Transit Oriented Development: From Design to Decision This @sfucity.bsky.social workshop provides reality-tested, practical advice on how to plan, design + implement successful #Transit Oriented Development schemes Mon Nov 20 | 9am-4:30pm | In-person @SFUVan | www.eventbrite.ca/e/transit-or...

Katie Wilson, Seattle’s next mayor, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.

Missed our SFU Urban Studies Graduate Info Session? 🎓 Watch the recording on YouTube! Hear about our Master's & GDUS programs from Grad Chair Aude Claire Fourot, @ayan604.bsky.social, program manager Brian Chand, & current student Juanita Chimbandi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ADl... #sfuurb #masters

Meanwhile in Japan...

The annual #RemembranceDay posting of "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen via @poetryfoundation.bsky.social www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/... #LestWeForget

"Majority of Metro Vancouver residents expected to live in condos or apartments by 2051, report predicts" as told by Alec Lazenby via @vancouversun.bsky.social #bcpoli #Vanpoli #VanRe vancouversun.com/news/majorit...

Professor @ayan604.bsky.social and Adjunct Professor & #sfuurb alumnus Jonathan X. Coté weigh in on the recent report which predicts that the majority of Metro Vancouver residents will live in condos or apartments by 2051. vancouversun.com/news/majorit... @sfufass.bsky.social

Remember Rosalind Franklin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalin... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...

Federal Budget 2025 was about Howitzers vs Homes and the Howitzers won. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

I think this is an important Jason Proctor @cbcnews.ca piece to read #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre "'Cloud' of tension between Aboriginal title and private property ownership lands in B.C." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Mamdani wins...maps here! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

Starts Wednesday! Want to learn about how the Real Estate Development Process works? Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social 755: Real Estate Development from the Inside Out Starting Wed, Nov 5 | 6 pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Yes, No, or Maybe? "Surrey developer pauses 1,000 homes, says prices can’t drop any lower and suggests a condo ‘bailout’ is needed" as told by @shinebox44.bsky.social #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre surreycitizen.com/surrey-devel...

Starts Wednesday Want to learn about how the Real Estate Development Process works? Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY755: Real Estate Development from the Inside Out Starting Wed, Nov 5 | 6 pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

I am not a Son. I am Tech Support.

A man is not a man until he has to go to the Genius Bar to fix father's iPad...old Viking proverb, probably

"Treat count results show that rain and Blue Jays didn't damper Metro Vancouver's Halloween spirit" #treatcount2025 #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Starts Wednesday Want to learn about how the Real Estate Development Process works? Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY755: Real Estate Development from the Inside Out Starting Wed, Nov 5 | 6 pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Starts Wednesday! Want to learn how to finance #infrastructure + community amenities Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY242: Financing Urban Growth: The Use of Development Cost Charges & Community Amenity Contributions Starting Wed, Nov 5 | 9am PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

#Treatcount2025 x #Halloween reminds me of how fun social media could be And if you need a separate vestibule to greet trick or treaters...you are committed to the craft #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

Ok...British Columbia...with trick or treaters calling it a #Halloween night...it's now your time to tally up your counts and contribute to #treatcount2025 #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A soggy evening but we are open for another #treatcount2025… be safe and stay warm everyone!

#treatcount2025 9 Rain is definitely having an impact.

Been a slow and wet night This counter has not been used often and is now seasonally depressed #treatcount2025

Been a slow and wet night This counter has not been used often and is now seasonally depressed #treatcount2025

Check out Strath! bsky.app/profile/lids...

"#Vancouver residents hate their homes but love their ‘hoods" as told by @goldinyvr.bsky.social /via @theglobeandmail.com #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...

Getting into the spirit of the season #treatcount2025 #Halloween #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre Remember to report here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

An early #treatcount2025 report from the field Report here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

#TreatCount2025... IT'S ALIVE!!!....IT'S ALIVE!!!....IT'S ALIVE!!! #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre @cs-sfu.bsky.social @sfucity.bsky.social @sfuurb.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Are kids going to trick-or-treat in this rain? (Also I cannot *believe* that major league baseball would do something as crass as a key baseball game smack at trick or treat time) Anyway, I'll be doing #TreatCount2025

WATCH #thePodcast Preview Bob Mackin, Mario Canseco and Andy Yan: the MMA Panel looks back at 2025's third quarter and ahead to the fourth (and beyond). Full edition premieres Oct. 19. Become a paid subscriber, get early access to podcasts. bobmackin.substack.com/p/watch-thep...

Floata was more than a restaurant, it was a place where working class families like mine went to spend time together. “At seven in the morning, I don’t want to eat dim sum, but I’m scarfing down my har gow and siu mai, because it was our family time together,” said Seto, a local writer and artist.

#TreatCount2025 Walks Tomorrow!!!

"Vancouver loses 'a culinary community centre' with sudden closure of Floata Seafood Restaurant" feat @donnaseto.bsky.social as told by Dan Fumano via @vancouversun.bsky.social #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

Crafting the Narrative: Wealth migration, growth machines and the politics of housing affordability in Vancouver, Canada Presented by @sfucity.bsky.social X @sfuurb.bsky.social Full, but waitlist available #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre Thurs Nov 6 | 6:30pm | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Save the date! On Dec 2nd, #sfuurb and @sfucity.bsky.social are excited to host author/artist @donnaseto.bsky.social for a talk SFU's Harbour Centre campus on Vancouver's Chinatown. Learn more/Reserve a spot: ow.ly/3Z0C50XfVoS

several people have emailed us to say that the sudden shut down of a giant book distributor is making public libraries scramble for books www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

Transit Oriented Development: From Design to Decision This in-person @sfucity workshop provides reality-tested, practical advice on how to plan, design + implement successful #Transit Oriented Development schemes Mon Nov 20 | 9am-4:30pm | @SFUVan | www.eventbrite.ca/e/transit-or...

Learn to draft strong, clear and well-crafted design and urban design guidance and guidelines Consider taking CITY252: Designing & Drafting Design #Guidelines with @nlamontagne.bsky.social + Oliver Hartleben Thurs Dec 11 | 9am PST | In-person @SFUVan | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Learn to draft strong, clear and well-crafted design and urban design guidance and guidelines Consider taking CITY252: Designing & Drafting Design #Guidelines with @nlamontagne.bsky.social + Oliver Hartleben Thurs Dec 11 | 9am PST | In-person @SFUVan | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

"...permanently ban new BC Hydro connections to the electricity grid for cryptocurrency mining to preserve the province’s electricity supply and avoid the overburdening of the electricity grid." #bcpoli #cdnpoli news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

Starts Wednesday! Learn how to finance infrastructure + community amenities Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social 242: Financing Urban Growth: The Use of Development Cost Charges & Community Amenity Contributions Starting Wed, Nov 5 | 9am PST| Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

"BCGEU reaches tentative deal with provincial government" via @vancouversun.bsky.social #bcpoli #vanpoli vancouversun.com/news/bcgeu-r...

Starts on Monday! Looking for an introduction to #architecture and how to use #design language? Consider taking the @sfucity.bsky.social CITY107: Fundamentals of Architecture Starts Mon, Oct 27 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

"How Canada Is Dealing With Its Latest Tussle With President Trump" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...

"British Columbians stand by foreign buyer ban, housing taxes" via @bivnews.bsky.social #bcpoli #Vanpoli #Vanre share.google/cPl8vuhWs4XG...

Nine meals from anarchy. "US food banks brace for surge as shutdown threatens benefits" www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...