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The CityStudio Way Awards Projects Team and Supporters Funders Next Steps

Cover Image: Woodland Community Garden Design/Build Project William Selviz Photography

2 3 The CityStudio Way CityStudio Vancouver is a globally unique innovation hub inside City Hall where staff, community members, professionals and university students from our 6 post secondaries (BCIT, ECUAD, Langara, SFU, UBC, and VCC) co-create, design and execute projects on the ground. We aim to create a culture of collaborative city building Our Goals by developing pilot projects, experiments and reversible To develop high quality research and trials that demonstrate the future on the ground in demonstration projects. Vancouver neighbourhoods.

To build a vibrant culture of innovation in Vancouver through education for changemakers.

To engage 10,000 students by 2020.

4 5 “No one’s been hurt, and no one’s burned the city down.

Our VISION is to be the architect and builder of action-based charging stations world-wide.

Our MISSION is to take risks, demonstrate possibilities and make change on the ground for present and future generations.

6 7 “ We create unconventional solutions that make How We Work the city more engaged, green and healthy. We build relationships inside city hall for collaboration and co-creation with all city stakeholders.

We integrate Dialogue with Design practices to create the city we want to live in.

We create hands-on experience for students with complex real-world experiences.

We launch demonstration projects on the ground that can scale towards wider systems change.

Accomplishments in 3 Years Since 2011, CityStudio has engaged over 2000 students, 75 faculty, 93 community members and professionals and over 50 City of Vancouver staff, contributing over75,000 hours of project action, skills training and public sector innovation.

In 2013 CityStudio was cited as a Best Practice Case Study in Tendensor Sweden’s 15 region EU study outlining Tools and Strategies for Innovative Talent Retention in Cities.

8 9 Imagine the teaching hospital model applied to City Hall, opening its doors to students for hands-on co-creation with city staff and professionals.

The city is the classroom that creates and supports a wide networks of active city builders.

Students gain project skills, increased confidence and a wide network of professional relationships in the public sector and community.

Every meeting, every day, every project and every year begins with 2 questions:

1. What do we want to do together? 2. How are we going to work together to accomplish this?

10 11 What people are saying

“World-leading CityStudio Vancouver is making the city a classroom.” — Mayor Gregor Robertson

“The rise of the civic university.” — Tim Draimin, E.D., Social Innovation Generation (SiG) National

“CityStudio is a life altering experience for our organization.” — Penny Ballem. CoV City Manager

“CityStudio is changing the course of education for university students.” — John Cary, PublicInterestDesign.org

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The City of Vancouver won the 2013 CAMA Willis CAMA Willis Innovation Award for Innovation for the CityStudio Program from Award 2013 the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators.

TIDES CityStudio was recognized nationally as one of CANADA Top 10 Tides Canada Top 10 for a groundbreaking initiative 2013 leading social change and innovation in Canada.

In 2013 CityStudio was the first ASHOKA U Cordes Innovation Canadian recipient of the Ashoka Award 2014 U-Cordes Innovation Award.

12 13 The CityStudio Challenge

The CityStudio Challenge - the 5s’s - has shown us that university 1. Staff: Co-create a project idea and collaborate with staff and stakeholders. students can do far more than we ask them to do in class. They can take on 2. Support: Mobilize necessary funding support and resources. real world challenges and create positive change in our cities. They can co- 3. Site: Find and work on a real site in the city. create with multiple stakeholders, facilitate dialogues, manage projects, 4. Stewardship: Develop relationships for ongoing project stewardship. raise funds, and implement pilots to demonstrate long-term viability. 5. Scalability: Execute the project so that it can scale for impact.

14 15 YEAR 3 Select Projects

5. Keys to the Streets 6. Living at Bute

1. Food Share 7. Peeple 8. Prado Cafe Parklet 2. Campfire 3. Deck the Dark 10. Woodland Community Garden 9. Shareable City 4. Harrassment on Translink

Project Questions YEAR 3 By the Numbers 1. Food Share: How can we feed ourselves well and reduce waste? 2. Campfire: In a city struggling with affordability, how do we create the new back yard? 3. Deck the Dark: How do we enjoy our parks and public spaces after sunset? 4. Harassment on TransLink: How do we move safely and easily in our city?

