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.
Guest post from Richard Eriksson discussing his thoughts on the future of rail infrastructure in Vancouver.
We’d heard rumours, but never actually seen people playing bike polo. Bike polo! We passed by them at Sunset Beach one day.
Phewf! The clock is ticking….4 days to Blogathon, which means 4 days to drum up good outlines on the posts I’ll be writing. The race is on, in addition to promoting it! Firstly, thanks so much to Daniel Quinn for being my latest Blogathon Sponsor! Remember, if you sponsor me, you can be entered into [...]
I’m only now starting to remember that great ideas go to e-mail to die, so for once I’m going to blog what started off as an e-mail. I’m in Toronto until Tuesday evening, and it only occurred to me now, after some great conversations with the ever-awesome Sacha, that there are some excellent folks in [...]
Last week, I met with Jackie Wong from the West Ender to talk a bit about my thinking on open data, open standards and City Staff. We touched on a wide variety of topics — the impact of the motion and technology in general on non-profits, my thoughts on how well City Staff would glom [...]
by Karen Quinn Fung
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posted in Ideas
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Having lived for a little bit of time in Toronto as an adult, and more time in Vancouver (but an equal amount as an assertive, aware, reflecting adult), I’ve noticed some key differences in the way things get done in each place. I have shared my observations with some others who have spent time in [...]
by Karen Quinn Fung
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posted in Four dimensions, Ideas
| tagged as george mcwhirter, literature, poet laureate, poetry, public space, public square, vancouver, vancouver public space network, verse map of vancouver, where's the square
The book A Verse Map of Vancouver launched on Tuesday, at the Vancouver Public Library. It was edited by Vancouver’s poet laureate, George McWhirter, accentuated with photography by Derek von Essen and published by local publisher Anvil Press. When I am done cuddling with it in bed, it will live on my bookshelf, an appropriate [...]
Well, how about that? The organizers of Mental Health Camp have accepted my proposal to speak on Ethnic Communities and Mental Health: Mental Health and Cultural Sensitivity – Services and Stigma in Vancouver’s Ethnic Communities A discussion about the stigma of mental health in ethnic communities, language-specific mental health resources in the Lower Mainland, and [...]
