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Metro Vancouver's University Town: Multiculturalism: A Need for Balance
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Metro Vancouver's University Town. News and views on Utown. Friday, April 3, 2015. Multiculturalism: A Need for Balance. Or the ever so popular annual folk-fests of the 1970s that celebrated ethnic diversity through food, dance, and costume? It was premised upon a perceived fundamental difference between a Canadian vs an American kind of society. The idea of a Canadian " Cultural Mosaic. The reality is not quite so simple. John Porter's trailblazing 1965 study, the Vertical Mosaic. In two later essays, J...
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Metro Vancouver's University Town: January 2015
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Metro Vancouver's University Town. News and views on Utown. Wednesday, January 14, 2015. UNA Board Meeting, Jan. 13, 2015. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). By profession Charles is a professor in the Department of Anthropology. At the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. View my complete profile. UEL Citizens Advisory Council. UBC Insiders -student view of local politics. Metro Vancouver -Electoral Area A Elections. Charles' UBC Faculty Web Page. Charles' Public Education Blog.
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Metro Vancouver's University Town: February 2015
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Metro Vancouver's University Town. News and views on Utown. Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Metro Transit Referendum: why I'm voting no. Public transit is an important public good. If funded and designed well public transit makes our communities better places to live. If underfunded and used as a political football public transit will never achieve it's potential. The push for transit in Metro isn't about ecology, sustainability, or making our communities nicer: it's about using public means to facilitate th...
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Metro Vancouver's University Town: Changing Directions on the UNA
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Metro Vancouver's University Town. News and views on Utown. Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Changing Directions on the UNA. For the past 2 and 3/4 years I've been the UNA Secretary and Chair of the Governance Standing Committee. This is the view that I have long subscribed to. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). By profession Charles is a professor in the Department of Anthropology. At the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. View my complete profile. UEL Citizens Advisory Council. Changing Directio...
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Metro Vancouver's University Town: September 2013
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Metro Vancouver's University Town. News and views on Utown. Wednesday, September 11, 2013. UNA Board meeting, September 10, 2013. Below are my tweets and selected tweets from the Ubyssey News who faithfully attend most of our public meetings. As per usual, please read from bottom up for chronological order. Currently debate over how much the. Should have to pay for storm/waste water services. UBC Director speaks to the billing process and practices linked to storm water expenses incurred by the. Beyer sa...
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Metro Vancouver's University Town: July 2014
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Metro Vancouver's University Town. News and views on Utown. Thursday, July 17, 2014. Nomination papers submitted today - Running for re-election to the UNA. The official UNA Board of Directors's election begins at the close of nominations August 15th. This afternoon, after spending some times working in the UNA Children's Garden. With my partner Veronica, I biked over the UNA office in Westbrook Place and handed in my nomination papers. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Charles' Forests and...
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Metro Vancouver's University Town: December 2014
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Metro Vancouver's University Town. News and views on Utown. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. New Year's Eve - UNA Year in Review. I was thinking of starting off with an opening like this: "It's been an amazingly transformative year at the UNA." But that wouldn't be right. Realistically, not much has been transformed. Examine how to improve Director's stipends and to compare just how 'municipal-like'. Improve the orientation of Directors by hiring a special consultant firm,. Nope Are we likely to? There has ...
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Metro Vancouver's University Town: August 2013
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Metro Vancouver's University Town. News and views on Utown. Wednesday, August 14, 2013. The UNA Garden Party. Was, by all accounts, a smashing success! Way to go team! Kudos to the staff of the UNA who did a fabulous job setting things up and making it very memorable event! Links to this post. Tuesday, August 13, 2013. UNA Board Meeting CRM's tweets. August 13, 2013. Tweets from the August 13, 2013 UNA Board of Directors Meeting. As per normal, read from bottom to top for chronological order. Board meeti...
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Metro Vancouver's University Town: March 2014
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Metro Vancouver's University Town. News and views on Utown. Wednesday, March 26, 2014. 7th Annual International Festival of Anthropological Film. Come down to The Old Barn Community Centre for the 7th Annual Anthropological Film Festival! Hosted by The Ethnographic Film Unit @ UBC. Join us on Friday night for screenings of the festival winners and reception, and on Sunday to view selected films for the festival! Stay tuned for a full schedule to be announced next week! Links to this post. Today I have th...