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Lightning Talk at Open Gov West BC — Open government and Urban Planning

by Karen Quinn Fung | posted in Ideas | tagged as ,

I received the happy news that I will be doing a lightning talk about Open Government BC on November 10th. I’m happy to put what I’ve been learning and thinking about open government in front of people whose work, activities and perspectives I am deeply indebted to, and I hope I’m able to meet some [...]

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Blogathon 2009 – Why support public space?

by Karen Quinn Fung | posted in Blogathon 2009 - Vancouver Public Space Network | tagged as , , , , , , , ,

When I look down the list of non-profits that Blogathoners are raising money for, I notice a lot of awfully worthy causes, involving animals, children, groups providing support to people with a whole range of medical conditions and challenges, education, crisis support, the environment, war veterans… at times, I question the nobility of the cause [...]

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