Politics

Release: UBC study highlights need to improve health care access in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle

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UBC researchers have developed a data science method that analyzes how easily citizens can access hospitals and walk-in health clinics... Read More

Event: Shaping Vancouver 2019: What’s the Use of Heritage?, Oct. 9

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Shaping Vancouver 2019: What’s the Use of Heritage When: Wed, Oct. 9, 2019 | 7-9 p.m. Where: Djavad Mowafaghian World Art... Read More

Vancouver’s Housing Crisis: A Collaborative Opportunity for Planners and Architects

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The time is now. Architects and landscape architects need to be active participants in urban planning and land-use decision-making... Read More

Urban Technologies: The Unintended Consequences

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If you walk by the bike parkade at Main Street Science World in the evening you will see a handful of bikes. If you look closely... Read More

Titanic Lack of Focus May Sink Vancouver’s Chance to Make Housing Affordable

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Last week Vancouver’s city council approved a city-wide planning process. If you’d followed my advocacy for a city-wide plan in The... Read More

Vancouver’s Municipal Roadmap for Athens: 5 Tips For A Smooth Transition at City Hall

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The City of Athens, Greece elected a new Mayor on June 2, 2019 — the youngest in the city’s history at 41 years old — in a landslide... Read More

On Walking and the Future of Cities: An Evening with Jeff Speck

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On a balmy Tuesday night I found myself walking towards Lost Lagoon along Alberni Street. I parked my car at a nearby parking garage... Read More

What Vancouver Housing Needs Is Some Public Process Sorcery

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The recent publication of former Vancouver head planner Larry Beasley’s new book Vancouverism provides an opportunity for us to both... Read More