Eugene McCann

@ejmccann.bsky.social

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Geographer at Simon Fraser University. Policy mobilities; urban politics; harm reduction; social movements. Managing editor, EPC: Politics & Space (journals.sagepub.com/home/epc). Host, 'Minor Revisions' podcast (http://bit.ly/3suN9ur). Views my own. .. more

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · Dec 31

Didn't introduce myself here. Maybe should since the Nov 24 follower influx. I'm a critical urban political geographer, studying how #socialmovement activists use space & place, locally & globally. I also study the politics of urban development & public space. Some things published in 23 & 24 🧵👇

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 2h

Always nice to have a "hey, I know them!" moment when reading the news ... well, nice as long as they're in the news for the right reasons like you! 😂

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 4h

Geographer ( @hesterparr.bsky.social ) & her great project in the news ... "The pioneering light boxes helping Orkney islanders avoid seasonal affective disorder."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The pioneering light boxes helping Orkney islanders avoid seasonal affective disorder

Wintering Well boxes to counter effects of low light on mental health are ‘super popular’, says island librarian

www.theguardian.com

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 1d

Further to the thread above on "impermaculture" as a business model for developers who are being paid by governments to land bank and who, in turn, are supporting an ancillary community garden and dog park industry, this ...
bsky.app/profile/cope... @seanorr.bsky.social

COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 1d

“Why are we rewarding these people sitting on this land?" - Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social

globalnews.ca/news/1159037...

#vanpoli

‘Simply a scam’: B.C. community gardens growing big tax breaks for developers | Globalnews.ca

The province, through BC Assessment, can reclassify land from Class 6 business use to Class 8 recreational property/non-profit organization use for community gardens or dog parks.

globalnews.ca

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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 1d

“Why are we rewarding these people sitting on this land?" - Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social

globalnews.ca/news/1159037...

#vanpoli

‘Simply a scam’: B.C. community gardens growing big tax breaks for developers | Globalnews.ca

The province, through BC Assessment, can reclassify land from Class 6 business use to Class 8 recreational property/non-profit organization use for community gardens or dog parks.

globalnews.ca

Reposted by Margreet Zwarteveen, Jeremy J. Schmidt

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 2d

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 2d

Be our colleague… Hiring an Assistant Prof of Urban Geography & Climate Crisis.

www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...

Assistant Professor of Urban Geography/Climate Crisis

www.sfu.ca

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Margreet Zwarteveen, Jeremy J. Schmidt , and 1 more Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Margreet Zwarteveen, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Clark Gray

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 2d

In what could plausibly represent a Christmas miracle* SFU Geography has two (2) new tenure track hires. One is urban/climate, which I will repost below. The other is a Landscape Ecologist. Please share ... #academicsky

*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...

Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology

www.sfu.ca

Reposted by Margreet Zwarteveen, Katherine Brickell, Jeremy J. Schmidt

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 2d

Be our colleague… Hiring an Assistant Prof of Urban Geography & Climate Crisis.

www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...

Assistant Professor of Urban Geography/Climate Crisis

www.sfu.ca

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Colin M. Coates , and 1 more Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Colin M. Coates, Eugene McCann

Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 2d

Instead of spending big money to recruit a few dozen academics from outside of Canada, I wish the Liberals invested in the outstanding talent coming out of our PhD programs. Postdocs could be extended (#, duration) for large numbers for the same price. It is top-down, headline seeking politics.

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 3d

I'll always be a proud son of Ufiesort, or whatever ...

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 3d

In Spring each year my geography course’s self-guided field trip drives a surge in SeaBus ridership but I don’t see the local media making a big bloody deal about that!

Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 3d

Shipyards Christmas Market drives surge in SeaBus ridership

TransLink increased sailings this past weekend to reduce wait times and crowding

dlvr.it

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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 3d

Shipyards Christmas Market drives surge in SeaBus ridership

TransLink increased sailings this past weekend to reduce wait times and crowding

dlvr.it

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 6d

The otter's still the goat tho
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Escaped goat lassoed by police after Wiltshire village rampage

The goat, which was attempting to eat oranges on Christmas wreaths, was eventually captured.

www.bbc.com

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Stephen Quinn @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social · 7d

Coming up on The Early Edition - our show director, Laurence Watt, looks at security cameras for the upcoming FIFA World Cup games in Vancouver, the latest episode of "The Pitch: Vancouver's Road to the 2026 World Cup."
The signs are already up near BC Place:

Reposted by Eugene McCann

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 7d

winter biking, Grumpy's Bar, NE Minneapolis

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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 8d

What a year!

25 papers published
13 keynote talks
4 research grants

Oh wait I forgot…this isn’t LinkedIn.

