...

Retrofitting Suburbia

The re-population of major urban centres in North America is a great success story of innovative thinking and good design. From the ruins of the...

SFU City Program, Warren Gill Memorial Lecture – Is Public Space a Public Good?

Public space is routinely seen as the cure to every imaginable urban ill, from air quality to obesity. But how much of what we call public space is really...

February Urbanist Meetup—Sunday, February 10, 2013, 3pm-5pm

It’s time for February’s Vancouver Urbanist Meetup! On Sunday, February 10th, we will be venturing up Main St to check out Portland Craft,a...

Warren Gill Memorial Lecture, featuring Mark Kingwell, rescheduled to February 21, 2013

The Warren Gill Memorial Lecture, featuring author and critic Mark Kingwell, has been rescheduled to February 21, 2013 at the Goldcorp Centre for the...

Satellite Gallery exhibition: News!, February 15 – March 30, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, February 14, 5:00 – 8:00PM Presentation by Kate Bird & John Mackie – Saturday, February 16, 3:00pm Panel Discussion...

Invitation to Places That Matter’s China Creek Cycle Track Celebration

Public Art Speaker Series 2013 – Langara College Centre for Art in Public Spaces presents Lead Pencil Studio

Presentation of Peripheral Vision by Lead Pencil Studio Public Art Speaker Series 2013 – Langara College Centre for Art in Public Spaces...

Reminder: PICS Public Lecture “Sustainable Energy Systems” January 29, 2013

Join the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) for a special free Vancouver public lecture on sustainable energy systems, including fuel cell...

Free Artist Talk РLimelight: Saturday Night at Metro Theatre with Sans fa̤ons

FREE ARTIST TALK, LIMELIGHT: SATURDAY NIGHT AT METRO THEATRE WHERE: Metro Theatre – 1370 Marine Drive SW, Vancouver WHEN: January 27, 2013, 5pm-7pm...

Jane’s Walk is ramping up for another great year!

Jane’s Walk is a celebration of people and cities taking place all around the world on the first weekend of May, to coincide with Jane Jacobsâ€...