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Vancouver Urbanist Meetup and Jane’s Walk Wrap Up—May 12th

It’s time for May’s Vancouver Urbanist Meetup!

This month’s get together is a special event. In addition to the monthly Vancouver Urbanist Meetup, we will also be celebrating last weekend’s successful Jane’s Walks in Vancouver. We’ll be meeting on May 12th from 3-5pm at the Lions Pub in downtown Vancouver. (map)

Come out to enjoy a drink and say hi to your fellow urbanists, walk leaders and volunteers. It will be a great opportunity to share your Jane’s Walk highlights and discuss the latest in Vancouver urban planning and development.

As always, feel free to drop in when you can and stay as long as you want. We will be there from 3 pm until at least 5 pm. You can RSVP on Facebook or Eventbrite.

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Discover the ‘Real Places’ of the Internet on May 2nd

This looks to be a fascinating SFU City Program lecture coming up on May 2nd. The event should appeal to a wide cross-section of people—even those of you who didn’t think you had an interest in the inner workings of the interest!

Tubes and Exchanges: Discovering the Real Places of the Internet

DATE: May 2, 2013, 7:00-9:00 pm
LOCATION: SFU Harbour Centre [1400-1430], 515 W Hastings St, Vancouver (map)
ADMISSION: Free, but seating is limited, so reservations are required.

When a squirrel chewed through a cable and knocked him offline, Andrew Blum, a journalist, started wondering what the Internet was really made of. So he set out to go see it—the underwater cables, secret switches, and other physical bits that make up the net. Blum’s talk will take you on a journey through this network of networks.

He will explore its evolution over time and discuss how centralized hubs called Internet Exchanges (there are 350 in the world) are making the Internet faster and more affordable for everyone in the cities where they operate. He will highlight Vancouver’s Internet Exchange, operated by BCNET and located at Harbour Centre, as well as what it means for the city’s businesses, public post-secondary institutions, and future economic development.

Speaker/Lecturer

Andrew Blum is the author of Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, the first book-length look at the physical heart of the Internet.

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Tubes was reviewed in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Salon, The Guardian, The Economist, The Independent, Kirkus Reviews, Bookforum, Scientific American, New Scientist, Brain Pickings, Ars Technica,Science News, and others. It was also featured on NPR’s Fresh Air, CBS News, Fox News, APM’s Marketplace, BBC’s Book of the Week, The Leonard Lopate Show, KCRW’s DnA, Motley Fool, Larry Mantle, and CBC’s Spark, among others, and presented on the stages of TED Global, the London School of Economics, Microsoft, Town Hall (Seattle), The Architectural League of New York, The Mechanics Institute (San Francisco), Studio-X New York, The Skyscraper Museum, The Boston Athenaeum, and The Free Library (Philadelphia), among others.

When not immersed in the Internet’s depths, Blum writes about architecture, design, technology, urbanism, art, and travel. Since 1999, his articles and essays have appeared in Wired, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bloomberg Business Week, Metropolis, Popular Science, Gizmodo, The Atlantic Online, Architectural Record, Slate, and many more publications. He has degrees in literature from Amherst College and in human geography from the University of Toronto. He lives in his native New York City.

Sponsored by BCNET, British Columbia Internet Exchanges, and SFU Continuing Studies (City Program)

Discover the Real Places of the Internet on May 2nd

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Vancouver Urbanist Meetup—March 10th

NOTE NEW START TIME

March’s Vancouver Urbanist Meetup is upon us!

This Sunday, March 10th, we will be venturing down Broadway to check out the newest neighbourhood bar in town. Colony Bar, located at 3255 West Broadway in the old The old Kits Billiards space recently opened with the goal of being “the mainstay watering hole for locals.”

This month’s meetup is conveniently located around the corner from the Broadway Subway Public Forum that is taking place Sunday afternoon at St James Community Hall. To accommodate those who wish to learn more around Vision Vancouver’s plans for mass transit along the Broadway corridor, the Urbanist Meetup will be started an hour later at 4 pm. For hockey fans, the bar will also be screening the Canucks game starting at 5 pm.

As always, feel free to drop in when you can and stay as long as you want. We will be there from 4 pm until at least 6 pm.

You can RSVP on Facebook or Eventbrite.

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‘Pop’ goes the Community at CivicMeet Vancouver #3 on February 26th

Are pop-ups the spam of the urban cultural scene?

Come participate in an open space conversation about pop-ups and other physical interventions in our city.

Details:

Date: Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PST)
Location: 884 E Georgia St (Strathcona), V6A 2A5 (map)

Space is limited so please RSVP on Eventbrite.

About CivicMeet Vancouver:

CivicMeet is a monthly meetup that helps connect public and private sector innovators working to create a more open, engaged civil society. Follow CivicMeet Vancouver on Facebook and Twitter.

Pop goes the Community at CivicMeet Vancouver #3 on February 26th

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Bjarke Ingels in Vancouver – February 21, 2013

Vancouver based real estate developer, Westbank is hosting a public Open House to witness the evolution of the Beach & Howe project designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, BIG in collaboration with Dialog and James K.M. Cheng Architects.

THURS. FEBRUARY 21, 2013 | 4pm – 7pm | Lobby of UBC Robson Square - 800 Robson Street, Vancouver

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Beyond Downtown: Community Planning Symposium on February 8, 2013

The Planning Students Association at the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) announce the 5th annual SCARP Student Symposium, which will take place on the UBC Vancouver campus Friday, February 8, 2013.

