Vancouver City Planning Commission
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At a special ceremony today it was announced that new, Indigenous names have been given to the Vancouver Art Gallery north plaza and to the space formerly known as the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza. Continue reading “City of Vancouver gives two high-profile public plazas Indigenous names”
A planning workshop for the planned “A City for All” summit was convened by the Vancouver City Planning Commission (VCPC) on April 23, 2018. The workshop was facilitated by Daniella Ferguson, VCPC Commissioner, and attended by about 45 people from various City of Vancouver advisory groups and other organizations with an interest in the topic. Notes were compiled from 6 discussion tables by Veronika Bylicki, VCPC Commissioner.
Transcribed table notes can be downloaded here ( 126KB). Continue reading “Summary of April 23, 2018 “A City for All” Planning Workshop”
As part of our mandate to advise Mayor and Council on issues relevant to the future of the city, the Vancouver City Planning Commission (VCPC) recently submitted a memorandum to Mayor and Council and the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation regarding the Park Board’s VanPlay Deep Dive engagement process. Here is the text of the memo: Continue reading “Memorandum: VanPlay Deep Dive”
Earlier this month, Planning Commissioner Anthony Perl is joining urban leaders from over 150 countries in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for World Urban Forum 9 (WUF9). The World Urban Forum is a non-legislative technical forum convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) held since 2002.
Here are some of Commissioners Perl’s closing impressions of the event and next steps for the VCPC. Continue reading “Advancing the New Urban Agenda (WUF9)”
This week, Planning Commissioner Anthony Perl is joining urban leaders from over 150 countries in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for World Urban Forum 9 (WUF9). The World Urban Forum is a non-legislative technical forum convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) held since 2002. Continue reading “Observations from the Opening Day of the World Urban Forum (WUF9)”