Blog Posts tagged: food
On public space and the “New New Urbanism”
“New Urbanism has been so successful that it has a lot of dinosaur DNA. The honchos are on board — you’ve seen them here. They want us to join them. Do we want to run among the dinosaurs, or among... Continue reading »
Inspiring Stories of Women and Food, and an Upcoming Event!
We gave you a heads up about a week ago on the Women and Food: A Vancouver Historical Perspective event that took place on Tuesday night at City Hall. I think that everyone reading this that was lucky enough to... Continue reading »
Celebrating Women’s History Month: panel discussion on women and food
Mary Hale canning herring for BC Packers City of Vancouver Archives – CVA 1184-59 Among the many interesting events coming up in the next few days is this one — looking at the historical connections between women and food in... Continue reading »
Where’s the Square II – Feeding Vancouver’s Soul!
Earlier this summer the VPSN’s Animating Public Space Design Charette brought the winners of the Where’s the Square ideas competition together to generate ideas about how to activate a downtown space. The event built on the WTS design competition to... Continue reading »
Responses to the Tofino food and big-box ban
As Vancouver gets ready to roll out street food, Tofino is also rethinking its retail food system, moving to ban retail and fast food chains. A new poll from Angus Reid Public Opinion found 60% of 1,003 Canadians, and 69%... Continue reading »