Should urban planners consider the benefits of pets? Is living in Vancouver making you feel disconnected, lonely, or possibly unhealthy? We are led to believe it is a big problem here. Organizations such as the Vancouver Foundation have released survey results that suggest we have a neighbourliness deficit. Even the Mayor felt compelled to strike a task force to […]
Originally published in the Vancouver Courier. It has been more than 12 years since my family and I put down roots just off Fraser Street in the Mountain View neighbourhood, which took its name from the nearby cemetery. During this time we have watched the area become more desirable, and local property values grow precipitously. In 2014, […]
Originally published in Vancouver Courier It is easy to understand why politicians want to label their own constituencies as the very best at something. It conjures local pride and invariably a little competition among other jurisdictions. In Vancouver’s case, those running city hall aspire for us to become the world’s “greenest” city by the year […]
Urban planning discussions focus on bike lanes and active lives. But what about old folks? “Some day,” I quipped at the announcement of my candidacy for city councillor in May of last year, “I hope to be an old man. My bootcamp instructor, however, says I already am one.” The politics of our aging society […]