Mar 29, 2021
CityStudio Vancouver Society is seeking a Marketing and Sales Coordinator to join our CityStudio Global team! This is a key moment of growth for us as we enter our second decade as a leading network of Canadian municipalities working in collaboration with their post-secondary academic institutions. As part of our equity, diversity, and inclusion work, […]
Continue ReadingJan 25, 2021
At the start of the new year, like much of the world, we were reminded of the importance and fragility of democracy, allowing us to reflect on the role we play in democratic engagement. One of the characteristics of the CityStudio model is that it gives young citizens a seat at the table of city […]
Continue ReadingDec 18, 2020
Happy holidays from the CityStudio Vancouver Society. We hope that your year to come is filled with good health, joy and inspiration as we move optimistically and ambitiously into 2021. The past year started out very different for the CityStudio Vancouver Society than how it has ended. Like so many other organizations we have shared […]
Continue ReadingDec 11, 2020
In the beginning… CityStudio Vancouver and our local partners leapt into experimentation this Fall 2020 semester as two major systems disruptions pushed us all to go partially or entirely online and to rethink how we are doing our work increasingly with justice, equity, decolonization, and diversity in mind. Our team forged ahead with 18 course […]
Continue ReadingDec 4, 2020
This week HUBBUB 15 Live opened a week of celebration of collaboration between post-secondary students, faculty and City staff members. We were joined by guest speakers including City of Vancouver’s Mayor Kennedy Stewart and four of our local post-secondary presidents including Santa Ono from UBC, Lane Trotter from Langara College, Kathy Kinloch from BCIT, and […]
Continue ReadingNov 12, 2020
I am writing to you as someone who I know is deeply concerned about climate change.
Continue ReadingOct 30, 2020
When I decided to go back to university a little later in life to finish an incomplete Communications degree, I wasn’t expecting much. I wanted to just get through the five remaining classes and tick off a life goal box: university degree, check. However one course at SFU entitled Environmental Communications and its collaboration with […]
Continue ReadingOct 22, 2020
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday November 15, 2020 at midnight CityStudio is an innovation hub that brings city staff, post-secondary students, faculty, and community to co-create experimental projects to make cities more sustainable, liveable, joyful and inclusive. After 6 years running as an SFU initiative, a board was elected and CityStudio registered as a non-profit Society in […]
Continue ReadingOct 8, 2020
With Day 189 of the pandemic and the increase in cases, we are seeing the vital role that collective civic action will play as we push into the fall, and it is becoming clear that the next year at CityStudio will be characterized by a slow and steady adaptation with our partners.
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