{"id":39771,"date":"2026-11-05T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=39771"},"modified":"2026-11-04T16:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:33:24","slug":"ucs-124-past-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/11\/05\/ucs-124-past-future\/","title":{"rendered":"UCS #124 &#8211; Past &#038; Future?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/11\/UCS_124_PastAndFuture_1000px.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39774\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/11\/UCS_124_PastAndFuture_1000px-600x396.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/11\/UCS_124_PastAndFuture_1000px-600x396.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/11\/UCS_124_PastAndFuture_1000px-300x198.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/11\/UCS_124_PastAndFuture_1000px-768x507.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/11\/UCS_124_PastAndFuture_1000px-940x620.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/11\/UCS_124_PastAndFuture_1000px.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>The <strong>\u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate<\/strong> was <a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2024\/05\/20\/launch-of-urban-cartoon-syndicate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched in May 2024<\/a>, jointly with <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2024\/05\/20\/urban-cartoon-syndicate-introduction-and-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spacing Vancouver<\/a>. Published roughly weekly by a group of cartoonists and illustrators, each cartoon captures a timely message about civic affairs and life in our cities. New submissions are welcome (write us at <a href=\"mailto:CitizenYVR@gmail.com\">CitizenYVR@gmail.com<\/a>). Re-use by media or others is welcome, with credit to the <strong>\u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate<\/strong>, and we appreciate an e-mail to let us know. Anyone wishing to donate for use is invited to donate to the <a href=\"https:\/\/give.ubc.ca\/memorial\/jak-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jak King Memorial Fund at UBC<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Related Readings:<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul class=\"gmail-wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>&#8216;Let&#8217;s get to work&#8217;: Vancouver&#8217;s new mayor strikes collaborative note as council sworn in<\/strong> (Dan Fumano, <em>Vancouver Sun<\/em>, 02-Nov-2026) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/new-vancouver-mayor-council-sworn-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/new-vancouver-mayor-council-sworn-in<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pete Fry sworn in as Vancouver&#8217;s 42nd mayor promising &#8216;collaboration over division&#8217;<\/strong> (Justin McElroy, <em>CBC News<\/em>, 02-Nov-2026) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/pete-fry-mayor-inauguration-9.7406488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/pete-fry-mayor-inauguration-9.7406488<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Doerkson&#8217;s promise to roll back density policies could ease stress for municipalities, B.C. mayors say<\/strong> (Emily Fagan, <em>CBC News<\/em>, 03-Nov-2026) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/mayors-respond-housing-targets-repeal-9.7406239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/mayors-respond-housing-targets-repeal-9.7406239<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Winning Is Not Governing<\/strong> (Erick Villagomez, <em>Spacing Vancouver<\/em>, 02-Nov-2026) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/11\/02\/winning-is-not-governing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/11\/02\/winning-is-not-governing\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Inauguration day: Pete Fry, newly elected Vancouver city councillors take oath of office<\/strong> (Mike Howell, <em>Business in Vancouver<\/em>, 04-Nov-2026) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biv.com\/news\/economy-law-politics\/inauguration-day-pete-fry-newly-elected-vancouver-city-councillors-take-oath-of-office-12971667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.biv.com\/news\/economy-law-politics\/inauguration-day-pete-fry-newly-elected-vancouver-city-councillors-take-oath-of-office-12971667<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;Let&#8217;s get to work&#8217;: Read the full inauguration speech of new Vancouver Mayor Pete Fry<\/strong> (Kenneth Chan, <em>Daily Hive<\/em>, 02-Nov-2026) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/vancouver-city-council-mayor-pete-fry-inauguration-speech-november-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/vancouver-city-council-mayor-pete-fry-inauguration-speech-november-2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mayor Pete Fry urges Vancouver city councillors to put residents ahead of party politics<\/strong> (Kenneth Chan, <em>Daily Hive<\/em>, 04-Nov-2026) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/mayor-pete-fry-vancouver-city-council-first-meeting-remarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/mayor-pete-fry-vancouver-city-council-first-meeting-remarks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Excerpt of Mayor Pete Fry&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2026\/11\/03\/oath-of-office-and-inaugural-address-by-mayor-pete-fry-2-nov-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inaugural address<\/a> on November 2, 2026, at the Orpheum<\/p>\n<p><em>I<\/em> <em>may be mayor, but I\u2019m also a neighbour, and being a good neighbour means<\/em> <b><em>LISTENING<\/em> <\/b><em>carefully. <\/em><br \/>\n&#8230; <em>What matters is how we respond: that we<\/em> <em><strong>continue LISTENING<\/strong>, and we treat one another with respect even when we see things differently.<\/em><br \/>\n&#8230; <em>So my hope for the years ahead is that we can set a tone that reflects the very best of Vancouver: a city where disagreement doesn\u2019t have to become division, where<\/em> <em><b>LISTENING <\/b>is valued as much as speaking, and where people feel heard even when the final outcome isn\u2019t exactly what they hoped for. Because the truth is that good ideas rarely come from just one place.<\/em><br \/>\n&#8230;<em>.We\u2019re looking forward to <strong>LISTENING<\/strong>, learning and working alongside all of you in the years ahead, because the future of Vancouver won\u2019t be shaped by just one mayor and council.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. Published roughly weekly by a group of cartoonists and illustrators, each cartoon captures a timely message about civic affairs and life in our cities. New submissions are welcome (write us at CitizenYVR@gmail.com). Re-use by media or others is welcome, with credit<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/11\/05\/ucs-124-past-future\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;UCS #124 &#8211; Past &#038; Future?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":39516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15,6670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civic-engagement","category-culture","category-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UCS #124 - Past &amp; Future? - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/11\/05\/ucs-124-past-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UCS #124 - Past &amp; Future? - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. 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