5. Keys to the Streets: How can citizens feel more alive in public space? 704 37 55,263 StudentS Hours 67 50 Faculty 6. Living at Bute: What does it mean when citizens decide how to use common space? Projects CITY STAFF 7. Peeple: How can we communicate and share our desired futures? 8. Prado Cafe Parklet: Can we use the streets the way we want and still drive cars? 9. Shareable City: What is the new business licence in a peer-to-peer sharable economy? 10. Woodland Community Garden: How can architecture students design and build real projects?

16 17 1‌ Food Share Facilitating zero waste and a lighter footprint by diverting unmarketable but edible and healthy produce from local grocers to community food programming.

Site Food Share diverts edible food from landfills by collecting and distributing Britannia Community produce that stores do not sell. The pilot project, undertaken at Britannia Centre, Grandview- Community Centre, diverted 45lbs of edible food from the landfill and Woodlands created opportunities for youth to become environmental leaders—collecting and cooking food together. By collecting and reallocating unused produce, City Goals Food Share has built upon the existing program’s goals of engaging youth Greenest City: Zero and promoting healthy eating. The produce collected also helps the food Waste, Lighter Footprint program’s financial viability. This project has created the beginning of an entirely new food network by facilitating relationships between local Partners grocers with excess capacity and the needs of the community centre. Ian Marcuse, Grandview Woodland Community Other community centres have expressed interest in replicating the Food Food Developer; Trevor Share model in their neighbourhoods. CityStudio is supporting the expansion White, Britannia Teen of Food Share in Summer 2014 with connections to the Neighbourhood Local Center Youth Meal Food Coordinators to identify opportunities for scalability across the city. Program; Eternal Abundance; Dollar Grocers; Drive Organics

Team Jennifer Vallee, SFU Health Sciences; Jasmine Wing, UBC Global Resource Systems; Martin Kozinsky, UBC Geography; Jesse Gruneau, SFU Business “ Food Share gives teenagers the tools and skills to prepare nutritious meals on a budget. Image: Grandview Woodland Food Connection Food Woodland Image: Grandview

18 19 2‌ CAMPFIRE “ Public campfires provide an opportunity Bringing permanent public firepits to Vancouver for Vancouverites to feel ownership beaches starting with a pilot firepit at Locarno Beach. and responsibility over public space in a safe and contained way.

Site Using best practice research from the major cities of Toronto, Penticton, Locarno Beach Seattle, and Calgary, project leads outlined a proposal for public firepits in Vancouver. Working with the Vancouver Parks Board, VPD and Fire City Goals Department, project leaders developed a report that specifically details Healthy City: location, safety precautions, budget, timeline and environmental and Cultivating Connections, health concerns. A suggested list of rules and regulations was also created Getting Outside that details burn materials, permitted hours, and the four proposed site locations. In May 2014 several community engagement events were Partners held with faux fires to gather people and spark community conversation City of Vancouver about the possibilities for safe fires in the city. The Campfire Project Departments: Parks, Fire, proposes one pilot firepit in the summer of 2014 at Locarno Beach. Fire Prevention, Police, Sustainability Group, Mayor’s Office; Gen Why Media; Social Innovation Generation

Team Stuart Dow, SFU Environmental Geography; Robert Morton, UBC Global Resource Systems; Chelsea Keenan, SFU Communications; Peggy Wong, UBC Human Geography; Lindsay Cole, City of Vancouver Parks Planner

Images: William Selviz

20 21 3‌ Deck the Dark “ The eyes on the streets philosophy Improving community safety and encouraging interactive supports an active public realm that is play by illuminating Vancouver parks and under-utilized safer and healthier for communities. spaces during the dark hours and winter months.

Sites On October 22nd, 2013, project leads tested a guerrilla lighting concept for Deck McLean Park, Strathcona; the Dark with a group of ten students in a residential area in South East False UBC Campus; Creek. The group was provided with six strings of light, a ladder, extension cords, and an outlet, then given creative freedom to decorate the area. Using City Goals feedback from the participating students and the residents, project leaders Healthy City: Safety hosted a Deck the Dark event on November 17th in Strathcona’s MacLean + Inclusion Park with an 8'×15' canopy of LED lights. To ensure community involvement, students distributed flyers and posters around the neighbourhood, notified Partners local businesses and community centres, and promoted the event through Ethical Bean Coffee; social media. The project received assistance from the City of Vancouver and Strathcona Residents the Parks Board to gain access to a power source located in the on-site field Association house. Ethical Bean Coffee provide event attendees with warm beverages.

