Jillian Glover

Is this the most family friendly public space in North America?

Vancouverites agree that the city needs more housing density, yet it’s not happening fast enough Images of Vancouver often showcase residential towers surrounded by snow-capped mountains, beaches, and seawalls packed with cyclists and pedestrians. The city comes across as dense and packed with people living close together. This is not the reality.

Vancouver-based urbanist Jillian Glover reflects on the new urban studies curriculum for high school students in British Columbia, Canada. When I was a child, I didn’t really understand what my Dad did for work. He was an urban transportation planner, but all I knew was that he went to a lot of community meetings and would always take pictures of commuter trains when we were on vacation.