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Now Open for Fall 2026 Registration!
Join @sfucity for online and in-person introductory & advanced classes + workshops on #CityMaking + #Urbanism
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How can we create more livable, affordable Vancouver neighbourhoods? Find out in this video replay of Density By Decree, an Oct 14 @SFUcity lecture featuring Michael Geller and former Vancouver urban planning directors Dr. Ann McAfee and Larry Beasley. ow.ly/HjZy50ZZTOQ
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Starts next week!
Good planning starts with good data.
@sfucity Community Data Fundamentals (CITY106) teaches you how to find, use, and interpret data for planning & policy work.
Starts Tues, Oct 27 | 6pm PST | Online | sfu.ca/continuing-studies/ab…
#UrbanPlanning #vanpoli #bcpoli
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Join us Nov 3 at 12 p.m. PT for a free online discussion on climate action and burnout, leadership, power and community-based action. Featuring moderator @andreareimer and panelists Daniela Guerrero-Rodriguez, @janellelapointe and Lyndsay Poaps. RSVP: ow.ly/o0H350ZUGsK
Just Announced!
Creating Home: An Evening With Author and Journalist Jessica Barrett
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Wed, Nov 25 | 7pm | SFU Harbour Centre @sfuvan | FREE
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A series of maps on the distribution of heat-related deaths by postal code during the 2021 Heat Dome
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Lower Mainland
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New Westminster
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City of Vancouver
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SFU City Program retweeted
Good planning starts with good data.
Community Data Fundamentals (CITY106) teaches you how to find, use, and interpret data for planning & policy work.
Starts Tues, Oct 27 | 6pm PST | Online | sfu.ca/continuing-studies/ab… #UrbanPlanning
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Preliminary results for the 2026 Vancouver Election are in. Voters have elected a mayor, 10 councillors, 7 Park Board commissioners, and 9 school trustees, and responded to Capital Plan questions.
Official results will be declared on Oct 21.
Read more: bit.ly/4io0m1P
ALT The Vancouver skyline at night from the Cambie bridge
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Are you attending Housing Central? Don't forget to register for T26 - Mapping BC's Public Land to Unlock Affordable Housing! We'll be sharing some brand new features of the BC Public Land Map, and our plan for updating data for the future. Register: buff.ly/69cs6If
Good planning starts with good data.
Community Data Fundamentals (CITY106) teaches you how to find, use, and interpret data for planning & policy work.
Starts Tues, Oct 27 | 6pm PST | Online | sfu.ca/continuing-studies/ab… #UrbanPlanning
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The upcoming @michaelgeller talk, "Density by Decree: The Future of Vancouver's Neighbourhoods" is well subscribed for Wednesday, Oct 14!
Please come early otherwise you may be seated in spillover room!
eventbrite.ca/e/density-by-d…
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The upcoming @michaelgeller talk, "Density by Decree: The Future of Vancouver's Neighbourhoods" is well subscribed for Wednesday, Oct 14!
Please come early otherwise you may be seated in spillover room!
eventbrite.ca/e/density-by-d…
#vanpoli #vanre
Good planning starts with good data.
Community Data Fundamentals (CITY106) teaches you how to find, use, and interpret data for planning & policy work.
Starts Tues, Oct 27 | 6pm PST | Online | sfu.ca/continuing-studies/ab…
#UrbanPlanning #Data
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🏢 Did you know Vancouver is in a seismic area and we need to prepare for earthquakes?
Learn more about the steps to preparedness and be sure to participate in #ShakeOutBC, happening on Oct 15 at 10:15 am. More info: bit.ly/3EQxhe8
ALT A morning view of the Vancouver skyline on False Creek South.
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FYI - Michael Geller (@michaelgeller) will speak on density issues at Harbour Centre (@SFUcity) on Wed., Oct. 14th at 6 p.m.
He'll be joined by Ann McAfee and Larry Beasley (@LBeasleyyvr,) former top planners for @CityofVancouver.
#vanpoli #vanre
pibc.bc.ca/event/sfu-density…
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Thanks Doug. It's true. And if people don't want to be seen there, it will be live-streamed (LS). Just 40 (LS) spots left.
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Real estate developers and urban planners: Discover how collaboration can boost real estate project viability, accelerate sales and support faster approvals with our course starting Nov 5. Register: ow.ly/enhG50ZSS0A
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"Is Vancouver primed for a political earthquake or just a tremor?" as told by @StewartPrest + myself via @VancouverSun
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-…
A summary of a @imfgtoronto Vancouver paper: imfg.org/brief/vancouver/
#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre #vanelxn2026
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Starts tonight!
Housing affordability doesn't happen by accident.
@sfucity Housing Policy Fundamentals (CITY102) breaks down the policy tools shaping housing in BC communities.
#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
Starts Wed, Oct 7 | 6pm PST | Online | sfu.ca/continuing-studies/ab…
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What are the biggest issues facing Vancouver ahead of its civic election? In a new IMFG brief co-authored by Prof. @Ayan604, housing affordability, homelessness, infrastructure funding, & more are among the key challenges explored.
Read the brief: imfg.org/brief/vancouver/
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