Our Kitsilano mini-assembly was a great success. We had so many people we had to use the adjoining room for our deliberations. We started out with our typical go-around where people talk about the issues they are seeing in the city, and it was no surprise – homelessness, We
This is a work progress - bear with us while we figure this out ;-) Feel free to give us suggestions on social media. Apr 4: We've formalized our (fediverse compatible) social media identity as @engage@assemblevancouver.org and will be working on promoting this in the near term. Help
I sent a recent update suggesting that you can register for the February 17 7 pm mini-assembly by replying to the email – this is incorrect. You have to send an email to assemblevancouver@proton.me. Once I receive your registration email, I will send you the address. Sorry for
Thanks to all who attended the January mini-assembly. We had a full house at the Mount Pleasant Community Centre, despite the weather. At this assembly, we introduced a sample deliberation in the second half, which we had a fair bit of positive feedback on. We are learning and aim
In our initial mini assemblies we have involved citizens from the following neighbourhoods. As we continue in the new year we will be bringing assemblies to more of you closer to where you live and work.
After running a modest number of mini assemblies, the most frequently raised civic issues not receiving adequate attention from the civic government have been collected below and arranged into a word cloud where * text size is proportional to frequency raised * topics are grouped by theme Some of the issues raised
Both provincial and municipal governments have recognized the value of citizens' assemblies to engage residents in meaningful decision-making. The City of Vancouver really is lagging behind the rest of the province. * The landmark provincial body, the British Columbia Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform (2004-2005), brought together 160