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Oct. 03, 2016 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Cohousing – Oct 6

City Conversations next topic on October 6: Is Cohousing One Piece of Our Housing Puzzle? Shared living isn’t for everyone, as…
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Aug. 04, 2016 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Millennialexit – Aug 10

Millennialexit   Young people have always been a critical demographic for robust, vibrant and diverse cities. They fuel the local…
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Jun. 13, 2016 / Gordon Price

ULI BC: NGT Thinkers – Jun 21

Next Generation Transportation Thinkers Is your organization evolving its knowledge and talent in the face of uncertainty and change? Graduates…
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Sep. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Special Election Forum – Oct 1

. For this special pre-election edition of City Conversations, we have invited representatives from the Conservative, Liberal, New Democratic and…
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Aug. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations – Re-Imagining Downtown – Aug 20

City Conversations – Re-Imagining Downtown Vancouver  . Our downtown is changing—we want to hear from you about where it’s headed.…
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Aug. 05, 2015 / Gordon Price

Reminder: Future of the Viaducts – Aug 6

SFU City Conversations Future of the Viaducts: The City Staff’s Report Two years ago, a unanimous City Council asked staff to prepare…
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May. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Generation Squeezed – May 21

Generation Squeezed: better educated and harder working, for less money and fewer benefits . A 29-year old-presenter at our last…
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Apr. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Overprotected kids – Apr 16

  City Conversations: Overprotected kids, super-safe playgrounds, and health   D minus. That’s the physical activity grade our children earned…
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Feb. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations Update – Feb 5

Condo Tower, Social Housing, Public Consultation, Court Ruling… . Enough controversy? This project seems to be a magnet. Over a…
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Jan. 14, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: Uber Pro and Con

Ohrn: We’d like to help you plan a better city, just as soon as the lawsuits are over.  From the Uber…
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Nov. 04, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Tight-Ass City – Nov 6

I’m reposting this because of this:   Please join Lance Berelowitz, planner, urban designer, and writer on urban issues; and…
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Nov. 03, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Why so uptight, Vancouver? – Nov 6

  Why so uptight, Vancouver?   That question was irreverently asked by a grandmotherly-type at a City Conversation earlier this…
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Jun. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Is social media hijacking our privacy? – Jun 19

Is social media hijacking our privacy? Or is it the user’s responsibility to understand terms of use? What security precautions…
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May. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Mike Harcourt on BC’s future, and its politics -Jun 5

Last month, former BC Premier Mike Harcourt (1991-1995) quit the NDP, frustrated by some of the positions the party has…

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