Civic Insights
Ideas That Help Us Understand Our City
Better civic participation begins with understanding the issues, the people and the decisions shaping the communities around us.
Think City Civic Insights is a place for thoughtful articles, perspectives and accessible public learning. We explore civic life, human rights, sustainability, education and community well-being while creating more opportunities for people to understand, discuss and participate.
What We Explore
Understanding the Issues Behind Civic Life
Civic questions rarely fit neatly into one category. Think City looks at how public decisions, community experience, rights, sustainability and participation connect with one another.
Civic Life & Participation
How residents understand public decisions, make their voices heard and participate more confidently in civic life.
Human Rights & Inclusion
Perspectives on accessibility, fairness, inclusion and the rights and experiences of people within our communities.
Cities & Sustainability
How transportation, neighbourhoods, public space, environmental choices and planning shape everyday life.
Community Learning
Ideas, stories and educational resources that make complex public questions easier to understand and discuss.
Latest From Think City
Civic Ideas Worth Exploring
Perspectives, stories and public-learning articles from the Think City community.
Transportation
Beyond Rush Hour: What Transportation Access Looks Like Across Metro Vancouver
The region moves long before the morning commute and long after it ends. Jobs, campuses, appointments, neighbourhood trips and late-night journeys reveal how much transportation access depends on when and where a trip happens, and who is making it.
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Transportation
The Future of Transportation in Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver is planning for almost 1.5 million additional residents by 2050. The transportation choices made along the way will shape far more than traffic and transit. They will affect housing, affordability, accessibility, safety and the everyday experience of living in the region.
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History
25 Years Later, ThinkCity Returns to Reconnect Vancouver Residents With Power
Community advocate Penny Perry argues that civic awareness matters most when people believe they can meaningfully participate in the decisions shaping their city.
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History
ThinkCity Education Society, 25 Years in the Making.
Think City’s return is the latest chapter in a civic idea built around a simple belief: people are better able to participate in public life when information is accessible, discussion is possible and community knowledge is shared.
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Ideas Become Stronger Through Conversation
Think City connects public learning with real opportunities to meet people, hear different perspectives, ask questions and participate in the civic life of our communities.