Tools & Resources
Watch this page as we add more ways to learn about how our municipal government functions, what its jurisdiction is, and how you can influence its decisions. The list below is only the beginning.
Online resources
School Board Public Engagement; School Board Archives & Heritage; Vancouver District Parent Advisory Council
CityHallWatch Media Foundation is a volunteer-run organization with a comprehensive website of resources and articles.
City Conversations is the blog of architect Brian Palmquist, who brings the perspective of over four decades of life and work in Vancouver to conversations that explain development issues and challenge the superficiality of the information residents receive from City Hall.
Neighbourhood Organizations
Seventeen Vancouver neighbourhood organizations have websites. Find them here: Coalition of Vancouver Neighbourhoods
Recommended reading, free at the Vancouver Public Library
Vancouverism, by Larry Beasley. Vancouver, British Columbia: On Point Press, 2019.
Vancouver Vanishes: narratives of demolition and revival, by Caroline Adderson et al. Vancouver, B.C.: Anvil Press, 2015.
Vancouver: Stories of a City - a history of Vancouver's neighbourhoods and the people who built them, by Lisa Smedman. Vancouver: Vancouver Courier, 2008.
The First 100 years: the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, by R. Mike Steele. Vancouver, B.C.: Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, 1988.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs. New York: Modern Library, 2011 (50th Anniversary Edition).