Jillian Glover
@thiscitylifeyvr.bsky.social
Accredited Communications Specialist | Founder of This City Life | Urbanist | Mother | Vancouverite.
www.thiscitylife.ca
www.thiscitylife.ca
This is the world I want to live in.
Soon, at all B.C. K-12 schools, kids eat free. My @thetyee.ca piece today. thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
Feds Invest $39.4 million to Boost BC School Food Program | The Tyee
A three-year agreement will help provide breakfast and lunch to more kids.
thetyee.ca
March 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is the world I want to live in.
Reposted by Jillian Glover
What We’ve Learned About School Closures for the Next Pandemic www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
Would Schools Close in a Future Pandemic?
Five years after the global Covid pandemic was declared, there is widespread agreement that closing classrooms was devastating for children. Here is what leaders say they may do next time.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What We’ve Learned About School Closures for the Next Pandemic www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
This article struck a chord with me. We need more support for our public institutions, not less, and more opportunities for community service. Some great recommendations at the end: thewalrus.ca/death-of-big...
They Sold Out Big Bird, and They’ll Sell Out the Rest of Us Too | The Walrus
The spirit of uplift that gave us Sesame Street, the CBC, and public schools is under threat
thewalrus.ca
March 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This article struck a chord with me. We need more support for our public institutions, not less, and more opportunities for community service. Some great recommendations at the end: thewalrus.ca/death-of-big...
Reposted by Jillian Glover
Doctor turns to ChatGPT for novel ways to say ‘it’s all in your head’ to female patients
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/02/doct...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/02/doct...
Doctor turns to ChatGPT for novel ways to say ‘it’s all in your head’ to female patients
Halifax, NS - Looking to take advantage of AI in his practice, Dr. Allan George turned to ChatGPT for novel ways to tell female patients “It’s all in your head.”
www.thebeaverton.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Doctor turns to ChatGPT for novel ways to say ‘it’s all in your head’ to female patients
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/02/doct...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/02/doct...
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Every year, Metro Vancouver budgets for the services that help shape the future of our region. From high-quality drinking water to liquid waste management to regional planning, your input matters. Make your voice heard from Feb 15-Mar 30.
engage.zencity.io/metrovancouv...
engage.zencity.io/metrovancouv...
February 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Every year, Metro Vancouver budgets for the services that help shape the future of our region. From high-quality drinking water to liquid waste management to regional planning, your input matters. Make your voice heard from Feb 15-Mar 30.
engage.zencity.io/metrovancouv...
engage.zencity.io/metrovancouv...
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Hi Bluesky! We’re Metro Vancouver, here to share updates on essential services and projects that support the region we call home. From delivering high-quality drinking water to planning for urban growth to managing regional parks, we’re looking forward to connecting with you!
February 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hi Bluesky! We’re Metro Vancouver, here to share updates on essential services and projects that support the region we call home. From delivering high-quality drinking water to planning for urban growth to managing regional parks, we’re looking forward to connecting with you!
Reposted by Jillian Glover
We have larger concerns heading into 2025, but I can't let go of the idea that the next season of Sesame Street could be its last. So I wrote about why the kids' TV institution is still vital after more than 50 years:
Can You Tell Me How to Get Someone to Save 'Sesame Street'?
With its Warner Bros. Discovery contract about to expire, TV critic Alan Sepinwall explains why the beloved children's series deserves to survive.
www.rollingstone.com
December 30, 2024 at 5:10 PM
We have larger concerns heading into 2025, but I can't let go of the idea that the next season of Sesame Street could be its last. So I wrote about why the kids' TV institution is still vital after more than 50 years:
Reposted by Jillian Glover
We need a lot more residential streets with rainways.
(City of Vancouver, BC)
(City of Vancouver, BC)
December 23, 2024 at 4:08 PM
We need a lot more residential streets with rainways.
(City of Vancouver, BC)
(City of Vancouver, BC)
Reposted by Jillian Glover
“In a typical week, relying on a car more than 50% of the time for out-of-home activities is associated with a decrease in life satisfaction. This implies that at high levels of car dependence, there are negative implications that outweigh the benefits of car-based travel.” ssti.us/2024/12/09/t...
Too much driving is bad for society, new studies show
It turns out trying to expand the freedom of the open road has its limits—when taken too far, it can end up driving people apart.
ssti.us
December 11, 2024 at 5:06 PM
“In a typical week, relying on a car more than 50% of the time for out-of-home activities is associated with a decrease in life satisfaction. This implies that at high levels of car dependence, there are negative implications that outweigh the benefits of car-based travel.” ssti.us/2024/12/09/t...
Reposted by Jillian Glover
Today is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
It’s the anniversary of the massacre at the École Polytechnique, in which 14 young women were murdered, because they were women.
(📸 in the public domain)
It’s the anniversary of the massacre at the École Polytechnique, in which 14 young women were murdered, because they were women.
(📸 in the public domain)
December 6, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Today is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
It’s the anniversary of the massacre at the École Polytechnique, in which 14 young women were murdered, because they were women.
(📸 in the public domain)
It’s the anniversary of the massacre at the École Polytechnique, in which 14 young women were murdered, because they were women.
(📸 in the public domain)
Could cities please put more money into funding free, family-friendly Christmas events? I'm looking at you @cityofvancouver.bsky.social 👀
The free holiday market has already seen thousands in attendance, organizer says. It runs until Dec. 24
Crowds flock to new Christmas market in North Vancouver Shipyards
The free holiday market has already seen thousands in attendance, organizer says. It runs until Dec. 24
dlvr.it
December 3, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Could cities please put more money into funding free, family-friendly Christmas events? I'm looking at you @cityofvancouver.bsky.social 👀
I got more frustrated with every paragraph of this article. Students should be trained in CPR and all schools should have access to life-saving AEDs. The machines prompt you with instructions on how to use them. The VSB needs to change course immediately on this before someone else suffers.
After a 14 year old friend died at school Tobias Zhang + his friends raised money to buy an automated external defibrillator (AED) for their Vancouver high school, but the Vancouver School Board won't accept it.
#bced #bcpoli
#bced #bcpoli
This student watched his friend die: He's angry Vancouver won't mandate life-saving medical device in schools
The VSB wouldn't accept the automated external defibrillator (AED) that Tobias Zhang and his friends bought for their Vancouver high school.
vancouversun.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I got more frustrated with every paragraph of this article. Students should be trained in CPR and all schools should have access to life-saving AEDs. The machines prompt you with instructions on how to use them. The VSB needs to change course immediately on this before someone else suffers.
Love the term "bump zones”, which serve as places for people to run into each other, like the sidewalk, café, park, community centres, libraries.
"Reclaiming streets from cars for kids to play creates space for people of all ages and abilities to exercise, create art, sit, and so on - all without the noise, fumes, and danger of vehicles." Nicole Roach www.womeninurbanism.ca/words/cities... #yyj #placemaking
Building Cities for Kids Benefits Everyone — Women in Urbanism Canada
Kids need safe ways to get around, close access to friends, and spaces for play. Building cities for kids makes them more fun, safe, and equitable for everyone.
www.womeninurbanism.ca
November 25, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Love the term "bump zones”, which serve as places for people to run into each other, like the sidewalk, café, park, community centres, libraries.
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Before (2020) / After (2024) the pedestrianization work on the side lanes of Rue de la Chapelle in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. The change is total.
November 19, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Before (2020) / After (2024) the pedestrianization work on the side lanes of Rue de la Chapelle in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. The change is total.
Reposted by Jillian Glover
Each and every fresh snow reveals how much we’ve over-designed our streets and roads for cars, making them faster and more dangerous for everyone, and how much space we could reclaim for people and public life if we thought about street design differently.
We call them #sneckdowns. #sneckdown
We call them #sneckdowns. #sneckdown
November 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Each and every fresh snow reveals how much we’ve over-designed our streets and roads for cars, making them faster and more dangerous for everyone, and how much space we could reclaim for people and public life if we thought about street design differently.
We call them #sneckdowns. #sneckdown
We call them #sneckdowns. #sneckdown
Reposted by Jillian Glover
In concept, Superblocks are a modest intervention: traffic filters that reclaim a tiny piece of the 60% of Barcelona’s public realm given to cars.
In reality, they’re nothing short of a revelation: transforming asphalt expanses into neighborhood plazas using just paint, planters and political will.
In reality, they’re nothing short of a revelation: transforming asphalt expanses into neighborhood plazas using just paint, planters and political will.
November 19, 2024 at 10:46 PM
In concept, Superblocks are a modest intervention: traffic filters that reclaim a tiny piece of the 60% of Barcelona’s public realm given to cars.
In reality, they’re nothing short of a revelation: transforming asphalt expanses into neighborhood plazas using just paint, planters and political will.
In reality, they’re nothing short of a revelation: transforming asphalt expanses into neighborhood plazas using just paint, planters and political will.
Just opened a Bluesky account and excited to see so many of my fellow urbanists here. Feels like what Twitter used to be over 10 years ago, when I could connect with community-builders around the world.
November 20, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Just opened a Bluesky account and excited to see so many of my fellow urbanists here. Feels like what Twitter used to be over 10 years ago, when I could connect with community-builders around the world.