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First in Canada drug program to launch in Downtown Eastside Mike Howell

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A program believed to be the ﬁrst of its kind in Canada will launch in early January in the Downtown Eastside and allow 50 drug users to access a prescription painkiller tablet and inject it while in a monitored facility. Coco Culbertson, senior manager of programs for the PHS Community Services Society, said participants will be given hydromorphone tablets — a pain management opioid to reduce cravings for heroin — that they will be allowed to crush and inject inside one of the society’s overdose prevention sites. “Continuing to have people live in this prison of overdose-reverse-repeat is not good enough,” said Culbertson, after speaking to city council Dec. 20 on the need for more treatment options to reduce the number of drug deaths in Vancouver. “So we feel we are tasked with doing something better for our community.” Added Culbertson: “If we’re successful, I think it’s a game-changer.”

The site is located inside the Molson Bank building at 166 East Hastings, a location seen as ground zero for the ongoing overdose death crisis that has claimed more than 300 lives in Vancouver this year for the second consecutive year. The program is a partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health and will be evaluated by the B.C. Centre on Substance Abuse. Culbertson said the program is not considered illegal because it is a prescription-based program, which is staffed with a nurse and mental health worker. Culbertson stressed that program participants will not be allowed to take the tablets home. The PHS, which cooperates the Insite supervised drug injection site with Vancouver Coastal Health, already runs a program for drug users who rely on injectable hydromorphone. But having a program where drug users can crush the tablet form of the drug and use it in a monitored facility is a new initiative and believed to be the ﬁrst of its kind in Canada, she said, noting the practice is used

Drug users to get access to prescription painkillers to crush and inject in monitored facility. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

widely on the streets, where the drug supply is contaminated with lethal fentanyl and continues to kill people. “We know that drug users on the street like Dilaudid tablets,” she said, referring to the brand name of hydromorphone. “Injection drug users love them. The street value can range between $10 [for a small tablet] to $30.” The program complements a variety of treatment measures and options for drug users in Vancouver, including the use of methadone,

buprenorphine-naloxone, morphine and diacetylmorphine, which is available to participants connected to the Crosstown Clinic in the Downtown Eastside. Culbertson didn’t disclose the budget for the program but said the hydromorphone tablets, which cost about 32 cents each when purchased in bulk, are cheaper and more available than expensive liquid hydromorphone. Culbertson cited many advantages to the program, including connecting drug

users to health care, reducing their need to commit crimes to feed their drug habits and, ultimately, preventing them from dying of a drug overdose. “We’re hoping to create a model that’s replicable across the country because it’s cost-[efﬁcient], it’s low barrier and it’s rapid response,” she said. Dr. Mark Tyndall, the executive director of the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, said the move by the PHS to launch the program is an important step to provide more options for drug users. He echoed Culbertson’s point that many drug users already crush and inject hydromorphone pills in the streets. “There’s still some pushback [from pharmacists] that people shouldn’t be crushing pills and injecting them, although we know that’s what most people do all the time,” he said. “I do think it’s an important step to say, ‘Look, this is what people do anyway, so we can do it in a relatively safe fashion.’” Tyndall said such a program may help push his initiative to set up dispensing machines stocked with

hydromorphone pills. He is currently pushing Health Canada and senior levels of government to allow such machines for drug users seeking clean alternatives to the contaminated drug supply. While discussions continue, Tyndall said he is working with the City of Vancouver to establish a storefront in the Downtown Eastside to connect drug users with hydromorphone pills. That storefront, he said, may eventually be the site for a dispensing machine. “We’re working on getting the machine ready but because of questions we’ve had, we’re going to be trying this model without the technology to start with,” he said, noting some housing providers have programs where pills are distributed. Users, he said, could be linked to that system. “So the storefront, initially, would be clinical space. I don’t want to give the message that this is going to be a storefront where we’re going to be actually giving out pills.” A longer version of this story is at vancourier.com. @Howellings

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Kennedy Stewart is ‘pleased as punch’ with council progress Vancouver mayor spoke to Courier in year-end interview

Vancouver by the next civic election in 2022?

I was disappointed with the result. You can quibble with questions and campaigns and things but 60/40 is a pretty big resounding no. In the city of Vancouver it was a little less deﬁnitive, but in the end, proportional representation was rejected by Vancouver voters. So I’m going to have to re-group in January and see what that path looks like [to change Vancouver’s atlarge voting system].

