Politics
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All about Housing: A Small Housing BC Summit and Housing Central Conference Summary
Affordable Housing has been a hot and heavy topic in Vancouver for over a decade. Between 2006 to 2016 the price of detached houses increased by 158.8...
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Event: 11th Annual SCARP symposium, Mar. 1st, 2019 [Save the date!]
11th Annual SCARP Symposium [Re]present: Sharing Stories and Spaces Through Planning WHEN: Friday March 1st, 2019 WHERE: AMS Nest University of British...
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Ten Ways We’ll Fight for a Better Vancouver
Guest Authors: Christine Boyle and Khelsilem With few incumbents re-elected to city council, there’s an opportunity to transform Vancouver into the...
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Event – Vancouver Public Library – morph: What Kind of City Do We Want? Plan For Change, Nov. 19th
morph: What Kind of City Do We Want? Plan For Change WHEN: Monday, November 19, 2018 (7:00 pm – 8:30 pm) WHERE: Central Library ADMISSION: Free Vancouver...
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So Kennedy Stewart Truly Loves ‘The Growth Side of Things’
Guest author: Patrick Condon Fresh from being elected mayor by voters deeply worried about Vancouver’s widening gap between the property rich and everyone...
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Release: HUB Cycling Vote To Bike: Candidate Survey Responses
With less than ten days until Metro Vancouver residents vote in municipal elections, local non-profit HUB Cycling is releasing survey results from over...
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EVENT: Heritage Vancouver Society -Conversation #2: Change in Living Communities – False Creek South, Oct 11th
Shaping Vancouver 2018: Contested Places Conversation #2: Change in Living Communities – False Creek South WHEN: Thursday, October 11, 2018 –...
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Release: Get Out the Vote for a Women-friendly City!
Dear sisters and allies, With election day less than a month away it is time to start pressing our candidates and parties to make sure that Vancouver is a...
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Your Local Government Elections are Coming! Get Informed
With many local mayors not seeking re-election, numerous independent candidates, and a referendum on electoral reform, this year’s civic elections on...
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Event: CCPA-BC Rosenbluth lecture 2018 – Mark Jacobson, Oct. 25th
CCPA-BC’s annual Rosenbluth lecture is Thursday, October 25 and this year features Stanford’s Mark Jacobson—7pm-9pm at the SFU Segal Graduate...
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Release: Vancouver women support Yazidi women and girls in Canada
In Vancouver, a group of women have formed the Women Refugees Advocacy Project after reading about the suffering of the Yazidi survivors in Canada in...
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Evictions mar legacy of Vancouver landlord dedicated to affordable housing
The story of socially conscious landlord Eric Pierce was a rare good news story in a housing market too often rife with tales of greed. Mr. Pierce, who...
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