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CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver needs more housing—specifically “missing middle” housing between the extremes of detached homes and large…
New research shows that police forces across Canada are building extensive digital surveillance hubs without any public engagement. Smart city projects use very similar technologies with the same dangers, yet here residents and municipalities are increasingly implementing Open Smart City principles to avoid potential harms and strengthen public oversight. The police should not be exempt from democratic accountability and the same principles can be applied to them to rebuild it.
It’s not just heat pumps and electric cars. To truly decarbonize, we need to reimagine how we live, starting with urban sprawl.
“Every time I interact with the city, I try to tell them that this was in Chinatown. We belong in Chinatown.” – May Chiu
Workers’ Occupational Health and Safety Rights with Newcomers Download 5.08 MB56 pages For the past 20 years, newcomer and migrant workers in Manitoba have learned…
As communities adjust to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, a vibrant global discussion is taking place about how cities should provide more street space…
If you were to hold a public conference—on any issue—it’s reasonable to think that you would want your keynote speaker to agree that the issue…
Think Upstream Plan B podcast host Ralph Benmergui went live at the beautiful Roxy Theatre in Saskatoon to consider what it takes to build healthy…
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Last September someone invited women to tweet about what they would do if men had a curfew.
Download 1.91 MB28 pages At the tail end of the latest Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant, this magazine shares the work the Manitoba…
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