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Canadian Content

Posted by Random House of Canada, 3 years ago

There's a lot more Canadian content in this edition and it discusses a number of cities across Canada including, Ottawa, Calgary, Toronto, Victoria, Montreal and Guelph.

My favourite fact:
* While Canada boasts less than half a percent of total world inhabitants, it contains six of the world’s top one hundred universities, according to detailed rankings published by the Times of London.

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Paperback edition goes beyond "Get a green card"

Posted by Unknown User, 3 years ago

Big hopes riding on that little maple leaf emblem

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Talking with Richard Florida

Posted by jes, 4 years ago

I found a great article on The Tyee Website: thetyee.ca/Books/2008/08/05/Florida/
By David Ravensbergen
Published: August 5, 2008
TheTyee.ca

The Tyee caught up with Florida earlier this summer on the second day of his first visit to Vancouver. When asked for his impressions of Vancouver and how it fits in with his theories of what makes urban life vibrant and prosperous, here's what he had to say...

"People say London and Barcelona have done a better job than many other cities, so you need to pay attention to that, and realize the Olympics have to be part of your neighbourhood and community fabric."

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Scruton against the modernist architects

Posted by Unknown User, 4 years ago

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Three Canadian Cities

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How Many Cities?

Posted by Heather Sanderson, 4 years ago

Just wondering how many cities/towns you've lived in...a poll:

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Still in Search of a City

Posted by Heather Sanderson, 4 years ago

I don't think I've found my city yet...I grew up in a town outside of Toronto, but still in the GTA and had an intense animosity towards Toronto growing up. I moved to Kingston for University and absolutely loved the city while I was there, but it was purely a student city (and the people and time were what made it) so I wouldn't want to live there as an adult. Then I whisked off to Vancouver for a Masters, and didn't love living there either. Now, back in good old Mississauga, I have purchased a condo that I love and have a job that I love, but aside from loving my friends and family in the city, it still doesn't feel like the place to be. I have a UK passport as well as Canadian and can live anywhere in the EU, and whenever I touch down on British soil, I feel the most at home -- though I'm not sure that I want to live there as much as I used to.

At least I can rest assured that perhaps I'll move for the "retirement" stage of my life...albeit in about 40 years! My heart is set on finding a warm climate for those years. I find it interesting in Who's Your City the idea of life stages meaning that you have to seriously consider where you live. And I do believe that place services a purpose for everyone depending on the time of life and goals and objectives that you hold dear.

I wonder if anyone else is as conflicted as I and if you've found an answer through Richard Flordia's new book? Or have you found the place that you want to be in forever? For a while? How many times have you moved? How many cities have you lived in? I'm at 4 so far, and I'm only 27...so here's hoping there are a lot more to come.

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