5 minute read. This post is the first in a series chronicling experiences in quarantine in the Blue Mountains, Ontario, with some counselling from Season 3 of Westworld, airing at the time of … [Read more...] about A New World
Land is Power
Comments to Victoria City Council, April 11, 2019. Four minute read. I’ve lived downtown for 10 years in a condo I was lucky enough to buy when I moved here. For a longer time, I’ve been a bit … [Read more...] about Land is Power
The Other Missing Middle: What I heard at Victoria’s Housing Summit
(9 minute read) THERE'S A LOT OF TALK about the missing middle in housing supply: the smallish, multi-unit housing types like duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, carriage houses, courtyard apartments or … [Read more...] about The Other Missing Middle: What I heard at Victoria’s Housing Summit
This Story has a Process… all it needs is a Cast (An Essay on CPTED Community of Practice)
Intensifying homelessness crises have been feeding major conversations in Greater Victoria, as they have more and more elsewhere in Canada. Angry social and news media debates swing from the … [Read more...] about This Story has a Process… all it needs is a Cast (An Essay on CPTED Community of Practice)
In Need of a Champion: Reviving the Practice of CPTED (Essay)
Last month, we traveled to Edmonton to give a one-day workshop to a group of participants attending the annual conference of the Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association (ACCPA). The topic of … [Read more...] about In Need of a Champion: Reviving the Practice of CPTED (Essay)
Ten Voices: An Innovation Story of Downtown Victoria
This story is a creative output of an Applied Research Project submitted to Cape Breton University, the final requirement of a Master of Business Administration in Community Economic Development and … [Read more...] about Ten Voices: An Innovation Story of Downtown Victoria