{"id":27585,"date":"2015-09-21T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T19:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=27585"},"modified":"2015-10-02T10:12:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T17:12:54","slug":"event-city-conversations-federal-election-forum-urban-issues-oct-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2015\/09\/21\/event-city-conversations-federal-election-forum-urban-issues-oct-1\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENT: City Conversations\u2014Federal Election Forum on Urban Issues, Oct 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"parsys_column cq-colctrl-lt5-c0\">\n<div class=\"text parbase section\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23848\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Events_Spacing_logoBanner_600.jpg\" alt=\"Spacing Events Vancouver Banner\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Events_Spacing_logoBanner_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Events_Spacing_logoBanner_600-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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. \u00a0For this special pre-election edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/publicsquare\/upcoming-events\/city-conversations\/2015\/Oct-1-2015.html\">City Conversations<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/publicsquare\/\">SFU Public Square<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0invited representatives from the Conservative, Liberal, New Democratic and Green parties to showcase their policies and vision for urban issues, focusing on housing and transit. It is important to note that this will be a professionally facilitated forum, not a debate, with an emphasis on productive conversation.<\/p>\n<p>The event will begin with remarks from City of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, Chair of Canada&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcm.ca\/home\/about-us\/big-city-mayors-caucus.htm\">Big City Mayors\u2019 Caucus<\/a>. Shauna Sylvester, Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/dialogue.html\">SFU Centre for\u00a0Dialogue<\/a>, will be moderating the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Then it\u2019s your turn to question, observe, and offer your perspectives and opinions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text parbase section\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p><strong>WHEN:\u00a0<\/strong>Thursday, October 1, 2015, 1:00\u00a0&#8211;\u00a02:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text parbase section\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p><strong>WHERE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/parks-recreation-culture\/rent-the-orpheum-annex.aspx\">The Annex<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/MMsjuuZnon22\">823 Seymour Street<\/a> (2nd Floor)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RSVP:<\/strong> Event is FREE, but\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/city-conversations-federal-election-forum-on-urban-issues-tickets-18617141371\" target=\"_blank\">registeration is required<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0due to limited seating<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This\u00a0SFU\u00a0City\u00a0Conversation is co-hosted by Simon Fraser University&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/dialogue.html\" target=\"_blank\">Centre for Dialogue<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcm.ca\/home.htm\">Federation of Canadian Municipalities<\/a>\u00a0Big City Mayors\u2019 Caucus, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/vancouver\/welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\">SFU Vancouver<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/continuing-studies\/about\/program-units\/city-program\/about-city-program.html\" target=\"_blank\">SFU&#8217;s City Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"parbase image section\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cq-dd-image\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/content\/sfu\/publicsquare\/upcoming-events\/city-conversations\/2015\/Oct-1-2015\/_jcr_content\/main_content\/image_0.img.jpg\/1442266421860.jpg\" alt=\"file\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"parbase image section\">Can&#8217;t make the event?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cityconv\">Follow City Conversations on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and join the dialogue at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23CityConv&amp;src=typd\">#CityConv<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"parsys_column cq-colctrl-lt5-c1\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. \u00a0For this special pre-election edition of City Conversations, SFU Public Square\u00a0has\u00a0invited representatives from the Conservative, Liberal, New Democratic and Green parties to showcase their policies and vision for urban<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2015\/09\/21\/event-city-conversations-federal-election-forum-urban-issues-oct-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;EVENT: City Conversations\u2014Federal Election Forum on Urban Issues, Oct 1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,24,25,6670,40],"tags":[11619,511,317,9888,240,11618],"class_list":["post-27585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-housing","category-infrastructure","category-politics","category-transit","tag-city-conversations","tag-city-of-vancouver","tag-housing-2","tag-sfu-public-square","tag-transit-2","tag-urban-issues"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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