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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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-14
Some stories of hope … by @practicalrad http://t.co/Yni2fhk # Wonder if Ford will attend events like this? Bloomberg, Miller&C40 mayors on sustainable cities- http://huff.to/b2tjYU @richard_florida # George “Sulu” Takei speaks out against Anti-Gay School Board Member. I respect Star Trek, a show ahead of its time. http://ow.ly/33y5Z # facebook .. she be down, down, down….
The Politics of Anger in Canada’s Cities
The election of Rob Ford in Toronto is just another sign that Canada is under the same thrall of angry voters as in the US. The characteristics of this “movement” are fear, visceral anger against anything institutional, an attack on anything perceived as elitist and an ignoring of facts or statistics. The vehicle for this…
The ABCD and Es of Intolerance (Part II): Under the B – Bigotry
When someone as prominent as Michael Geller steps up and states that we shouldn’t mix certain types of people together (read my previous post on this), it gives permission to others in the community to pile on and express their bigoted opinions. A prime example is Bruce Allen‘s Reality Check on CKNW. Allen is well…
Michael Geller and the ABCD and Es of Intolerance in Vancouver
The language is oh-so seductive. If you think of the population as divided into five groups on a social and economic basis –As, Bs, Cs, Ds, Es, – when you start putting together the As and the Es, there is the potential for people to not get along … If you’re going to mix people,…
The coming of the “Ice” Tea Party
I very much dislike citycaucas.com, a well-read blog focused on the civic politics of Vancouver. It’s not that they don’t have well researched information, it is the outright partisan pettiness of the blog that bugs me. Their latest missive on the (possible) revival of the long-thought-dead conservative Non-Partisan Association (NPA) is one example of this…
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…
Framing Our World – A Photo Collage
This is a photo collage done for the World Urban Forum in Vancouver in 2006. The photos are part of a larger exhibition focused on youth perspective on the urban environment. The photos exhibition was mounted by EYA and UN-HABIAT. Photos done by KK Law. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet