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Seeking Office is innovative storytelling and municipal news coverage from Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

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    Defunding the VPD

    Defunding the VPD

    Many Vancouverites are joining a North American movement to defund the police.

    But in what ways will defunding the police make life safer for Black, Indigenous and other marginalized folks in Vancouver? And can in be done? In this episode of Seeking Office, we get perspective from Lama Mugabo of the Hogan's Alley Society, Meenakshi Mannoe of PIVOT Legal Society, Vancouver City Councillor Pete Fry and University of Winnipeg professor Kevin Walby.

    If you want to donate to Black Lives Matter Vancouver, go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/blmvan
    If you want to donate to The Hogan's Alley Society, go to https://www.hogansalleysociety.org/donations/696/

    • 29 min
    Defunding the VPD

    Defunding the VPD

    Many Vancouverites are joining a North American movement to defund the police.

    But in what ways will defunding the police make life safer for Black, Indigenous and other marginalized folks in Vancouver? And can in be done? In this episode of Seeking Office, we get perspective from Lama Mugabo of the Hogan's Alley Society, Meenakshi Mannoe of PIVOT Legal Society, Vancouver City Councillor Pete Fry and University of Winnipeg professor Kevin Walby.

    If you want to donate to Black Lives Matter Vancouver, go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/blmvan
    If you want to donate to The Hogan's Alley Society, go to https://www.hogansalleysociety.org/donations/696/

    • 29 min
    Lessons of the Great Blue Heron

    Lessons of the Great Blue Heron

    This is a spotlight episode via CiTR's newest podcast, the "Vancouver COVID-19 Update." If you like it, please subscribe and rate.
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    This Tuesday, the Parks Board closed down roads in Stanley Park, home to the largest urban Pacific Great Blue Heron colony in North America. As Vancouverites adapt to this ongoing public health crisis, Dr. Rudy Reimer/Yumks thinks there's something we can learn from these incredible birds.

    In this episode of the Vancouver COVID-19 Update, Rudy, a member of the Squamish Nation and a professor of Indigenous Studies and Archeology at Simon Fraser University, shares the Squamish creation story of heron and what it can teach people about behaving with good heart and mind.

    • 14 min
    Canada Now and Then: A Look at Two Influenza Pandemics

    Canada Now and Then: A Look at Two Influenza Pandemics

    Canada's Department of Health (Health Canada) was created in 1919, in response to the Spanish Flu and WWI. Now, a century later, will Canada's new influenza pandemic again be a catalyst for stronger, more equitable health care and human rights?

    • 18 min
    Does the New Upjohn Institute Study Apply to Vancouver?

    Does the New Upjohn Institute Study Apply to Vancouver?

    On January 24th, The Globe & Mail published a story highlighting a study done by Evan Mast of the Upjohn Institute. This study found that the addition of market-rate housing in low-income neighborhoods caused rent to go down in those neighborhoods. Local data analyst Jens Von Bergmann did a simplified version of this study and found that the results hold true in Vancouver. But UBC professor, Patrick Condon, disagrees with the premise of both studies.

    In this episode, Condon explains why he takes issue with these studies and Von Bergmann unpacks his findings and what they mean for Vancouver.

    **Correction: Condon argues development taxes, not property taxes should be raised.**

    • 15 min
    Charlie Smith on the NPA Snafu

    Charlie Smith on the NPA Snafu

    Sitting Councillor Rebecca Bligh recently resigned from the Non-Partisan Association (NPA). This came after several social conservatives were elected to the NPA's board of directors. In this interview, Charlie Smith, editor and civic affairs reporter for the Georgia Straight, unpacks what this rightward shift means for Vancouver and the NPA caucus.

    • 23 min

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