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The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation is developing Vancouver's Playbook, a new master plan to guide the delivery of vibrant parks and recreation over the next 25 years.
The VanPlay Smart City Talks series in fall 2017 was a collaboration between:
- The Park Board
- The Urbanarium Society
- UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
The talks brought together some of the world’s leading thinkers on public space and urban issues to explore the way we connect, play, and explore in cities.
Full report and survey
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About Vancouver's Playbook
By City of Vancouver
Through the VanPlay process, we’ll arrive at a strategy to guide our parks and recreation system over the next 25 years! We’re focusing on these six key themes to get the conversation started:
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What is Vancouver's Playbook?
By City of Vancouver
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Innovation and vision
By City of Vancouver
The impact trends like climate change, redevelopment, and sustainability initiatives have on Vancouver’s parks and recreation now and into the future. Read our Innovation and Vision issue paper (PDF, 2 MB)
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Resilience and wellbeing
By City of Vancouver
The role equitable access to parks and recreation play in making Vancouver more resilient to broad issues of social justice, social isolation, and disasters. Read our Resilience and Wellbeing issue paper (PDF, 467 KB).
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Places and access
By City of Vancouver
The importance of place-making and building a network of parks, open space, and cultural destinations in connection with active modes of transportation like walking and cycling. Read our Places and Access issue paper (PDF, 1 MB).
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Recreation and community
By City of Vancouver
How recreation like art, music, sport, fitness, hiking, cycling, and play are vital activities that enliven Vancouver's community. Read our Recreation and Community issue paper (PDF, 401 KB).
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Celebration and tourism
By City of Vancouver
The role parks and recreation play in sport hosting, public art, tourism, events, education, and celebration of Vancouver's diverse communities. Read our Celebration and Tourism issue paper (PDF, 14 MB).
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Ecology and nature
By City of Vancouver
The connection Vancouver’s parks, urban forests, and beaches play in providing access to nature and the opportunities for re-wilding, environmental education, and enhanced stewardship of nature. Read our Ecology and Nature issue paper. (PDF, 3 MB).
VanPlay Smart City Talks series
By City of Vancouver
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VanPlay Smart City Talks series
By City of Vancouver
The VanPlay Smart City Talks series brought together some of the world’s leading thinkers on public space and urban issues to engage in a dialogue with Vancouver residents.
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Community + Vision
By City of Vancouver
As the first lecture of our series, we opened the floor to some of Vancouver's thinkers on the theme of community and vision. Watch this talk
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Space + Equity
By City of Vancouver
Our second lecture of this series looked into spatial distribution, access, and equity dimensions of parks and public spaces with two speakers and a moderated Q&A. Watch this talk
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Ecology + Nature
By City of Vancouver
In the third lecture of this series, we explored the ecological and environmental sustainability dimensions of parks and public spaces in urban environments with two leading experts and a moderated Q&A. Watch this talk
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Celebration + Diversity
By City of Vancouver
In the fourth lecture of this series, we looked into the role of parks and public spaces in providing spaces and opportunities for celebration, collective or individual sense of joy, inclusion, and diversity. There was an opening lecture and a keynote lecture, followed by a moderated Q&A with three dynamic women. Watch this talk
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Resilience + Wellbeing
By City of Vancouver
In the fifth and final lecture of this series, we brought five renowned speakers together in a panel format to explore the ways our parks and public space system created resilience and wellbeing in our communities. Panelists presentded their topics, followed by a moderated discussion with the audience. Watch this talk
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