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Mar. 05, 2013 / Gordon Price

"Coal, Climate, Corn, Coral and Consequences: Connecting the Dots" – Mar 6

PICS Public lecture at SFU Burnaby Campus “Coal, Climate, Corn, Coral and Consequences: Connecting the Dots“  March 6th, 2 pm…
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Mar. 05, 2013 / Gordon Price

Call for Speakers: Rail-Volution in Seattle

Call for Speakers   Rail~Volution 2013 – Seattle, Washington October 20-23 www.railvolution.org   Seattle, Washington in 2013:   Since 1995,…
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Mar. 05, 2013 / Gordon Price

Australia's Angry Summer

The government’s Climate Commission just released a report that provides a summary of the extreme weather of the 2012/13 summer…
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Mar. 05, 2013 / Gordon Price

Dubious Word of the Day: "Optimization"

Let’s use it in a sentence: Service optimization is the ongoing TransLink program looking at how to make the best…
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Mar. 04, 2013 / Gordon Price

"Charging Up the Metro Vancouver Region" – Mar 13

Electric Vehicles – Charging Up the Metro Vancouver Region The next Metro Vancouver Sustainability Community Breakfast will take place Wednesday,…
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Mar. 04, 2013 / Gordon Price

"Foreign Investment in Vancouver’s Real Estate Market" – Mar 20

Reserve a seat now for a panel discussion on: Foreign Investment in Vancouver’s Real Estate Market . In Vancouver, there…
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Feb. 28, 2013 / Gordon Price

Horn Toot: President’s Award for 2012

City Program director wins President’s Award for 2012 February 28, 2013   2012 president’s award for service to the university…
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Feb. 26, 2013 / Gordon Price

"Gentrification and the City" – A lecture series from SFU Urban Studies

From the SFU Urban Studies program: a series on gentrification. Gentrification is typically associated with change in inner city housing…
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Feb. 25, 2013 / Gordon Price

Worth Reposting: Walton on TransLink funding – Mar 1

Carbon Talks will be hosting a dialogue with Mayor Richard Walton, Chair of TransLink’s Mayor’s Council : “A Mayor’s vision…
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Feb. 25, 2013 / Gordon Price

Ian Jarvis gives away the secrets

Ian Jarvis is now the CEO of TransLink.  Before that, the Chief Financial Officer at Metro Vancouver – the regional…
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Feb. 25, 2013 / Gordon Price

"Is Public Space a Public Good? A synopsis of Mark Kingwell’s public lecture"

Katie Stowe has put together a synopsis for the Vancouver Public Space Network blog of what was “an inspired, fascinating,…
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Feb. 22, 2013 / Gordon Price

Redesigning Communities: It won't be just for hipsters.

Unless they’re over 65. Here’s Gordon Harris’s take from BC Business: The good news is that redesigning communities to accommodate…
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Feb. 22, 2013 / Gordon Price

Unite and Conquer: Surrey first, Vancouver ASAP

The Province has a divide-and-conquer strategy with respect to transit in Metro Vancouver.  Here’s Mary Polak, Minister of Transportation: “… we need…
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Feb. 22, 2013 / Gordon Price

Analysis and Consensus: Silicon Valley, Metro Vancouver

Tom Durning recommends this very readable report: . And adds: Some of the parallels with Metro Vancouver’s fractured regional government…

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