Team In January of 2014, the youth leadership group at UTown@UBC took Debbie Yeh, UBC over Deck the Dark. After two months of planning, the group hosted Environmental Science; another Deck the Dark event on March 10th, in Rhododendron forest—a Gareth Wasylynko, SFU dark forested area on the UBC campus. The event was bigger and Business; Seth Parker, brighter, lighting up the dark forest with the original light canopy and ECUAD Industrial Design; additional glow-in-the-dark. The event has inspired interest to spread Kate Beck, SFU Geography; the model throughout UBC and other neighbourhoods in Vancouver. Lindsay Cole, City of Vancouver Park Planner

22 23 4‌ Harassment on Translink Uncovering unheard stories by providing a forum to anonymously share experiences of harassment on Vancouver transit in an effort to raise awareness and promote safety and inclusion.

Site On October 21st, 2013, the Harassment on TransLink blog was launched TransLink - Greater inviting people who had been sexually harassed or assaulted while Vancouver Area using transit to share their stories. Within a week of launch, there was a flood of media attention with dozens of stories pouring in daily. City Goals Healthy City: Safety Many respondents indicated that they were so shaken by what happened and Inclusion to them that they had altered their transit habits permanently—some won’t take night trains, others have given up on the system entirely and switched Partners exclusively to single-user car trips. Equally surprising was the influx of emails TransLink that came in simply extending thanks or acknowledgement of a similar experience, often expressing relief that someone would take the issue seriously. Team Often, respondents had felt intuitively that their story was indicative of a Katie Nordgren, SFU larger problem, but had let it go under the assumption that nothing could be Gender, Sexualty and done to change their circumstances and that they simply had to live with the Women’s Studies; discomfort. The chance to finally speak and be heard seemed a welcome relief. Alexa Dredge, SFU Sociology and Gender, The project leaders were asked to sit on Translink’s Anti-harassment Sexuality and Women’s Committee. In April 2014, Transit police introduced a mobile app designed to Studies; Ali Grant, City of make it easier for riders to report incidents of sexual harassment on transit. Vancouver, Social Policy

“ It is easy to disconnect and think that our problems are ours alone, although we crave common experience and empathy.

24 25 5‌ Keys to the Streets Free, playable pianos in Vancouver public spaces during the summer months that engage the spirit of music and creativity in our urban environment and invite spontaneous community engagement and connections.

Sites Pianos were donated by the community and placed in a public outdoor Canada Place; Robson space with a rain cover, bench, and a nearby community steward that Park; Creekside Community takes care of the piano for the duration of the program. Local artists Centre; Strathcona were commissioned to creatively design each piano’s aesthetic and Park; Main Street and repaint them in unique styles reflective of the surrounding community. 21 Avenue; Chinatown; Throughout the summer, passersby are invited to play the pianos between Lot 19; Spyglass Dock; 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. At the end of the summer, a Sunset Serenade Vancouver Aquarium; is held at the Spyglass dock and includes an open and spontaneous Dude Chilling Park community concert. When the program ends every August the pianos are donated to their stewarding organizations for indoor enjoyment. City Goals Engaged City

Partners The Co-operators; Dulux Paints; East Van Moving; Uncle Joseph’s Moving; Pacey’s Pianos; Piano Teachers Federation; Rona; Vancouver Opera

Team Ebba Hassel, SFU Geography; Jennifer Vallee, SFU Health Sciences; GP Mendoza (2013 project lead), UBC Journalism; Jenniffer Sheel, VIVA, City of Vancouver “ Some people, they’re fearing for the heart and soul of our lovely city here. But every once and a while, something like this happens. — Carnival Band’s Ross Barrett

26 27 “ A first in Vancouver!… 6‌ Living at Bute Students from BC’s many Bringing residents outside by experimenting with the new post-secondary institutions Bute Street plaza, turning it into a public living room with seating, badminton, hot chocolate, and a message board. took over Davie and Bute Street today in the West Site The Bute Street Plaza was transformed into a public living room with End of Vancouver, turning it Bute Street at Davie Street seating and couches, badminton, live music, hot chocolate, and a community message board. Working with VIVA Vancouver, three events into their own urban living City Goals were held in March 2014 bringing community and stakeholders together room. —CBC Vancouver Healthy City: Safety in a conversation about the possibilities for the plaza and introducing new and Inclusion and fun activities to spark imagination. The Bute Street plaza, also known as “The Heart of Davie Village” was identified as an opportunity to not Partners only encapsulate the culture and vibe of the Davie Street neighbourhood, Stephen Regan, West End but also foster connections and engagement among community members Business Improvement of the West End. The project stemmed from idea of the living room - the Association; Holly Sovdi, warm and inviting social hub in everyone’s home. The aim of the project City of Vancouver was to bring that warm and inviting environment out onto the streets. West End Planner The Bute Street plaza is located adjacent to the well-known Rainbow Team Crosswalks at Davie and Bute Streets, in downtown Vancouver. The plaza Hobson Lin, SFU is Vancouver’s first neighbourhood street-to-public-space conversion. Communications; Rob Nordrum, SFU Geography; Sarah Pratt, SFU Communications; Tim Lam, SFU Business Marketing; Jenniffer Sheel, VIVA Vancouver