The 2013 Symposium, which aims to bring together planning practitioners, students, business owners, developers, and engaged citizens, will be focused on topics around ‘Beyond Downtown & Outside the Box‘.

With the overwhelming majority of population growth taking place in suburban areas the need for a modern take on suburban design has become critical. Innovative planning and design ideas are needed to move towards sustainability across British Columbia and beyond. At the UBC SCARP Student Symposium, we will explore fresh new ideas to guide and revitalize our urban, rural, and first nations communities in the years to come.

We’re excited to welcome our keynote speakers Ellen Dunham-Jones, co-author of Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs, and Patrick Stewart, the first Aboriginal architect to become President of the Architectural Institute of BC. They’ll be joined by a panel of local leaders in the community planning sector including Vancouver’s Brian Jackson, Surrey’s Jean Lamontagne, Coquitlam’s Jim McIntyre, and New Westminster’s Lisa Spitale.

This year we’ve partnered with the Planning Institute of British Columbia to offer 6.25 Organized/Structured CPD Learning Units to PIBC members. Everyone is welcome but space is limited so register today!

How to Register

To register and find more information including a schedule of panel sessions, visit the Symposium website at http://www.scarpsymposium.ca

About SCARP Planning Students Association

The SCARP Planning Students Association is dedicated to serving the planning students of UBC. We advocate on behalf of student issues and initiate projects, learning opportunities, and represent SCARP students in professional planning organizations.

Contact

To learn more about the 2013 SCARP Student Symposium, please contact:

Robert White, Media Relations
778-895-5564 | rwhite@alumni.ubc.ca

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January Urbanist Meetup— January 13, 2013 at Biercraft Commercial

Photo by Knightbefore_99 on Flickr.

Happy New Year! What better way to start off the year than by getting together with your fellow urbanists and January’s Vancouver Urbanist Meetup this Sunday January 13, 2012 from 3-5pm.

This month, we will be returning to Commercial Drive and gathering at Biercraft Tap and Tapas, home to one of the city’s best selection of Belgian and craft beers, as well as a great menu featuring local ingredients. Biercraft Commercial is located next to Grandview Park at 1191 Commercial Dr. (map)

Topics of discussion may include your new years ‘urban’ resolutions and predictions for 2013, a debrief on this Thursday’s Sex, Neuroscience, and Walkable Urbanism talk at SFU Downtown, or any other issues of interests to urbanists!

You can RSVP on Facebook or Eventbrite. As always, feel free to drop in when you can and stay as long as you want. We will be there from 3 pm until at least 5 pm.

Photo by Knightbefore_99 on Flickr.

January Urbanist Meetup— January 13, 2013 at Biercraft Commercial

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Next Vancouver Urbanist Meetup is Dececember 9th at Bayside Lounge

It’s time again to get together with your fellow urbanist for December’s Vancouver Urbanist Meetup this Sunday December 9, 2012.

This month, we will be returning to the West End and meeting at the Bayside Lounge, located next to the Sands Hotel at 1755 Davie St (map).

Topics of discussion may include the West End Community Plan update , the debate over the ‘Broadway subway’, or any other issues of interests to urbanists!.

As always, feel free to drop in when you can and stay as long as you want. We will be there from 3 pm until at least 5 pm. Call me at 604-992-4197 if you have any questions.

You can RSVP on Eventbrite or Facebook.

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Vancouver Urbanist Meetup—November 18th

Image via Yelp.ca

After the Remembrance Day weekend, it’s time again to get together with your fellow urbanist for November’s Vancouver Urbanist Meetup on Sunday November 18, 2012 from 3-5 pm.

This month, we will be meeting at the newest addition to Vancouver’s seawall (and my own neighbourhood hangout!)—Tap & Barrel in the Olympic Village. T&B is quickly becoming the social heart of the Village and is a popular gathering spot for local residents and visitors alike.

Topics of discussion may include the emergence of community at the Olympic Village, the proposed removs of the nearby viaducts, or any otehr urban issue you want to bring up.

Tap & Barrel is located at 1 Atheletes Way (map).

You can RSVP on Eventbrite or Facebook, or—as always—feel free to drop in when you can and stay as long as you want. We will be there from 3 pm until at least 5 pm.

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Join me for CivicMeet Vancouver on November 15

CivicMeet Vancouver is an informal meetup that seeks to connect Vancouver area public and private sector civic innovators working to create a more open, engaged civil society. This is the bi-national launch of an event that has originated in San Francisco and one that the organizers hope will become a regular gathering here in Vancouver. The event is being co-hosted by me—in my role as director of community engagement at PlaceSpeak—and Amanda Gibbs, Principal of Public Assembly, a social innovation company focused on creative and productive public engagement.

Details

CivicMeet Vancouver
Date: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Time: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: Tap & Barrel, 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver (map)

Please RVSP

About CivicMeet Vancouver

Vancouver is a hotbed of creative programmers, social entrepreneurs, tech nerds, urban specialists, and engaged artists, architects and designers all focused on city building. Our goal is to bring you together for an evening intended to share knowledge, ask provocative questions and to connect you to a growing community of practitioners.

We’re open to format, but thought it would be good to meet once to harvest ideas from the crowd.

We’re confident that you’ll make new connections and have thoughtful, intelligent exchanges with passionate people.

Let’s get the conversation going. Who knows what amazing things might happen in our region as a result?

CivicMeet Vancouver is on Facebook and Twitter!

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