Proud of my Housing Co-op

I’m proud to see my housing co-op featured in Vancity‘s latest campaign! Vancity has been a great community partner, of not only First Avenue Athletes Village Housing Co-operative (my home co-op), but of the broader co-operative and community housing sector in BC. It is great to play a small part in helping to promote the work…

Happy Birthday CHF BC!

I sit on the board of the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia Today we are celebrating our 35th anniversary. Given my excitement about the future of co-operative housing and community land trusts in British Columbia, it important to recognize the foundation upon which this progress is built. Interestingly, reading the recollections below, I recognize…

"Where We Want to Live" book cover

Book Review: Where We Want to Live

It is not often that a graduate school project turns into a best-selling book, let alone a transformative infrastructure projects that is reshaping a large North American city. Yet, that is exactly what happened to Ryan Gravel when he envisioned a streetcar loop inside the Atlanta city limits connecting four separate railroad lines while researching…