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Mayor Kennedy Stewart has been in office for less than two months and says he’s “pleased as punch” with how he and a council of mixed political allegiances are getting the business of the city done without hyper partisanship. Over a period of 45 days, the 11-member council made up of four parties passed a $1.5-billion operating budget and approved $371 million in new capital spending. It approved another $500,000 to help battle the overdose death crisis and directed city staff to begin work on a city-wide plan and a series of other measures related to housing and homelessness. Exploring implementing conflict-of-interest rules for city staff and a lobbyist registry, and setting up a renters’ office were other initiatives. “I think things are going really well,” Stewart told the Courier Dec. 21 in an interview from his office on his 46th day as mayor. “There was a bit of an expectation of failure. Of course, I was the first independent mayor in a long time, Vision Vancouver was gone and it left us trying to forge things together. But I’m just as pleased as punch.” Symbolic of the relationship of the new council was them coming together Dec. 20 to join hands at the end of a long meeting regarding the overdose death crisis. City staff and members of Stewart’s staff also joined in the moment that was meant as a tribute to people lost to overdose. “I was really humbled by it, I was really grateful to council,” the mayor said. The crisis and his role as an independent mayor were among some of the topics Stewart discussed in a year-end interview. The following is an edited and condensed version of the interview, which was done for brevity and clarity.

So will the at-large system still be in place by 2022?

Mayor Kennedy Stewart spoke to the Courier in a year-end interview from his office at city hall. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET You predicted the biggest test this year for council would be passing the budget. In the end, you approved a 3.4 per cent property tax hike and avoided deferring the budget to a vote in the new year. How did that happen?

It was a full team effort. As hokey as that sounds, it really was and I do think we came very close to accommodating really what everybody wanted. It’s so different than Ottawa [where Stewart was an MP for seven years]. How so?

As an opposition member in Ottawa, you’re assigned a portfolio and your job is to really try to knock the minister out — try to make their life so miserable. It’s not productive but that’s really the job you’re assigned by the party whip and the leaders. Here, it’s the exact opposite. Here, it’s like, “What can we do to build understanding and accommodation and, at best, consensus?” I’m loving it. It was a change I totally needed. Although council approved another $500,000 on top of the existing $3.5 million being spent by the city to tackle the opioid crisis, there are also some big requests in your task force report for senior levels of government to do more. Will they?

We’ve had very good conversations with the province and the federal government about leading again in Canada. Vancouver is known [for being a leader]. We’ve mentioned

[former mayor] Philip Owen a number of times [for his work on the four pillars drug strategy] who really started the drive for the safe consumption site [Insite] during another crisis that we had in the Downtown Eastside, and then carried on by [former mayor] Larry Campbell. Now I think this council seems to be centering around this idea of a safe [drug] supply.

laws through and budgets passed but it’s the extra work you do — the mayors’ council, Metro, the work with consul generals. And you say one thing [in the media] and it can go international because

you’re the mayor of a city that people know. How do the results of the proportional representation referendum play into your plan to introduce a new electoral system in

I want to talk to council. We should de-brief about this referendum result. I think most on council are probably disappointed with that outcome, and we’ll have to have some chatting about that ﬁrst. I don’t know if there’s any will to move to neighbourhood constituencies [a ward system]. I’d actually have to have a bylaw passed through council and I’m not sure if folks are ready for that. I will make by best pitch.

Don’t miss out.

What’s been your biggest challenge so far?

Getting to know the councillors and understanding my role. I didn’t do a lot of attacking through the election but was attacked a lot, and now I’m trying to erase all that and make sure that we’re focusing on consensus and really listening and respecting others. When you’re sitting in the mayor’s chair [in the council chamber], you’re facing the public and councillors are facing each other. So you have to be even careful on facial expressions — no eyebrows up, or rolling your eyes or anything like that. I keep reminding myself to just listen to what they’re saying and there’s a reason why they’re saying it. What has surprised you most about switching from a mayoral candidate to mayor?

The scope of the mayor’s job has kind of surprised me. Really, what we do in city hall is similar to what I did in the House of Commons. It’s legislative work, it’s getting

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2019 marks ‘new era’ for parks in Vancouver Vancouver Park Board has a record $63.7-million capital budget for the coming year

Jessica Kerr

“Through our master planning process for the park and the facilities we have to figure out where that’s going to fit,” Mack said. “There’s always indoor/outdoor synergies when you have an outdoor pool, you need washrooms, you need mechanical systems, so it’s a logical place and we’re going to look forward to talking to the community about how that’s going to best fit.”

