Council for Canadian Urbanism

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The Council for Canadian Urbanism #CanU is a national organization of leading multi-disciplinary urbanists championing better city-building coast-to-coast! linktr.ee/canurbanism Conseil pour l'Urbanisme Canadien

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🇨🇦 Hear from leading Canadian urbanists bringing perspectives from BC, the Prairies, Ontario, Québec, Atlantic and Alberta.

Presented in Pecha Kucha style!

🗓️ Friday, October 23rd | 4:00 - 8:00 PM
📍 3 Brasseurs - Sparks (240 Sparks St., Ottawa)
🔗Register: www.canu.ca/forum2026
🎟️ OPEN TO ALL!

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Can’t make the full CanU Forum? You can still join us! 👋 No need to register for the full Forum to be part of the conversation. We’ve got a few FREE events & sessions OPEN TO ALL. Come for a session, stay for the conversation, and connect with urbanists from across Canada! Swipe for details ➡️

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What if design paid for itself?

Explore how leading with urban design can create lasting value, stronger outcomes, and greater buy-in.

Moderated by Chris Hardwicke, featuring Marcia Wallace, Janet Rosenberg & Scott Pickles.

🗓️ Oct. 22 | 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
📍 The Warehouse, Ottawa
🔗 canu.ca/forum2026

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We are grateful to our sponsors for supporting CanU and helping us create spaces to connect, learn, and exchange ideas about the future of urbanism in Canada. Your support helps us bring CanU Forum 2026 to life! @dtahtoronto.bsky.social @arcadisglobal.bsky.social

@brenttoderian.bsky.socialReposted by @canurbanism.bsky.social

As cities seek to build the housing and urban density we badly need to address many of our biggest crises, we should never buy into the false choice of urban density OR urban green spaces and people-places. Never forget, the latter are critical for doing urban density successfully. #DensityDoneWell

Families playing in the aaard-winning Hinge Park on Vancouver’s False Creek waterfront, part of the original Olympic Village development built in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Urban density AND green, not OR green.
@bedubble.bsky.socialReposted by @canurbanism.bsky.social

Honestly if most households just had *a* family car and relied on anything else (walking, bike, bus, train) for their other mode we’d be in a much better world. The issue is where we have a 1:1 ratio of cars to household members 16+

@warrenjwells.bsky.socialReposted by @canurbanism.bsky.social

Because my wife is a home birth midwife, we will likely never be car-free. But our cargo bike is 100% our 2nd car. We put 3500 miles on a Radwagon and are now 1200 miles into our R&M just 200 days into owning it. Nearly all of those are replacing car miles.

@jaypitter.bsky.socialReposted by @canurbanism.bsky.social

Safety is not only freedom from physical harm or harassment. It also has psychological, cultural & historical dimensions. Historical safety means inhabiting a place without its histories of exclusion, displacement or harm being ignored or reproduced. Safety enables us to express & access public joy.

@reneedsc.bsky.socialReposted by @canurbanism.bsky.social

“Labour Day marked the final day of Vancouver's Granville Street pedestrian zone, but the city is already facing calls to bring it back next summer.” “We need more spaces like this that feel like they are catered to the people that live in the city rather than the cars that drive through it."

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It just ended yesterday, but calls for the return of Vancouver’s Granville Street Pedestrian Zone are already loud!

“…the summer pilot served as a ‘proof of concept’ that a pedestrianized Granville Street can work without the World Cup…people think differently now.” — @brenttoderian.bsky.social

@canurbanism.bsky.socialReposted by @canurbanism.bsky.social

Toronto’s new transit line, Eglington Crosstown aka Line 5, is “actually good” according to @notjustbikes.com (who is not afraid to be merciless about North American urbanism). But stay for the tough love about the infrastructure around the stations. youtu.be/QJ9aiT-kXVU?...

@jaypitter.bsky.socialReposted by @canurbanism.bsky.social

The patio is the hardest-working small-scale urban infrastructure type. For its relatively small footprint, a patio does the following: ~ Acts as a real time Yelp review, allowing people to assess the vibe & quality of an establishment before committing. ~ Legitimizes and facilitates lingering. 🧵

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