Want immigrants to integrate? Give them better transit and affordable housing
Talk about timing. A few weeks ago, in time for provincial elections in Ontario, Manitoba, PEI, and Newfoundland and Labrador,...
Talk about timing. A few weeks ago, in time for provincial elections in Ontario, Manitoba, PEI, and Newfoundland and Labrador,...
In an article in today’s Vancouver Sun (“Seven mayors weigh in–The case for funding public transit”, October 4, 2011), seven regional...
Stereotypes of urban groups are well-known: hipsters, yuppies, DINKs, soccer moms. Writers exaggerate them for comic effect: we’re all familiar...
Vancouver is often included on lists. You know, like the Most Livable City list (we dropped to #3 this year,...
Since I finished my Ph.D. this month, today was officially my last day to use my U-Pass, and a sad...
Steps in Completing a Ph.D. Submit first draft. Wait for comments (January 7th). Submit second draft. Wait for comments (April...
Less than four short months ago, I stood at the back of a standing-room-only crowd in a film studio in...
The City of Vancouver Housing and Homelessness Strategy, approved Thursday July 28th, is a bold move in the context of...
There have been a few interesting articles lately discussing immigrants’ employment success in Canada. Last week, The Globe and Mail...
Ah, the postwar era. So much blind optimism…so many planning mistakes. Back in the 1960s when highway building was de...
