As an online participation platform, PlaceSpeak offers a range of web-based tools to support evidence-based decision-making and policy development by facilitating stakeholder and public participation in a variety of different community plans. For example, PlaceSpeak ...
A short documentary film on civic engagement in Vancouver, focusing on youth apathy and social change. It was produced by students from Simon Fraser University’s Video Design for Social Communication CMNS 426, Spring 2014 class. PlaceSpeak CEO and founder Colleen ...
The Warren Gill Memorial Lecture, featuring author and critic Mark Kingwell, has been rescheduled to February 21, 2013 at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. This lecture will fill up quickly, so reserve your seat as soon ...
This week, SFU is hosting a “Public Square Community Summit” that is exploring civic disconnection and looking at innovative ways to strengthen engagement across community and cultural divides. As part of the Summit, they ...
On November 26th, 2011, PlaceSpeak CEO, Colleen Hardwick was a featured speaker at the TEDxSFU event “INSPIRED BY THE COMMUNITY”. Created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading,” the TEDx program is designed ...