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December 12, 2011
How Burlington fought to Adopt a Better Process for Controversial Development

One after the other, residents stood at the microphone and begged the planning staff at a public meeting not to recommend yet another highrise on the edge of a single family residential neighborhood in downtown Burlington, Ont. The Official Plan called for a seven story building ; the proposed development was double that. Residents wanted to know why. If the Official Plan was good planning, why go beyond it? Conversely, if double the height was good planning, why wasn’t that in the Official Plan in the first place?

One after the other, residents stood at the microphone and begged the planning staff at a public meeting not to recommend yet another highrise on the edge of a single family residential neighborhood in downtown Burlington, Ont. The Official Plan called for a seven story building ; the proposed development was double that. Residents wanted to know why. If the Official Plan was good planning, why go beyond it? Conversely, if double the height was good planning, why wasn’t that in the Official Plan in the first place?

September 10, 2010
Government using Second Life

Once seen as a means of escapism for technology fiends the world-over; Second Life has more recently been harnessed for collaborative purposes with educational and informational goals in mind.  Government agencies from the federal level down to cities and townships are using virtual reality programs as a cost-effective approach to conducting simulations, holding meetings, and hosting strategy sessions.  

May 3, 2010
Broken City Lab - Tactically Disrupting and Engaging the City

When Broken City Lab first surfaced as a self-described research group that “tactically disrupts and engages the city, its communities, and its infrastructure to reimagine the potential for action in a collapsing post-industrial city”, social media was their vehicle for change.  Two years later this group of six, all under the age of 30, has gained national attention for their efforts towards finding creative and positive ways of interacting with their home city of Windsor, Ontario.