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It’s looking like 2019 is going to be a big year for parks and recreation in Vancouver. Vancouver Park Board recently approved a $63.7-million capital budget for the coming year. It’s the largest in the park board’s history, $24.5 million more than the one approved for 2018. “We’re so pleased to have this large capital portfolio of projects to bring to Vancouverites,” Tiina Mack, manager of park development, told the Courier. “It is a direct response to the growth [in the city], so while growth and change are hard on the city we’re going to be seeing some real beneﬁts in the park system in the upcoming years.” Here’s a few of the projects in the queue for 2019:

Queen Elizabeth Park

What was once a quarry at the turn of the 20th century — the rocks were used to build Vancouver’s ﬁrst roadways — had been turned over to Vancouver Park Board by 1939 to be turned into a park. The planting of the trees on the north slope of the park started in 1949, the sunken gardens, which were the former quarries, were unveiled in the early 1960s and Bloedel Conservatory opened in December 1969. Other features were added over the years, including the restaurant (initially called the Quarry House, now known as Seasons in the Park) and the pitch and putt. And now it’s time to start looking at the next chapter for the park. With the planned growth along the Cambie corridor, Vancouver Park Board has

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Construction of a new downtown park at Smith and Richards is just one of many projects slated to begin in 2019. RENDERING COURTESY VANCOUVER PARK BOARD

$800,000 budgeted for 2019 to look at a new master plan for Queen Elizabeth Park. “The last time we did a comprehensive plan for the park was in the 1990s, so it’s time for us to do expansive public engagement,” Mack said, adding that the park is “a very auto oriented place.” She pointed out that there’s a lack of trails and accessibility, and it doesn’t have a playground. Some things to be considered include providing accessible, multifunctional trails, play areas and what kind of uses seniors would like to see in the park. “It’s a destination park with great views but we want to work to enhance it,” Mack said. “Not only for visitors and tourists but also for all of the people living in the neighbourhood.” The master planning process is set to begin in late 2019.

English Bay Beach Park

Growth and change in the West End neighbourhood is also prompting a look at the future for

English Bay Beach Park. “We are going to be taking a comprehensive look at how this park meets the needs of locals, visitors and events,” Mack said. “Access, as well, we’re hearing is a concern.” Public engagement on the future of English Bay Beach Park will start in the summer. “So we can get out there… when the park’s the busiest and really talk to people about this park, what it is now and what it needs to be,” Mack said. “We’re hearing people expressing a keen interesting in maybe outdoor workout equipment in addition to playgrounds,” she added.

A new community centre for Marpole

Built in 1949, the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre at Oak Park is one of the oldest in the city and it’s time for an upgrade. A needs assessment for the new 40,000-plus squarefoot facility was completed this year and, Mack said, staff will be going out to the community again in 2019 to

look at the 13-acre park as a whole and where the new community centre will ﬁt in. “We need to do a park master plan to help site this new facility in the park,” she said. “There’s going to be a lot of change. We want to get out there and learn what is important to the community for the park.” As well, staff will move into the design phase for the new centre. Mack said the plan is to keep the existing community centre open and running until the new one is built. “Eventually when the new centre opens we can turn the old centre into greenspace,” she said. “We want to make sure it’s a vibrant and green park throughout.”

New outdoor pool

The planning around the future for Oak Park and the new Marpole Community Centre will also include an outdoor pool. Back in January, park board commissioners approved the construction of a new full-sized outdoor pool at that location.

Another growing neighbourhood in the city is the East Fraser Lands. “There’s so much activity down there…” Mack said. “This neighbourhood’s going to house I think up to 12,000 new residents in the coming decades. I think several thousand have already moved in.” One park was built for the neighbourhood back in 2012 but construction is scheduled to start on several more in 2019. The park board has plans to build a total of 25 acres of parks within the community. In 2019, construction of Kinross Park North and Neighbourhood Park South is expected to wrap up. As well construction is set to start on another three parks — Foreshore Park and Kinross Park Middle and South. Planning is also scheduled to start in 2019 for a synthetic turf ﬁeld for Area 1, the most eastern section of the neighbourhood and, Mack said, staff will begin planning for a small lookout park near SW Marine Drive and Boundary Road.

