Politics
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Vancouver Art Gallery Reflections
I’m not sure when the informed, intelligent culture of design that characterized the formative years of Vancouver transformed, but Herzog And De Meuron’s...
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Solving The Housing Crisis at SFU: Part 2
Yesterday, we highlight the speakers and issues discussed at the SFU’s Housing in the City Beyond The Headlines storytelling event last Monday. The...
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Solving The Housing Crisis at SFU: Part 1
In 2007, Miloon Kothari, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right for Adequate Housing, called Canada’s housing situation for its most...
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EVENT: Who Governs in a Minority? – October 7
SFU Centre for Dialogue and The Vancouver Sun present: IT’S A MINORITY! WHO GETS TO GOVERN? Are you confused by recent statements by each of the party...
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Just Who Is Vancouver’s Top Planner Calling a ‘Hater’?
Guest contributor: Patrick Condon As reported widely this past couple of weeks, Vancouver’s top planner Brian Jackson is definitely ”not going...
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EVENT: City Conversations—Federal Election Forum on Urban Issues, Oct 1
With over 80% of the Canadian population now living in urban areas, it is time for a national conversation on key issues that affect our cities. For this...
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Transportation Plebiscite: ‘no’ better engagement strategies?
For the past month, many people have eagerly awaited the result of Metro Vancouver’s Transportation Plebiscite: A non-binding vote on a 0.5% sales tax...
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Schooling Vancouver
The ongoing challenges surrounding public education in Vancouver has been heating up recently as the deadline to submit a final budget for the upcoming...
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Contributing to the Post-referendum discussion on Price Tags
The results of the referendum should be out sometime in June – likely when I will be out of town from June 22 to July 14. Normally, I would just put my...
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RELEASE: Procedural Fairness for the Proposed Re-zoning Application at 508 Helmcken Street
To: Mayor and Councilors, City of Vancouver Re: Procedural Fairness for the Proposed Re-zoning Application at 508 Helmcken Street (RTS No.10912) Dear...
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RELEASE: Moving Forward Transit Referendum Campaign
Christine McLaren and Erin Millar of Discourse Media just launched an exciting and important journalism project leading up to this spring’s transportation...
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RELEASE: Bye Bye Chinatown: A Call to Action (Dec 12th deadline)
“Approving 105 Keefer would be like selling a little piece of Chinatown” – member of HREN If Chinatown means something to you, please take a moment...
By Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon