We’re thrilled to share the final report for the City Shapers: Public Space program. Over ten weeks, 25 young people came together to learn about public spaces – how they are designed, and who for. Groups then worked with the City of Surrey and the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association to develop real-world recommendations for …
Join us in reflecting on a year we won’t soon forget. After moving online abruptly in March 2020, we were able to pivot our programming and offerings to be responsive to the needs of the pandemic. This included launching 2 City Shapers cohorts, co-hosting a weekly dialogue series, and helping municipalities run digital engagement sessions. …
By Andrea Davidson, North Shore Young Citizens’ Forum Participant, 2020 “Education should not be the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” — William Butler Yeats “No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people …
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City Shapers was a civic education program offered in partnership with the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. Three cohorts took place from Fall 2019 to Summer 2020. This program, specifically designed for youth ages 18-30, explored pressing social issues (social isolation and resilience) with a municipal governance lens. Throughout May-July, 60 young adults …
Are you aged 18 – 30 and interested in tackling urban sustainability challenges impacting Metro Vancouver? Want to be part of a group of young individuals working together on building projects, enterprises and initiatives that contribute to addressing environmental and sustainability challenges? This fall, CityHive will be running its third iteration of Envirolab on Zero …
The 2020 cohort of the North Shore Young Citizens’ Forum got off to a great start last week. Tsleil-Waututh member, Carleen Thomas, opened the program in a good way with a protocol welcome and words of advice for us to work together. The cohort spent most of the session learning about each other and figuring …
