PlaceSpeak had a great time at last week’s Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) 2013 MarketPlace. We met over one hundred local government representatives from across the province. We were able to demonstrate our platform ...
One of the hopes with the PlaceSpeak platform is to increase overall rates of public participation—including youth—in consultations, through the use of technology. Recently, we found an interesting report on youth and civic engagement. The report, entitled simply “Youth ...
Local governments provide essential services and make important policy decisions that affect their residents. But—after years of senior government downloading and fiscal contraints—many cities and regions are finding that their budgeted have been stretched to the limit and local governments are looking ...
PlaceSpeak’s Director of Community Engagement, Yuri Artibise, will attending the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) 2012 Annual Convention in Victoria, BC on Thursday, September 27, 2012. The UBCM is an organization that has served and represented the interests ...
For residents PlaceSpeak provides residents with a chance to learn about, and speak their minds about issues that affect them locally. It provides a simple means of locating information regarding your neighbourhood, as well as ...