28 29 “ We want people to be 7‌ Peeple in a dialogue with their Engaging citizens in imagining their communities by viewing future community and a space through a small hole, allowing the viewer to see give them the opportunity a development concept sketch within its context. to say something before implementation happens. Site Peeple was set up at the Main Street Farmers Market on June Main Street Station 25th, 2014 and community members were invited to engage Farmers Market with the installation and imagine their community.

City Goals Peeple is an interface for community development plans sited within Engaged City the community itself. It transforms hidden development documents into outdoor peephole installations that illustrate and publicly display the Partners plans. It also connects people to a digital platform where they learn more Ron Wakkary, SFU Faculty, about the specifications and share their opinions with others. Inspired by School of Interactive the viewmaster, a vintage toy that fits a world into a tiny little box. Peeple Arts + Technology mimics the immersion and charm of viewing a space through a small hole and allows the viewer to see a development concept sketch within its Team context. It creates encounters for people with things that are not yet there Izzy Kim, SFU and invites people to be in a dialogue with their future community and give School of Interactive them the opportunity to say something before implementation happens. Arts + Technology; Rachael Eckersley, SFU School of Interactive Arts + Technology; Yvonne Ren, SFU, School of Interactive Arts + Technology

30 31 8‌ Prado Cafe Parklet “ The parklet gave people a playful, Transforming street space to green space with a demonstration project imaginative and accessible way to on Commercial Drive. Two parking spaces outside of Prado Cafe were converted into a vibrant, green, community gathering space for a day. connect and experience what we gain when we design street space for people Site The Prado Cafe Parklet demonstrated the possibilities of transforming and nature rather than for cars. Prado Cafe, 1938 streets to parks in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood with the Commercial Drive transformation of two parking spaces outside of Prado Cafe on Commercial Drive. Working with the City of Vancouver Parks Board, Viva Vancouver City Goals and the Grandview Woodlands Planners, these spaces were converted into Active Transportation a vibrant, temporary gathering and communal green space for one day. Access to Nature Neighbours, friends and residents of the Grandview-Woodland community Pocket Parks popped by, sat in the park, read books, shared food, played bocce, croquet, Public Realm Activation and board games, and made music together at CityStudio’s polka-dot piano.

Partners Prado Cafe

Team Becky Till, SFU Geography; Alexandra Venner, UBC Interdisciplinary Studies; Andrew Pask, City of Vancouver Grandview- Woodlands Planner

32 33 “ The sharing economy shows 9‌ Shareable City that it is possible to govern Reducing our ecological footprint by connecting existing sharing ourselves, build a green economy initiatives in an online platform that provides a low-barrier way for people to share items and services—from books to toys, cars to buildings. that serves everyone, and create meaningful lives together. Sites The Shareable City Project came together through a need to provide shareable.net; Vancouverites with more shareable resources in the city, while providing CityStudio organizations and businesses a platform to connect and promote themselves through a highly regarded landing page for the Vancouver sharing economy. City Goals On April 9th project leaders hosted a MapJam at CityStudio in collaboration Greenest City: Lighter with Share Vancouver. With more than 50 people in attendance, an additional Footprint; Healthy City: 50 resources of shared assets and sharing initiatives were mapped online, Community Connections from little free book and toy libraries to car shares and hack spaces. The MapJam created one accessible platform on Vancouver’s shareable.net page Partners that connects many people with low-barrier, accessible shared resources. Chris Diploc, The Sharing Project; Shareable.net, a San Francisco-based non-profit, is one of the leading Mira Luna, Shareable.net; online resources for the sharing economy. Shareable.net launched the Hilary Henegar, Modo Sharing Cities Network in April of 2013, connecting citizens to the sharing resources in cities around the world. The Sharing Cities Network helps Team people reduce their ecological footprints, consumption and waste, as well Sarah Veness, SFU as fosters stronger community connections that result in more resilient Communications, cities. The Shareable City project put Vancouver on the map with 29 other Interactive Arts + Design; cities from around the world contributing to this exciting international Peter Warkentin, SFU pilot project promoting shareable resources and the sharing economy. Business; Ebba Hassel, SFU Geography; Heather Hamilton, SFU Geography; Leslie Ng, City of Vancouver Sustainability Group Image: Flickr user OZinOH

34 35 10‌ Woodland Community Garden A design/build project that includes a community meeting point and storage room using innovative charred cedar wood for natural preservation topped by a wooden lattice for natural lighting edible vines.