New downtown park

Construction is slated to bein on a much-anticipated

park at Smithe and Richards. “We’re pretty privileged to have that in our portfolio here in terms of the landscape architect team here at the park board…” Mack said. “This 0.8 acre park at Smithe and Richards is serving 27,000 people that live or work within a ﬁveminute walk of this place so it’s going to be a very hard working park.” Public consultation on the design of the park stared in 2015. “We’ve been excited to produce a plan in collaboration with the local neighbours who are also really innovative minded and forward thinking about what this new downtown park can be,” Mack said. The plans for the new park include: a small café and public washrooms, a plaza with a decorative water feature that can be used as a spray park in the summer, a playground, seating areas and some elevated features. “We’ll have a pedestrian bridge and promontory that you can look down upon the park and a look out that extends over the Smithe Street right-of-way so you can look up and down the street and get this different perspective on urban life,” Mack said, adding that the design also includes “overhead skyframes that are going to support art and beautiful lighting cascading across the top of the site.” Construction is scheduled to start in late summer/early fall and is expected to take at least a year. “We have so many great projects coming up,” Mack said. “It’s an exciting time to be working and I think living in Vancouver. It’s really a new era of park and facilities development.”

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Here’s what shook readers up in 2018

As my ﬁrst year of scribbling stories for the Courier and Vancouver Is Awesome draws to a close, I’ve learned a few valuable lessons over the past several months. First and foremost, readers of the Courier and VIA really, really care about what is going on in this town, and won’t hesitate to tell you where you’re wrong. I think that’s great. In a free society, public discourse is vital. Being called an idiot every week on Twitter isn’t, but hey, I’ve been called worse. Here’s some Shakedown topics that shook you up the most:

Drones

When I came out loudly against drones, I was called, well, an idiot. I maintain that a drone is just like a cigar: totally obnoxious to everyone except the person using it. Drones are illegal in the entire Greater Vancouver Area because they are a major safety hazard. This holiday season, illegal, nuisance drones caused chaos at Gatwick Airport, effectively shutting down the airport and causing travel delays for thousands. So… I’m right. Anyone who ﬂies a drone is a selﬁsh prick.

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This past summer, I

Concert review in absentia

A few readers took exception to the fact I reviewed the inaugural Skookum Music Festival without actually attending it. It’s true. Instead of braving the Stanley Park bottleneck festival that is already infamous for epic bathroom lines, rain and a lack of food (at an event billed with the tagline “music, food, and art”), I indeed watched the festival from my couch via Twitter and Instagram. I sit comfortably by my decision. Heck of a ﬁrst year lineup, though!

Otter mania

I didn’t even write about Otter versus Koi, the story

that consumed the city this fall, mostly because everyone else covered it ad nauseam. But now that the ﬁsh scales have settled, I’ll add this: Up in Desolation Sound, whenever river otters move in under the cabin, we shine a really bright and constant light into the entrance of their den. The wily nocturnal animals absolutely hate it, and will move on to darker climes. Next time, Sun Yat Sen Garden?

Cycle psychos

By far the most online road rash I received this year was over my column on cyclists behaving badly on our bike routes and ruining it for everyone else. For daring to call out Vancouver’s holier than thou cycling set, I was rather ironically called every name in the book — the fact that I am a 20-year city cyclist often being overlooked in most of the vitriol. But along with the insults came support from many readers who agreed that this city’s unlicensed pedal pushers have taken on a speedy and dangerous type of angry libertarianism that often goes way too far. I still see it, and I still call it out. Here’s hoping we can all get along in 2019. But if we can’t, you know where to ﬁnd me. Thanks for reading, eh? @grantlawrence

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Chill seekers take the plunge at 99th annual Polar Bear Swim Kathryn Tindale

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Dedicated swimmers will endure the frigid ocean water of Vancouver’s English Bay for the 99th annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year’s Day. Vancouver hosts one of the world’s longest running and most attended Polar Bear

Swims in the world, according to the City of Vancouver. A record of 2,550 ofﬁcial entries was set in 2014. Last year’s swim attracted more than 1,700 participants. The tradition began Jan. 1, 1920 when Peter Pantages, a prominent Vancouver restaurateur, began the Polar Bear Swim Club by persuading a small group of friends

to take a dip in English Bay, something Pantages did every day of the year. Every year since, Vancouver has continued the New Year’s Day dip. To honour the memory of its founder, the Pantages Memorial Swim will continue this year as an optional 100-metre swim for participants. It was added

to the event in 1972, a year after Pantages died. Swimmers are encouraged to dress up in fancy costumes, but are also reminded to read and understand the safety tips before participating, such as: • Do not consume alcohol – it accelerates hypothermia. • Do not stay in the water more than 15 minutes. Body heat is lost 25 times

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2. 1290 Homer Street (MacPherson and Teetzel Co. Building) To designate as protected heritage property the exterior of 1290 Homer Street, which is listed on the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘C’ evaluation category. 3. 1860 Barclay Street (Mason Residence)

to consider the following development permit application: 1555 Robson Street

permit the development of a six-storey mixed-use building, with commercial at grade and 34 secured for-profit affordable rental housing units, over one level of underground parking. A height of 22.0 metres (72 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.97 are proposed. 6. 3435 East Hastings Street To rezone 3435 East Hastings Street from C-2C1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use building, with commercial at grade, and 45 secured for-profit affordable rental housing units over one level of underground parking. A height of 22.6 metres (74 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.18 are proposed.

To add the existing heritage building at 1860 Barclay St (Mason Residence) to the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘B’ evaluation category. This will include rehabilitation and conversion to two residential units and construction of a new 7. 2542-2570 Garden Drive and six-storey infill building at the rear of the site 2309-2369 East 10th Avenue containing five residential units. To rezone a site located at 2542-2570 Garden 4. 2130-2288 Harrison Drive (Replacement Drive and 2309-2369 East 10th Avenue from Seniors Housing at 2230 Harrison Drive) RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 To amend CD-1 (13A) District to create (Comprehensive Development) District, to sub-areas for each of the three properties permit the development of a six-storey, in the district and to allow redevelopment on strata-titled residential building containing the middle property (2230 Harrison Drive) 68 units over two levels of underground parking. for a new six-storey building containing The site is located in the Commercial-Broadway 72 units of social housing for seniors, at a Station Precinct sub-area of the Grandview height of 21.4 metres (70 feet) and a floor space Woodland Community Plan. A height of ratio (FSR) of 1.92. No changes to the other 20.8 metres (68 feet) and a floor space ratio properties are proposed. (FSR) of 2.65 are proposed. 5. 3532 East Hastings Street To rezone 3532 East Hastings Street from C-2C1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to

were won by participants. The event is free though donations of non-perishable food or cash are accepted by the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The 99th annual Polar Bear Swim starts at 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2019. A registration form the event can be found at vancouver.ca.

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To make miscellaneous amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law, the Downtown Eastside/Oppenheimer Official Development Plan By-law and the Sign By-law in order to improve clarity, update terminology or address inadvertent errors or omissions, and to better streamline the development review process. Among the amendments are corrections to section references and the addition of sitespecific sign regulations for 1412-1480 Howe Street, 1429 Granville Street and 710 Pacific Street (Vancouver House), for 1229-1281 Hornby Street (Burrard Gateway), and for 1133-1155 Melville Street.

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To develop a 28-storey, mixed-use building consisting of residential (market and non-market units), office and retail uses, all over five levels of underground parking accessed from the lane. The proposed floor space ratio (FSR) is 9.63, including 10 per cent additional heritage density, and the building height is approximately 91.44 metres (300 feet). TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM: 604-873-7770 or kathy.cermeno@vancouver.ca Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on January 4 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to publichearing@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City’s website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details. Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting January 4 at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted approximately two business days after a meeting). For real time information on the progress of City Council meetings, visit vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or @VanCityClerk on Twitter. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING REGISTERING TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings

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Here’s where to recycle your Christmas tree in Vancouver Kathryn Tindale

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What better way to end the Christmas season than to throw the centrepiece of festivities into a wood chipper — for a good cause, of course. Remember to remove all tinsel and decorations before bring your tree to the disposal site where it will be broken down in a wood chipper and taken to the landﬁll for compost.

Here’s where you can recycle your Christmas tree in Vancouver. Wood chipper services are offered by Vancouver city staff and Lions Club volunteers on Jan. 5 and 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at: • Kerrisdale Community Ice Rink parking lot (5670 East Boulevard, north of 41st Avenue) • Kitsilano Beach parking lot (Cornwall Avenue and Arbutus Street)

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offers a chipping service Dec. 26 to Jan. 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be signs to direct your placement behind the orange posts. After being chipped, the trees will be repurposed for mulch on garden trails. Cash donations are accepted with suggestion of $5 as the minimum. Proceeds will support the SPEC School Gardens Program at Thunderbird elementary school. If the wood chipper isn’t

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Here’s why 2019 could be a bumpy year for education in Vancouver Tracy Sherlock

