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Ep. 216: Why Oppose Proportional Representation?
We invited Bill Tieleman to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the case for No when it comes to proportional representation.
Ep. 212: Benefits of Vancouver Light Rail
We invited one of LRT's strongest local advocates, urban designer, planner and professor Patrick Condon of the UBC School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture to join us for a Conversation That Matters about why it's time to turn our attention away from SkyTrain and back to LRT.
Ep. 210: Vancouver's Search of Real Estate Solutions
We invited Anne McMullin of the Urban Development Institute to join us for a Conversation That Matters about strategies she says could go a long way to relieve the pressure on the Greater Vancouver housing market.
Ep. 207: Vancouver: Love Me, Love Me Not
We invited Abeer Yusuf to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the myriad challenges of feeling truly at home in Vancouver.
Ep. 206: Putting Canada on the Drug Global Stage
We invited Gordon McCauley of the CDRD to join us for a Conversation That Matters about nurturing, fostering, retaining and commercializing our world-class ideas, talent and research in Canada.
Ep. 200: Vancouver’s Out of Control Commercial Real Estate Market
We invited Andrey Pavlov, a Finance Professor at the Beedie School of Business to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the unintended consequences of a tax that forgot to look at the downstream effect it would have.
Ep. 199: Marijuana: What Can We Learn from Washington State?
We invited Rick Garza, the Director of the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the lessons our neighbour to the south has learned since legalizing marijuana in 2012.
Ep. 197: Vancouver: A Real Estate Tragedy Unfolds
We invited planner, developer and commentator Michael Geller to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the crisis that continues to unfold in BC’s real estate markets.
Ep. 193: Putting the brakes on Vancouver housing
We invited Tom Davidoff, an Associate Professor at the Sauder School of Business, the man many see as the driving force behind the tax initiatives that have been introduced for a Conversation That Matters on his reasons for wanting to change the real estate market in Vancouver.
Ep. 171: Vancouver as a Virtual Reality Centre of Excellence
We sat down with Etienne Farreyre and Patrick Pennefather for a real Conversation that Matters on video about virtual reality.
Ep. 170: Former Addicts Devote Lives to Recovery of Others
To learn more about Turning Point, its origins, how it operates, and how it demonstrates there is hope in a sea of despair, we sat down with Brenda Plant for a Conversation That Matters.
Ep. 169: Hydromorphone: A User's Story
We sat down with Colin for a Conversation That Matters about the opioid crisis, the hydromorphone IV treatment program, mental health, housing and the potential he hopes to realize.
Ep. 167: Vancouver's Alleyway Revitalization Project
We sat down with Charles Gauthier of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association to ask him what was the motivation for this project, why it’s important and what the value is to all of us who call the city home – not just the businesses he represents.
Ep. 163: Interesting Vancouver: A dialogue
To learn more about interesting Vancouver, we invited Jocelyn Macdougall and Mark Busse, two exceptionally interesting people who embrace dialogue, to join us for a Conversation That Matters.
Ep. 162: Is Shipping in British Columbia Waters Safe?
To discuss what the shipping industry is doing to meet these concerns, issues, and regulations, we invited the President of the Chamber of Shipping, Robert Lewis-Manning, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about protecting our coastal waters.
Ep. 161: Are we overdeveloping Howe Sound?
Andrew Day, the past Executive Director of the Coastal Ocean Research Institute, which released its report card on Howe Sound, joins us this week on Conversations That Matter to share what we know, where are the gaps in our understanding and what the well-being of the Sound means to the south coast and the Salish Sea.
Ep. 158: Vancouver At the Epicentre of Biotech
For Eaves, there are no limits. “We are going for world domination and it’s all working out nicely.”
Ep. 155: Getting Public Buy-In for Public Infrastructure Projects
Jane Bird is the CEO of the Canada Line Rapid Transit Inc, the company that planned, built and figured out how to pay for the public transit line to Richmond and the airport.
Ep. 152: Is Site C Right for British Columbia?
BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald believed that Site C was the right project for British Columbia.
Ep. 121: University of British Columbia Among Best in World
He had left a much higher paying job in Cincinnati to take over at the helm at BC's top university. Within months, he was faced with his first PR challenge over the dismissal and reinstatement of John Furlong as a keynote speaker at a University event.