(and none of those numbers are true)

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The Onion @theonion.com · 8d

New Research Reveals Ancient Egyptians Received Significant Help From Parents While Building Pyramids https://theonion.com/new-research-reveals-ancient-egyptians-received-significant-help-from-parents-while-building-pyramids/

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 8d

Around 260 people spoke against Vancouver city council’s plan to carry out the “Downtown Eastside Implementation Strategy” motion, which reduces social housing in new buildings.

Despite that strong opposition, council passed the new plan on Tuesday evening.

A New Plan for the Downtown Eastside Fails Residents | The Tyee

Council’s proposal reduces the number of social housing units required to be included in new buildings.

thetyee.ca

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 8d

"ABC mayor and councillors voted to gentrify DTES and Chinatown with 32-storey towers" savechinatownyvr.substack.com/p/abc-mayor-...

ABC mayor and councillors voted to gentrify DTES and Chinatown with 32-storey towers

We will keep fighting until liberation. 奮鬥到底！

savechinatownyvr.substack.com

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 8d

NoneBC amirite?!

Canadian Elections Tracker @cdnelxnstracker.bsky.social · 9d

It's official - OneBC no longer has representation in the Legislature, and Armstrong and Brodie will sit as independents.

Updated BC party standings:
NDP - 47
Conservative - 39
Independent - 5
Green - 2

#cdnpoli #bcpoli

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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: The ABC majority just voted to decimate the strong social housing requirements on developments in the Downtown Eastside / Oppenheimer District.

ABC ignored the feedback of 100s of residents & advocates who spoke over several days warning of displacement and land speculation. #vanpoli

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Canadian Elections Tracker @cdnelxnstracker.bsky.social · 9d

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 9d

Bluesky at 110%, up there off the chart, I can only assume.

Reposted by Kai Arzheimer, Stephen D. Murphy, Henry Farrell , and 2 more Kai Arzheimer, Stephen D. Murphy, Henry Farrell, Eugene McCann, David Stott

#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 12d

They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 12d

BC’s two solitudes … although what are the languages in this case?

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 12d

Or “One is the loneliest number”

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 12d

The funniest bit is that the “Popular” Front is one guy sitting sadly on his own. The Legislature now … lol

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 12d

Splitter! 🤣

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Samantha Thompson @spthompson.bsky.social · 13d

Powell Rooms SRO set to become a unique model of community-owned housing:

www.vancitylookout.com/p/exclusive-...

Exclusive: Powell Rooms SRO set to become a unique model of community-owned housing

The Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust is buying the building to preserve it as deeply affordable housing and childcare space.

www.vancitylookout.com

Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 13d

ABC is the latest political face of Vancouver's growth machine (coalition of dvlpt interests). It's fitting that, back in 2004, a certain city planner chose a speech at a UDI event to direct developers eastward in the first place (quoted here: www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplannin...) #vanpoli #vanre

speech to the Urban Development Institute, the asso‐
ciation representing the interests of the local develop‐
ment industry, noted developers’ worries about reduced
opportunities for building lucrative residential condo
towers in the central and western sectors of the down‐
town core. He laid out the City’s vision for facilitating simi‐
lar development in adjacent lower‐income historic neigh‐
bourhoods. “In simple terms, we’re looking to the east,”
he proclaimed:
We’re beginning to identify a different development
potential….The areas of focus include: Gastown,
Chinatown, even the Downtown Eastside, the
False Creek Flats, and, of course, Southeast False
Creek….Right now, we’re in the middle of framing
a new Chinatown Plan….We’ve hired architects to
generate different kinds of infill models in an historic
setting—and this we will translate into new zoning
and further incentives. We like to say we’re targeting
10,000 new people to live in a revitalized but well
preserved Chinatown—including both market and
non‐market housing. (Beasley, 2004, pp. 7–9)

Beasley, L. (2004). Vancouver’s shift east: A new real‐
ity and new forms of development [Speech tran‐
script]. Price Tags. http://pricetags.files.wordpress.
com/2012/05/price‐tags‐26.pdf

Quoted in: Mahieus, L., & McCann, E. (2023). " Hot+ Noisy" Public Space: Conviviality," Unapologetic Asianness," and the Future of Vancouver’'s Chinatown. Urban Planning, 8(4), 77-88. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/6527

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Lindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 14d

So, last night the ruling ABC Vancouver party and mayor cut short a crucial public hearing by 4 hours so they could attend the Christmas party of the real estate developers' assn (UDI).

There was a motion to keep the hearing going, but they voted it down. #vanpoli. #vanre

UDI posts photo of a swanky do full of business types under crystal chandeliers

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