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While this year had its highs and lows, by the time 2019 is over, 2018 could look like halcyon days. In 2018, there was a teacher shortage, a new superintendent for the Vancouver School Board and a civic election that resulted in a politically split board. But 2019 holds much more — for VSB there will be controversial decisions about school space, school boundaries and what could be interesting talks about building workforce housing on school property. Provincially, even more is at stake. New graduation requirements kick in, the funding formula is being revised and teachers are entering contract negotiations for the ﬁrst time since winning their huge court case in 2016. Earlier this year, there was an extreme teacher shortage in the province, where hundreds of teacher absences went uncovered. Children with special needs lost their specialist teachers when those teachers were pulled in to cover for teachers who were sick. In October, an arbitrator ruled in favour of a B.C. Teachers’ Federation grievance on the matter, saying school districts should not use any teacher other than a teacher on call to cover for a teacher who is absent, except in an emergency. Still,

there are 400 teacher job vacancies in the province, before counting teacher on call openings, so stafﬁng continues to be a balancing act for school districts. Suzanne Hoffman took over as VSB’s ﬁrst female superintendent of schools last January, saying she hoped to make Vancouver into a “magnet district” that draws in people who “could just die to be a teacher here.” So far, she’s run the district with few hiccups. Now that she has a new board with a four-year mandate, it will be interesting to see what can be accomplished. October’s civic election saw voters return a politically split board with three Green trustees, three NPA trustees, and one each for Vision, COPE and OneCity. The Green Party’s Janet Fraser returned as chairperson, after topping the polls for the second straight vote. As the board faces critical decisions in 2019, how trustees choose to align will be something to watch. In 2018, the VSB made an attempt to review school boundaries, but parents rebelled because siblings might be split up. Staff are taking a second look and a new process is expected soon. It’s sure to be contentious because school boundaries are entangled with school space, which of course brings up the always-fraught idea of school closures. Largely due to its crazy

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sky-high real estate market, Vancouver ﬁnds itself as an unbalanced city. Older, single-family home neighbourhoods on the city’s East Side have a lot of excess space in their schools, while schools downtown, in False Creek and Kitsilano and on the Cambie corridor are overﬂowing. There are 8,600 surplus seats in the district, the equivalent of about 24 elementary schools or six or seven high schools. Parents at Edith Cavell elementary, which is at high risk in an earthquake, were happy to get funding for their school to be improved, but upset that the 98-yearold school wouldn’t be expanded or rebuilt during construction. Not only that, but the VSB planned to

bus them across town, from about 20th and Cambie Street to near 49th and Boundary Road. While that bussing plan has been revisited, the VSB managed to provoke parents at Maple Grove elementary and Magee secondary with plans to send Cavell students there during construction, even though Maple Grove is already undergoing construction itself. The board faces many more confrontations and tough decisions like this in 2019 — it’s planning to update its long-range facilities plan, a process that saw the entire board ﬁred in 2016, supposedly for failing to pass a balanced budget, but more likely due to the stress of trying to close 12 schools.

The plan could also contain a notable opportunity for social change in a city struggling with high housing costs, signiﬁcant poverty and an unrelenting opioid crisis. The VSB has promised to look into the potential for leveraging some of its massive land holdings into providing workforce or other housing, a project that could change the face of the city. A provincial poverty reduction plan is expected in the new year — perhaps some synchronicity between the two could be found. On the provincial stage, there are new graduation requirements, which include three new exams, one in math and two in English, to be reported on students’ transcripts. These will replace course-based provincial exams. There are also several new courses, including many about Indigenous culture and languages, but it won’t be mandatory for students to take an Indigenous studies course. This marks the completion of an upgrade to the entire kindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum. For the most part, parents and teachers have been positive about the changes, although teachers have said there are not enough up-to-date resources and there hasn’t been enough training to adequately teach the new curriculum. In January, negotiations are expected to begin in the teachers’ contract, which

expires in June 2019. These are high stakes negotiations, with expectations for meaningful wage increases due to the teachers’ shortage, coupled with inequities across the province for class size and composition. Mid-way into these negotiations, the BCTF will have a new president — Glen Hansman’s three-year term ends in March. First vice-president Teri Mooring has been on the executive several years and appears likely step into the role. Parents still remember the last time teachers and the province sat down to negotiate a contract — schools were closed for ﬁve weeks spanning two school years. The players have all changed, with new BCTF leadership and John Horgan’s NDP government instead of Christy Clark’s Liberals, but the basic issues remain the same. While Education Minister Rob Fleming recently pulled back on imminent changes to the way services for special needs students are funded, allowing for consultation, the proposed changes could still add tension to upcoming teacher contract negotiations, which are already highly charged. Let’s hope for the best in 2019, a year when education news could be riveting. Tracy Sherlock writes about education and social issues. She can be reached at tracy. sherlock@gmail.com.

And the top earners at the Vancouver school district are... John Kurucz

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For the ﬁrst time in at least three years, no employees with Vancouver school district earned north of the elusive $200,000 mark. But it was close.

According to the district’s statement of ﬁnancial information (SOFI), deputy superintendent David Nelson topped all earners in the 2018 school year at $198,188. The SOFI report covers the period running July

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1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, which explains why current superintendent Suzanne Hoffman’s earnings sat at $121,302. Hoffman began her tenure in Vancouver in early January 2018. Former superintendent Scott Robinson made well over $200,000, according to the previous two SOFI reports. For the ﬁscal year running July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, Robinson earned $261,630. The 2015-2016 ﬁscal year saw Robinson’s reported earnings listed at $243,763. Robinson resigned in the

summer of 2017. Issued towards the end of each year, the SOFI report lists all employees who earned in excess of $75,000 along with their expenses. The eight trustees each earned $17,894, while board chair Janet Fraser made $19,384. Principals at schools across the city made, on average, in the range of $100,000 to $130,000. Some trades workers — electricians, painters, steamﬁtters, plumbers, for example — earned between $80,000 and $90,000.

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Those ﬁgures are on par with teachers’ salaries in some cases. After Nelson, the top nine earners include: • $186,243 — John Lewis, former acting superintendent • $180,418 — Janson Ho, project ofﬁce director • $174,221— Govan Keng, home instruction, secondary • $173,805 — Thomas Emanouilidis, special education, secondary • $172,916 — Robert Schindel, associate superintendent • $172,415 — Nancy Bren-

nan, associate superintendent • $165,904 — John David Green, secretary treasurer • $152,555 — Magdalena Kassis, director of instruction • $150,023 — Lisa Landry, assistant secretary treasurer Iris Leung, the district’s program coordinator for international education, claimed far and away the highest expense totals at $14,177. “She is required travel extensively to recruit international students to the district and the majority of her expenses relate to that endeavour,” explained district spokesperson Jiana Chow.

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ing we approved was for people on low to middle incomes. Mayor Gregor Robertson in response to critics saying he gave developers free reign to build expensive housing, which contributed to the affordable housing crisis I earn almost $15,000 a month, which is huge for this city. And it almost all goes to business costs, housing costs and taxes. Meredith Coloma, a Vancouver luthier who was priced out of her Mount Pleasant studio space in the spring.

So, rather than be quick at making judgments about people who you haven’t met, who may not be in the social class that you’re in, really keep an open heart and an open mind. Try to ﬁnd out more about their stories and help them. In the process, we learn a lot more about ourselves than we would about others. That’s the approach that me f and my family are taking and some of our neighbours as well. Nizar Assanie, who helped organize welcome packages for homeless people moving into a temporary modular housing complex in Marpole.

We talked to hundreds, if not thousands, of people in 2018 — politicians, artists, activists, even a professional wrestler who demonstrated her body-punishing move on one of our reporters. Here’s a small sampling of some of the more interesting things people said to us over the past year.

We have a lot of artist friends of different generations who, when we’re on walks with them around the city, they’ll say, “That used to be my studio up there.” What they’re pointing at is now a luxury condo. With each year, the change is exponential. Visual artist Sally Buck on how the changing face of Vancouver is pricing artists out of the city

Community is the main reason why we are doing this — it always has been because we don’t need to move. The NIMBYism of everybody having their own home or their own plot of land or whatever you call it — that destroys the city over time. We want to be innovators. James Chamberlain on why he and his husband, Jean-Marie Russell wanted a cohousing lite project approved.

It’s not a mall. I don’t think of it as a mall, I don’t think of it even as a shopping centre. I think of it as a micro-city. It’s a little piece of new urbanism that integrates a park, housing, retail, residences, cultural facilities and civic amenities. What is that? It’s a city, right? It’s not a mall. Gregory Henriquez of Henriquez Partners Architects on the Oakridge Centre redevelopment.

This is not something that’s going to be unique. You’re going to see it for all sorts of hobby interests. Whether it’s a motorcycle collective or a woodworking collective, shared garage space, whatever you want to call it, really is a function of the housing crisis that people just don’t have the room. Those days of when you could work with your dad or grandpa in the garage are gone for people in this city. Samson Lang, owner of Rising Sun Motorcycles, on starting the Vancouver Motorcycle Collective

