Tag Archives: diversity

Blogathon 2009 – That Racist Troll Incident

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

In which Karen describes her encounter with a racist troll on YouTube.

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Blogathon 2009 – Where Strangers Become Neighbours, Giovanni Attili and Leonie Sandercock

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

Review of academic book about the unique process for setting the stage for cultural diversity in Vancouver, on a public policy level, with focus on transformative change and storytelling.

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Friends get media coverage!

by Karen Quinn Fung | posted in Media - explicit | tagged as , , , , , , ,

It wasn’t until today, almost a week since it came out, that I got a chance to flip through last week’s issue of the Georgia Straight and to see that a whole whackload of people I know and respect, were practically in every major section in the first half of the paper!

Pete Quily got [...]

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Evaluating Diversity in Unconference Participation

by Karen Quinn Fung | posted in dot-star-camp | tagged as , , , ,

One thing I’m thinking about today as we continue to cobble together the details on the SkyTrain Unconference is diversity. This flared up as a topic of discussion in the Web 2.0 world more generally a while back, with many high-profile bloggers like Jason Kottke looking at the gender breakdown of speakers at conferences, and [...]

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