On September 24 at 7 pm, Regent College will host the first ever Q Commons event in Vancouver. The evening will include presentations by local leaders and thinkers on the topic of housing, home, community and belonging in the city of Vancouver. … Read more →
Urban Issues
Vancouver neighbourhoods: Kitsilano
by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Kitsilano is a lively and storied neighbourhood, stretching along the flat lowlands of English Bay and straddling the hill sloping down to Kits Beach – which was already a major summer camping destination for West End residents by the beginning… Read more →
Vancouver neighbourhoods: Marpole
by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Marpole is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Vancouver. Historically a moderate-income neighbourhood, it continues to be a convenient initial landing ground for new immigrants. The SkyTrain Canada Line and three bridges (Arthur Laing, Oak Street, Marpole Railway) make Marpole… Read more →
Vancouver neighbourhoods: Killarney
by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Killarney is a relatively low-density neighbourhood that has the third-highest concentration of families in the city. The median income has steadily risen and is now above the city’s average. However, this masks a moderately high concentration of low-income residents living… Read more →
Vancouver neighbourhoods: Kerrisdale
by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Over the next several months we will offer profiles of each of Vancouver’s 22 areas (and UBC). Kerrisdale is a very comfortable neighbourhood with many well-treed streets, featuring a mix of newer and older houses as well as a sizeable… Read more →
Vancouver neighbourhoods: Fairview
by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Fairview faces Vancouver’s downtown core across False Creek, and is linked to it by the Burrard, Granville and Cambie Street bridges. It is a very densely populated neighbourhood, featuring mostly low-rise apartments and condos. Out of 18,505 occupied private dwellings, only… Read more →
Churches are making use of the airspace above their buildings
by Jack Taylor • • 0 Comments
Urban churches are beginning to realize the treasure they have, not just in their pews, but hovering high above their buildings. ‘Air rights’ focus on the space above the church building, and Christians now take in the reality that owning… Read more →
#DontHave1Million campaign leads to Affordable Housing Rally
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
It’s time to be heard! There is no end in sight to the stratospheric home prices in Vancouver and its impact is being felt across our communities.” Such is the rallying cry for the Affordable Housing Rally to be held… Read more →
Neighbourhood mapping: Top 10 tips to exegete a culture
by John Fuder • • 0 Comments
“Our neighbourhoods are in a continual state of change. God is sending the nations to our cities and as Christ-followers embedded in local churches we are, at times, overwhelmed in how to respond.” Dr. John Fuder will provide some guidance… Read more →
Glenn Smith: How – and why – churches should research their neighbourhoods
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Glenn Smith will present How to Read Your Neighbourhood: 20 Steps for Assessing Your Missional Context next Thursday (February 5) at Salvation Army Divisional Headquarters in Burnaby. Following is an interview he did in Missional Voice, published by Forge Canada,… Read more →