Stephen Irving Communications

05/14/2019

"People get their eyes checked every year or two but, to be honest, when was the last time you [had] your hearing checked? Early intervention is very important." --Yat Li, Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

When Yat Li was born, both his ears were very small and not properly formed due to a birth defect known as microtia, which causes severe hearing loss.

02/06/2019

How would you spend $100,000 to improve the West End?

Last month, the community-led WE Choo$e Impact Team launched Vancouver's first participatory budgeting pilot in the West End.

Supported by the City of Vancouver - Local Government, WE Choo$e will host their final engagement event on Thursday, February 7 at the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation from 6:00 to 8:00pm. If you're curious about the process or would like to get involved, please stop by!

Learn more at https://vancouver.ca/participatory-budgeting

📷: Alison Boulier

01/23/2019

If you had $100,000 for improvements to your neighbourhood, how would you spend it?

For the past six months, I've had the opportunity to work with a fantastic group of West End residents and community stakeholders on Vancouver's first participatory budgeting pilot process.

Supported by the City of Vancouver - Local Government, WE Choo$e launches today at the West End Community Centre Association with an engagement event on Denman Street from 4:00 to 7:00pm.

Learn more at http://www.vancouver.ca/participatory-budgeting

07/26/2018

Excited to be supporting the North Vancouver Museum and Archives as they work toward the creation of a new purpose-built museum in Lower Lonsdale’s new Shipyards District.

Give them a like on Facebook to see what they're up to.

When your home is long past its “best before” date, it’s time to move. And that’s what we’re doing! Coming in 2020 to Lower Lonsdale -- a new museum for North Vancouver as extraordinary as the community it serves.

Learn more at https://nvma.ca/extraordinarymuseum/

06/28/2018

New exhibit opening tonight documents Blue Cabin restoration. Great partnership between grunt gallery, The Polygon Gallery and the North Vancouver Museum and Archives.

Jeremy and Sus Borsos: The Blue Cabin Exhibition at the Grunt Gallery until July 28 (grunt.ca). From Pablo Picasso to Andy Warhol, artists have long emphasized the importance of solitude in their. . .

06/13/2018

So rad to see West End Games Night in Jim Deva Plaza get this kind of response. Kudos to GNH Young Ideas for all the hard work.

West End Outdoor Games Night in the Jim Deva Plaza will be bringing back their outdoor games not once, not twice, but six times this coming summer.

08/25/2017

How can you make public space in downtown Vancouver more vibrant and inviting?

Volunteer for the Public Space and Public Life Study conducted by Gehl - Making Cities for People, a global leader in people-centered urban design. We're looking for volunteers to help collect "people data" to better understand how residents and visitors get around and spend time in Downtown Vancouver.

The research will provide insight into what people like about public space, how they use it and why. Public life surveys will be conducted on September 14 and 16 and again in January 2018 to capture seasonal variations in public life.

Volunteers are invited to participate in both surveys. To sign up as a volunteer, email [email protected] by September 8.

Photo: Alison Boulier

06/28/2017

Stop by Robson Square tomorrow from 11am to 1:30pm for the launch of Places For People Downtown!

What’s your vision for public space in Downtown Vancouver?

Join us at Robson Square tomorrow (Thursday, June 29) from 11am to 1:30pm as the City of Vancouver kicks off , a new campaign supporting the creation of vibrant public spaces in the downtown area. Stop by and share your big (or little) ideas for improving public space in Downtown Vancouver!

Learn more at http://vancouver.ca/placesforpeople

06/28/2017

Illustrator Jeff Kulak decaling FSOARK's temporary street furniture for tomorrow's launch. Stop by Robson Square tomorrow from 11am to 1:30pm to check out what we've been working on!