CITYSTUDIO SOCIETY HIGHLIGHTS Patricia Pon - CityStudio's New Operations Manager This August, Patricia Pon joined the CityStudio team to lead the day-to-day operational activities of the CityStudio Vancouver Society and its two programs. Patricia brings over 20 years of experience coordinating and managing projects and board expertise, primarily in the...
Highlights from CityStudio – Summer 2021
CITYSTUDIO SOCIETY HIGHLIGHTS Our Team is Growing We recently welcomed two new team members, Suparna Gupta and Renée McMillen, both alumni of CityStudio. You can read more about their path from and back to CityStudio in our recent blog post, Old friends, new colleagues, and see their individual biographies below....
Highlights from CityStudio – Winter 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...
Highlights from the Studio (Fall 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...
In the Studio: SFU’s Civic Innovation Change Lab 2020
We are now in full swing at CityStudio Vancouver with the 3rd cohort of Civic Innovation Change Lab (CICL) students from Simon Fraser University. We want to welcome readers into our studio under the bridge with a three-part blog series, “In the Studio: SFU’s Civic Innovation Change Lab 2020.” (more…)