A few years back I was honored to be able to participate in a Growing up in Cities (Canada) project focused on engaging youth in cities. GUIC (Canada) was based on the very successful international GUIC projects that have been run globally for over 2 decades. These projects, based on the initial GUIC project undertaken…
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The Tech/Touch Matrix
FOR AN UPDATE ON THIS POST GO HERE: Tech/Touch Matrix II– See it, feel it, touch it The Tech/Touch Matrix (see below) was put together after my twitter attendance of the International Conference on Crisismapping 2010 and as part of my response to a great summary of the conference by Kim Stephens. The conference was…
From Kodak to the Mobile Phone: Urban Data and the Scientific Life
This is a repost from the Polis blog with my comments (my comments first, polis blog From Kodak to the Mobile Phone below): Thank you for this post. I think that the mobile generation with their ever more powerful mobile technologies are changing how we view, analyze and plan our cities. I work with youth…
Open Letter to Vancouver City Council
RE: A call for Improved Participation of the Public in City Planning and Governance July 14, 2010 Dear Mayor and Council, I am writing this letter to you in regards to the recent incident in council involving residents from the West End. Many of us have to come realize that this incident was not solely…