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Open to all! Pecha Kucha: Canadian Urbanism Coast to Coast 🇨🇦
Leading urbanists will present best practices and award-winning projects from BC, the Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic, and Northern Canada. Join us for this perennial favorite!

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Like many other Canadians, Jim Goulet fought for walkable streets.

In Surrey, BC, busy 108th Ave divides apartments from the shops that serve residents’ everyday needs.

On Jan 24, 1974, Patricia McCallum and her 4-year-old son Patrick were crossing 108th at Oriole Drive in a marked crosswalk. ...

Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.

The data on #Bikelanes are clear & consistent: GREAT for cities in just about every metric you can think of. So why are politicians across Canada attacking them? We dig in with @bikecalgary.bsky.social's Doug Clark & Alyssa Quinney

PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #yycbike

How Toronto Forgets Its History (Again) - Spacing Toronto The north portion of St. Lawrence Market is arguably the second most historic spot in the post-colonial city, after Fort York. A public market has been operating there continuously since 1803, which i...

"This sorry episode demonstrates not just how Toronto forgets its past, but also how the city manages to forget how it forgets its past." @johnlorinc.bsky.social is rightly outraged at the way the new market building ignores the site's significant history spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

Yup. 20 years of bloat. Ford Explorer SUV (1998) used to be considered big.

Screenshot of LinkedIn post from Yellowknife Mayor describing the costs and consequences of trucks having gotten so much bigger. In the link, he explains the backlash he received for his post.

This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack.
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Opinion: 2025: a summer of interesting urban changes Over the last few months, the city has been busy implementing several new progressive city-building initiatives to enhance livability in our communities.

My column today: From residential zoning policy to trees, transit, Portage and Main and others, the summer 2025 was a season of urbanist change in Winnipeg. Some with immediate impact, some with impact in the future, and some are still a work in progress. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

People want to have kids and live downtown. Can they? - Western City Magazine For decades, planners focused on attracting young singles to dense urban cores. That dynamic has shifted, in part because ...

“Some still insist ‘downtowns will never attract kids and shouldn’t try.’ Then they design downtown to virtually repel kids, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Vancouver proves the opposite can be true...”

Canadians @johnlorinc.bsky.social & @brenttoderian.bsky.social in this Cali article!

Congratulations to the Rising Urbanists winners!

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Cities stand at a crossroads. Will we rise to the challenge—or be overtaken by change?

The CanU Forum 2025 : CHA[lle]NGE
📅 October 16 - 18, 2025
📍 Toronto, ON | Limberlost Place @ George Brown College Waterfront Campus

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#urbanism #canadianurbanism #cities

CanU is excited to invite you to the Opening Reception of the CanU Forum CHA[lle]NGE 2025! Hosted and sponsored by Urban Strategies Inc.!
📅 Wednesday, Oct 15th
⏰ 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
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Public sector teams, this one’s for you! ✨
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BEFORE / AFTER.

Here's what the school pick-up was like BEFORE at our children's elementary school.

A real rodeo. Lots of near misses. Cars parked in the crosswalks. Distracted drivers pulling up just when hundreds of kids are trying to arrive on foot or by bike.

This June we changed things...

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Montreal continues to show that urban planning based around people, not cars, is doable. And they continue to do it.

📢 Attention all Ottawa architects and architecture enthusiasts!

Join us October 9th for a presentation and panel discussion on design vision, design leadership and procurement strategies that can create better #PlacesForPeople.

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Let’s talk about procurement (no seriously, it’s a really important topic!). The Toronto Society of Architects and the Ottawa Architecture Foundation are both hosting talks on public procurement processes and how to achieve better design outcomes.

New book by our friends @modacitylife.com! #UrbanismBookClub

Public sector teams, this one’s for you! ✨
Register 5+ attendees for the CHA[lle]NGE CanU Forum 2025 and get a 10% discount. This is a perfect opportunity for teams to join the conversation. To receive your discount code, simply reach out to us directly at info@canu.ca.

"It helps that we can make the business case too. It's the right thing to do AND it's the financially smart thing to do. It's not right or left, it's smart or dumb. Evidence based or misinformation based. Proven track record of success or expensive failure. That's the real choice." #CityBuilding

Mass Timber is the way, we’re working on several and it’s proving to be beneficial; faster, durable, beautiful and boosts Canadian manufacturing and talent. What’s not to love? 1/

CanU is excited to invite you to the Opening Reception of the CanU Forum CHA[lle]NGE 2025! Hosted and sponsored by Urban Strategies Inc.!
📅 Wednesday, Oct 15th
⏰ 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Urban Strategies Inc. (197 Spadina Avenue, 5/F)
🎟️ Open to all
Register now: canuusi2025.eventbrite.ca

Don’t Miss Out the CanU Forum 2025: CHA[lle]NGE – Early Bird Ends September 15!
📅 October 16–18, 2025
📍 Toronto, ON | Limberlost Place @ George Brown College Waterfront Campus
We look forward to welcoming you in Toronto this October!
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Cities stand at a crossroads. Will we rise to the challenge—or be overtaken by change?

The CanU Forum 2025 : CHA[lle]NGE
📅 October 16 - 18, 2025
📍 Toronto, ON | Limberlost Place @ George Brown College Waterfront Campus

More info: canu.ca/toronto2025

#urbanism #canadianurbanism #cities

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Sep 04 2025 - The Return Of Sky Morgan! — Queen City Improvement Bureau Ward 3 councillor Shanon Zachidniak visits the subbasement to talk about her "Smart Investments for a Sustainable Regina" motion. Also discussed during this Very Serious Meeting: Changes to the budget...

Surprise!! New QCIB posted a mere hour after we finished. Here's our interview with ward 8 councillor Shanon Zachidniak. We talk about her sustainable city motion, electrical buses, free transit pilot, housing money, new budget process. Not dry. Not boring. Is fun. Listen! #yqrcc

Nice to see a refreshed corner store in Winnipeg’s Elmwood neighbourhood. The world needs more corner stores. Cities need more neighbourhoods built to accept and support them.

Montreal Makes People Feel Welcome With Safe Streets, Happy Places & Green Spaces — Streetfilms My standing piece of advice for those who live in North America who pine to see the best-practice streets of dozens of places in Europe or want to educate colleague/friends what’s possible: just go to...

Montreal Makes People Feel Welcome With Safe Streets, Happy Places & Green Spaces! More great video watching thanks to @streetfilms.bsky.social, featuring Montreal’s @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social.

A thread worth considering and discussing.

"I keep using the phrase #CommonSense because it really annoys me that populist politicians have stolen it to describe protecting an unsustainable status quo. I'm aggressively ripping the words common sense out of the hands of the people who've been abusing those words & using them to lie to you."