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May. 24, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Today! Free Webinar: Living With Water in City Design

Island Press Presents:   Our relationship to water is increasingly defining the design of cities. Cloudbursts overwhelm watersheds, flooding low…
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May. 19, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Restroom Deserts: Where to Go When You Need to Go

Thank the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) for this valuable and important free webinar offered as part of their…
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May. 16, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free E-Books on the Environment & Climate Change from Island Press!

Trust the good people at Island Press to help us with the cold rainy May days of British Columbia right…
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May. 11, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: How Spaces Become Places with Author & Planner John Forester

  John F. Forester is a professor in the City and Regional Planning Department at Cornell University. He has studied the…
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May. 10, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Burnaby: A Burb or a Place?

Does Burnaby have a distinct community identity? If so, what is it? If not, what can we do as Burnaby…
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May. 09, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: How Indigenous led Conservation Can Build a Better Canada

A Conversation with Valérie Courtois and Dahti Tsetso Sponsored by the National Observer In the face of rising temperatures and…
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May. 05, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

What’s with “Safe” Vehicles? How About “Safe Streets”? Free Webinar

Here’s the chance to hear from three outstanding individuals who are passionate about carving out a new “road map” to…
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May. 02, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Central Park & the Conservancy with Gil Penalosa’s “Walk in the Park” Webinar Series

The Impact of Central Park and the Conservancy. Guest: Betsy Smith, President & CEO. Betsy Smith, the President & CEO…
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Apr. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Get Your Own Jane Jacobs or I.M. Pei Doll, Support a Great Cause

Trust the good folks behind the City of Toronto’s Jane’s Walk Festival to come up with the perfect way to…
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Apr. 21, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Vision Zero and the Safe Systems Approach

The Vision Zero Network in partnership with the US Department of Transportation presents this webinar on how to adapt your…
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Apr. 13, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar with Gil Penalosa: Open Streets/Ciclovias, Equity and Public Health

Open Streets / Ciclovías. Meeting as Equals. Public Health Benefits. Join A Walk in the Park with  Gil Penalosa, on…
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Apr. 06, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar with Urbanist & Author Angie Schmitt: The Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths

If you have not heard journalist, planner and author Angie Schmitt speak, here’s your opportunity. She is the author of…
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Apr. 05, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: How William Whyte Reshaped Public Life

William Whyte was an American urbanist and people watcher who was one of the first people to identify how to…
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Apr. 04, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

BEST Sponsors Accessible Sakura Cherry Walks, Every Thursday in April

The folks at Better Environmentally Sound Transportation have being doing programming for green travel longer than most organizations in Vancouver.…

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Dec. 21, 2022

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Sandy James Planner

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Sandy James Planner

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