Site The Woodland Community Garden shed was designed and constructed Woodland Park in partnership with UBC Architecture students and the Woodlands Community Garden Club. This structure is the focal point of the City Goals garden, and acts as a gathering spot for local education programs, as Local Food Assets well as a practical storage solution. The unique form of the shed was designed to prevent shadows from being cast on surrounding garden Partners plots while at the same time shading the central meeting space. UBC SALA; Woodland Community The clients also requested that the use of chemicals be avoided on site to Garden Club prevent leaching into the soil. The solution was to use charred cedar siding as a natural way of protecting the wood. The charred surface also doubles as a Team chalkboard wall, providing a surface for children and instructors to write on. In Brendan Callander, UBC addition to the charred-cedar siding, a herringbone patterned lattice system School of Architecture + was used on the parts of the building that receive the most sunlight. The Landscape Architecture; lattice allows for interior lighting as well as a potential place to grow vines. Jason Pielak, UBC Seasonal vines would provide further shading to cool the structure in the School of Architecture + summer months, while allowing more light into the building when dormant. Landscape Architecture; Stella Cheung-Boyland, UBC School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture; Lindsay Cole, City of Vancouver Parks Planner

“ As an architecture student, it’s amazing to build something real for someone.

36 37 38 39 CityStudio Team + Supporters City of Vancouver Academic Partners Mayor Gregor Robertson Julie Longo (Langara) Co-Directors Staff Mike Magee, Chief of Staff Jennie Moore (BCIT) Kevin Quinlan, Director of Policy, Communications Susan Grossman (UBC CCEL) Duane Elverum, Co-Director & Co-Founder, Lena Soots, Program Manager Penny Ballem, City Manager David Bogen (ECUAD) Design & Sustainability Educator Ian Bryce, Communications Sadhu Johnston, Deputy City Manager Jon Driver (SFU) Andrea Sanchez, Engagement Andrea Reimer, City Councillor Mark Winston (SFU Centre for Dialogue) Janet Moore, Co-Director & Co-Founder, Jeff Werner, Design Mike Soron (Sustainable SFU Associate Professor, Director Semester Zanny Venner, Project Leader in Dialogue, Simon Fraser University Becky Till, Project Leader Project Advisors, COV Staff David Hatfield, Instructor Friends of CityStudio David Lewis, Integrated Graffiti Management Leslie Ng, Sustainability Group Vancouver Foundation Partner Faculty Jenniffer Sheel, VIVA Vancouver Vancity Lindsay Cole, Planner, Park Board Vancouver Economic Commission Lisa Papania, SFU Beedie School of Business Susan Nesbit, UBC Civil Engineering Jason Hsieh, Park Board The Cooperators Sean Markey, SFU REM Julie Andreyev, ECUAD ISMA Andrew Pask, Planner Ashoka Tiffany Muller Myrdahl, SFU Gender Studies Rita Wong, ECUAD Culture + Community James O’Neill, Social Policy Next Up Ron Wakkary, SFU SIAT Chris Hethrington, ECUAD Communications Design Manabu Koshimura, Creekside Community Centre Museum of Vancouver Catherine Douglas, UBC Economics Michel Labrie, BCIT Architectural Science Doug Smith, Assistant Director, Sustainability Transformation Projects Nathan Lauster, UBC Sociology Ron Kato, BCIT Architectural Science Ali Grant, Social Policy Tides Canada Masoumeh Behaei, UBC Land & Food Systems Peter Levar, BCIT Architectural Science Paul Gagnon, Corporate Zero Waste Officer Renewal Kurt Eiselt, UBC Computer Science Francesca Deveau, Langara Business Management Tracy Vaughan, Corporate Communications One Earth Tamar Milne, UBC Sauder School of Business Frank Williams, Langara Environmental Studies Katherine Isaac, Planner, Park Board Cause + Effect David Brownstein, UBC Geography Katrina Erdos, Langara Environmental Studies Scot Hein, Sr. Planner, Urban Design THNK Eagle Glassheim, UBC History Lenke Sifko, Langara Design Juvarya Veltkamp, Vancouver Economic RADIUS Carolyn Drugge, Policy Analyst, Waterworks GenWhy Media Craig Edwards, Manager Energy and Utilities Groundswell Amanda Mitchell, Corporate Communications Studio Y Toronto Tadhg Healy, Digital Operations Manager Evergreen CityWorks, Toronto John Moreau, Digital Content Supervisor Jennifer Mayberry, Manager Facilities Planning Hugo Haley, Sr. Sustainability Specialist Advisors Peter Cohen, Civil Engineer, Structures Jon McDermott, Solid Waste Mangement Brian Orland, Fulbright-Nehru Scholar Jim Heeps, Superintendent Street Cleaning David Hatfield, Creative Process Fergal Broderick, Street Furniture Program Christine Ho, Strategic Planning Aaron Vidas, CEO Strategy Box

