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Featured Event: Women + Public Space
Join us for an evening of stories, dialogue, and collaboration with Vancouver placemakers and public space advocates. In March, we celebrate International Women’s Day, so we’re shining a light on the issues and opportunities girls and women face in the public... Continue reading »
Rethinking Trans Accessibility: Making Public Spaces Safe for Trans & Gender-Variant People
by Lucas Crawford For transgender people, bathrooms can really stink! Fortunately, Vancouverites have had ample chance to think creatively about bathroom access this year. In 2013, the Vancouver Parks Board struck a Trans* and Gender-Variant Inclusion Working Group to make... Continue reading »
Women and Public Space
Helena Gutteridge, first woman elected to Vancouver City Council (Photo: BC Archives, Call#C-07954) Today is the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Over the past few decades, attention to the role that gender plays in city-building and the public realm has... Continue reading »
