From @TheTyee — Part 2 of 3 'At My Age, All I Expect Is a Place to Live'

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From @TheTyee — Part 3 of 3 Inside Woodward's, a Still-Contentious Social Housing Experiment

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Inside Woodward's, a Still-Contentious Social Housing Experiment | The Tyee

From The Tyee — Part 1 of 3 At Four Sisters Co-op, an Affordable Housing Dream Realized

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Encore: video: Maeklong Railway Market

Maeklong Railway Market I on 20110611 http://t.co/BJAEe4Isf5 HT @MikeKlassen http://t.co/j7eQ2JfquY

— TheSidewalkBallet (@1sidewalkballet) January 19, 2014

From On the Commons — The Promise of Co-ops Connecting with the Commons

Is it possible to imagine a new sort of synthesis or synergy between the emerging peer production and commons movement on the one hand, and growing, innovative elements of the co-operative and solidarity economy movements on the other?

 That was the animating question behind a two-day workshop, “Toward an Open Co-operativism,” held in August 2014 and now chronicled in a new report by UK co-operative expert Pat Conaty. (Pat is a Fellow of the New Economics Foundation and a Research Associate of Co-operatives UK, and attended the workshop.) More at:  The Promise of Co-ops Connecting with the Commons | On the Commons

State of Walking in Canada Survey

From Price Tags:
The State of the Walking Movement in Canada: A National Survey of Walking Organizations. Canada Walks is working with Ryerson University to conduct a survey to learn more about the state of the walking movement in Canada. The survey is aimed at national, provincial and local organizations and groups that:.

   —promote and support walking and walkability

   —have walking/walkability in their mandate.

   —have staff or volunteers who work directly on walking related initiatives

Completing the survey will take about 15 minutes of your time. Please follow this link to the survey, and respond by Friday, February 27. More: State of Walking in Canada Survey

An anti-car General Electric ad from the 40s....

An anti-car General Electric ad from the 40s.... pic.twitter.com/MfIvK5y74E

— Charles Mudede (@mudede) January 6, 2015

From Planetizen — Economic Thinking for Planners

This course shows how "Economic Thinking" can inform our thinking on big questions like why some countries are rich while some are poor and how so many us have become so much better off than our ancestors. Peter Gordon introduces the "Economic Thinking for Planners" series. Peter Gordon is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy. His research interests are in applied urban economics. 
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From @planetizen — Does your city need a 12-step program to kick its parking addiction?

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From Schumacher Centre For a New Economics — On Jane Jacobs' Cities and The Wealth of Nations

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#Nanaimo waterfront park lease referendum upcoming — I share some thoughts with Mayor + Council

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.@NanaimoCommons @1sidewalkballet @DarrellBellaart Time to scale back such a grandiose project. Build a hotel that fits the scale of Nanaimo

— Andrew Jones (@andrewtrevjones) February 14, 2015

From @TheCurrentCBC — How to design cities for an aging population‬ @Penalosa_G @KGreenbergTO

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@transitmixapp — from amateur sensation to agency consideration @CityLab

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From @GOVERNING — What, exactly, is gentrification?

What, exactly, is gentrification? An introduction to our special series on the issue. http://t.co/BvpJteq7ZP pic.twitter.com/PtzzbXINkg

— GOVERNING (@GOVERNING) February 8, 2015

From CBC Power & Politics — Panel: Canada's Big City Mayors on the hot seat #pnpcbc

As municipal leaders from across Canada meet in Toronto for the big mayors @FCM_online conference, @evansolomoncbc hosted a special Power & Politics devoting two hours to cities and the challenges they face. He was joined by six of Canada's most influential mayors who took questions from a live studio audience. #pnpcbc@evansolomoncbc

#Nanaimo Mayor @Bill_McKay11 DidU see this discussion @PnPCBC Cdn BigCityMayors #pnpcbc http://t.co/LJWiVqPlLS … @FCM_online @evansolomoncbc

— TheSidewalkBallet (@1sidewalkballet) February 7, 2015

@AmExperiencePBS American Experience: The World that Moses Built

American Experience: The World that Moses Built Part 1 - YouTube

From @StrongTowns @TheSchoolOfLife — How to make an attractive city

A great pedestrian experience has 4 elements effecting #walkability. Great design considers all 4. pic.twitter.com/ITJIpyQOek via @skyejduncan
— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) February 4, 2015

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#JaneJacobs talks to @allangregg @tvo 2000. The Nature of Economies

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It's not a complete street unless it's completely safe. #slowthecars @StrongTowns

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