40 41 Dialogue Guests + Community Co-locators Founders Circle Year 4 Project Development Group

Kevin Quinlan, City of Vancouver, Mayor’s Office Moura Quayle Brenda Prosken, CoV Community Services Mike Magee, City of Vancouver, Mayor’s Office Sadhu Johnston Scott Edwards, CoV Streets Activities Doug Smith, City of Vancouver, Sustainability Andrea Reimer Tracy Vaughan, CoV Corporate Communications Mary Clare Zak, City of Vancouver, Social Policy Eesmyal Santos-Brault Katie O’Callaghan, CoV Corporate Communications Ali Grant, City of Vancouver, Social Policy John Tylee Krisztina Kassay, CoV VIVA Dale Bracewell, CoV Active Transportation Lindsay Cole Sean Pander, CoV Sustainability Jenniffer Sheel, City of Vancouver, VIVA Tilo Driessen Lindsay Cole, CoV Parks Board Richard Newirth, CoVCultural Services Ron Kellet Dale Bracewell, CoV, Active Transportation Juvarya Veltkamp, Vancouver Economic Mark Winston Andrea Reimer, CoV, Councillor Eesmyal Santos-Brault, The Hive & Recollective Janet Moore and Duane Elverum Sadhu Johnston, CoV, Deputy City Manager Kevin Millsip, Next Up, Vancouver School Board Doug Smith, CoV, Sustainability Brenda Prosken, CoV Community Services Keltie Craig, CoV, Sustainability Kira Gerwing, Vancity Eliana Chia, CoV, Greenest City Scholar Donovan Woollard, RADIUS Lynn Guilbault, CoV, Active Transportation Sarah Blenkhorn, Future Strategies Ali Grant, CoV, Social Planning Lindsay Cole, City of Vancouver, Parks Board Miguel Guerrero, RADIUS Sara Orchard, City of Vancouver, Streets Activities Donovan Woollard, RADIUS Andrea Curtis, Transformation Projects James Raymond, Vancouver Economic Sam Goldman, Founder d.light John McPherson, Vancouver Economic Julien Thomas, Social Artist Kevin Millsip, Vancouver School Board Adrian Sinclair, Transformation Projects Carolyn Drugge, CoV Waterworks Design Jennie Moore, BCIT Jennifer Bailey, CoV Waterworks Design Frances Bula, Journalist Paul Gagnon, CoV Corporate Zero Waste Ajay Puri, Changemakers Vancouver Leslie Ng, City of Vancouver, Sustainability Mark Winston, SFU Centre for Dialogue Jason Hsieh, CoV, Parks Board Amanda Mitchell, CoV Corporate Communications Sara Orchard, CoV, Streets Activities Tracy Vaughan, CoV Corporate Communications Brian Quinn, CoV, Parks Board Paul Gagnon, CoV Corporate Zero Waste Nick Page, CoV, Parks Board Sarah Blyth, City of Vancouver, Parks Board Alan Duncan, CoV, Parks Board Leslie Ng, City of Vancouver, Sustainability Jil Weaving, CoV, Parks Board Danita Noyes, CoV, Parks Board Janice Mackenzie, CoV, Chief Election Officer Christine French, Province of BC

42 43 Funders Next Steps

We have a national vision for the CityStudio model: to create a network of innovation hubs inside Canadian city halls to collaboratively imagine and build our cities. We propose the teaching hospital model supported with robust partnerships and key organizations working in the field of urban revitalization, economic development, social innovation and experiential education.

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