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Apr. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Whither the CBC – May 1

  The CBC: Withering away, or with a new focus? . Is the CBC to become a footnote to commercial…
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Jan. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Student Mental Health – Jan 16

The next edition of City Conversations, presented by SFU Public Square: Out of the Closet: Student Mental Health Who hasn’t…
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Oct. 03, 2013 / Gordon Price

Reminder: City Conversations today (Oct 3) at 12:30

Please join us for a special edition of City Conversations, presented by SFU Public Square: Immigrant? Welcome to Canada! So you’re…
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Sep. 16, 2013 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Update on the ‘Corner Store’

The last City Conversation – “Should the corner store, and coffee house, return to residential neighbourhoods?” – provided a hook for…
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Sep. 16, 2013 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: “The End of Gay Culture?” – Sep 19

From SFU Public Square and the City Program: . The End of Gay Culture? Increasingly accepted, increasingly assimilated. Will a…
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Aug. 27, 2013 / Gordon Price

SFU Urban Studies: Gentrification and the City

SFU’s Urban Studies Program Fall speakers series on Gentrification and the City. The following notable academics will be joining us…
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Jun. 21, 2013 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Engagement in the Rain

In partnership with the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, SFU Public Square tried out an experiment in Lot 19, the…
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Jun. 14, 2013 / Gordon Price

City Conversations Special: Engaged City, at Hornby Parkette – Jun 20

City Conversations Special Event! City to Citizens: We want a better connection with you ‘The city doesn’t listen to us’…
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Jun. 03, 2013 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: The Lost Pleasures of Food & Eating – June 6

CITY CONVERSATIONS: The Lost Pleasures of Food & Eating   Take-out lunches. “Fresh” peaches in December. Heat-and-eat meals. Restaurant dinners…
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May. 02, 2013 / Gordon Price

Judy Graves recommends: A lecture by Trevor Hancock

Judy Graves has been working with the homeless since 1974,  and for much of that time, with politicians at City…
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Apr. 02, 2013 / Gordon Price

City Conversations – Democracy: Vote it or Lose it – Apr 4

Election day, May 14th. Following a long downward trend, it’s likely that fewer than half the eligible voters will vote.…
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Mar. 14, 2013 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: The Port, coal, and the economy – Mar 21

City Conversations: The Port, coal, and the economy Time: Thursday, March 21 / 12:30-1:30pm Place: Room 2270, Harbour Centre, 515…
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Mar. 04, 2013 / Gordon Price

CITY CONVERSATIONS: Roast Pidgin?

The Pidgin Restaurant in the DTES: Gentrification? Opportunity? The recently opened Pidgin Restaurant has seen nightly protests by some residents…
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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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