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Last week I shared with you some of my favourite images of the windmills in Mykonos. In the post, I…
Somehow, somewhen, PDFs became sort of lodged in people’s brains as a very serious way of delivering very serious information….
People who oppose rezoning single-family neighbourhoods often claim that density is bad for our health and wellbeing. But what does…
Summer has yet to “officially” begin, yet British Columbia has already been experiencing some unusually hot weather. Extreme heat events…
I’m back with another blog this week. It feels good to be at the computer writing about things I want…
Sam Hester is a graphic recorder and comics creator in Calgary. This TED talk is a brilliant insight into the…
This post is about spaces and agreements that may exclude people from privately-owned ‘public’ property. All of the land in question…
Update: A December 2019 follow-up post with a decade of street check data from all of B.C.’s municipal police departments…
POSITION: Knowledge Mobilization Specialist LENGTH: August/September 2023 – September 2024 with potential for renewal HOURS PER WEEK: Flexible, around 20…
One of the first posts I wrote for this site was about the city’s hostile benches, where “arm rests” are…
Recently, the Office of the US Surgeon General posted an advisory to warn against the impacts our increasingly isolated societies…
I’m mainly focused on aging in place for people who live in affordable housing, especially older adults. I’m involved with…
The percentage of residents living in multi-unit housing within BC’s urban centres has increased significantly in recent years; a trend…
We live in a world where we face unexpected changes and events all the time, yet struggle to be prepared…
Building on some Internet math, Statistics Canada data, and an average pee time of 21 seconds and 6.5 pees per…
Hello again and good morning wherever you are (or maybe good afternoon?). In the past two blog posts I’ve written,…
Two years ago this month I wrote about some new un-sleepable benches that were coming to Victoria at Douglas and…
Every year I get a phone call or an email from someone asking if they should pay Domain Registry for…
Hello and welcome to another post. In my previous post, I discuss some simple ways to stay creative while travelling,…
In 2016, an officer with VicPD’s Community Services Division responded to “concerns with trespassing, open drug/alcohol use and drug paraphernalia/needles/feces…
Nobody loves defensive architecture quite like Fort Street. Outside of business hours, locked gates block alcove after alcove. One gate…
Good morning. I am resending this as I noticed that something happened with the “interesting” list I added and it…
Spring Ridge Commons was created in 1999 as a “community urban food forest.” On February 4, 2019, the principal of…
On October 24, 2019, Victoria City Council will consider a report about whether one of the Pandora Avenue fences will…
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