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We have been through a lot together as people, we have been through serious illnesses, the loss of our parents, which we have all shared — and also important things that have happened to us, honours that have happened to us that we’ve all been able to celebrate. So I just wanted to thank you all. It has been a great honour to work with all of you. Elizabeth Ball at her last council meeting before retirement I need to spend more time at home, spend more time with my wife and my youngest, especially. And I’ve got an 84-year-old mother that I should probably spend some time with, as well. It’s time to do a little bit for me versus what I’ve been doing for the last 20 years. Vision Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louie on not seeking re-election If people think that the free flow of ideas and exchange is something they would like, they will get very tired of what just appears to be argumentative back-and-forth, and no consistent governance. And that’s where I think the toleration for this would be pretty limited, unless a group of people get together to form a coalition that effectively becomes a party so they can govern, and you’re kind of back where you started. City hall observer and former city councillor Gordon Price on the possibility of what would happen if a group of independent candidates were elected in the Oct. 20 election It was my dad that actually pointed it out that I was the first female superintendent. I don’t think I particularly thought about it because I’m here to do a job and I’m going to do the best job I can. Vancouver School District superintendent Suzanne Hoffman reflects on being Vancouver’s first female superintendent in 132 years. Our current administration’s recent admissions of failure and weak attempts to reverse course

Making a house nicer doesn’t affect the value… The power to increase the value is not in their hands. It’s in the developers’ hands and the city. Michelle Yu, realtor and land assembly specialist People my age, we were always told to save for your future, and we can’t. I’m in my early 30s and I haven’t been able to save until I moved into this [motorhome]. I’ve saved what I would have paid in rent every single month and I’ve put it in the bank. Danielle Eastveld, who lives in a motorhome. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

have been as effective as a row of beanbags holding back a tsunami. COPE mayoral candidate Patrick Condon pulls no punches on the previous council’s record on housing at a press conference announcing his candidacy. A not uncommon thing for women in politics is that women leaders tend to be put in when people feel like there’s less chance of that party having a shot. It’s a double chance for a party to look magnanimous or gender sensitive and let a woman take the fall rather than a man. Vision Vancouver Coun. Andrea Reimer on why she thought there had never been a female mayor in Vancouver.

worked with other parties and interests and engaged them. The Green Party’s Pete Fry on why he and almost all of the party’s candidates were elected in the 2018 civic election. This is quite simply a financial dumpster fire. British Columbians deserve the truth, no matter how brutal the news is. Attorney General David Eby in January reacting to ICBC’s projected $1.3 billion loss for the 2017/18 fiscal year

Housing, development and affordability

My friends, I’m not going to be alone on council anymore. Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr on election night 2018.

You’re kind of like the fairy that brings the poison at the end of the wedding. Tenant Kirsty Barclay at a COPE news conference when a Courier reporter challenged the party’s candidates promise to end homelessness

People are hopeful about the Greens because they think we’re the glue that can bind a possibly very fractured council. They see us as a party that’s successfully

It’s ridiculous to assert that. The numbers are very clear — we’ve built more rental housing than any city in the country. Last year, over half of the rental hous-

I grew up in Kitsilano in a large house with ﬁve siblings and now my husband and two kids are squashed into a tiny rental apartment. It’s always kind of on the edge and it’s not the same as it was. The neighbourhood feeling now is changing dramatically. Lifelong Kitsilano resident Caroline Wittrin reﬂects on the neighbourhood’s changing face in light of the 100th anniversary of Kitsilano secondary school It’s just such a small thing that we are up in arms over the idea of simply allowing two families to share the same square footage that we currently require [single-family] homes to consume. The drama over this is crazy... This isn’t any extra density and it was called an atomic bomb. What would you call it if the proposal was for a fourstorey apartment? What would that be? Would that be the Death Star? Stuart Smith of Abundant Housing Vancouver on the debate surrounding allowing duplexes in most single-family neighbourhoods in Vancouver I come from a country [Pakistan] where if you want to experience poverty, all you have to do is walk out your front door. And, some of the best people that I’ve met are people that don’t have anything.

We can’t really make any more money and we’re already paying 50 to 60 per cent of our income towards housing. When it gets to 65, 70 [per cent], we’ll move to the Kootenays. I have a good job here. But at some point you say, good job or not, what’s leftover is not enough. [I] might as well make $30 an hour and take a pay cut, do whatever I have to, and go live in Castlegar or Nelson — wherever we can ﬁnd a place. Bryan Stewart on Vancouver’s unaffordable rental and housing market There is no ability. You have a choice to rent for the rest of your life and you will not grow roots. You’ll not grow a rooted family where you can say, “We lived here and this is the house I grew up in.” That’s just not going to happen. You will eventually have to keep moving around. That’s the price you pay. Brette Mullins on if it’s possible M for middle-income families to stay in B Vancouver if they want secure, af- f fordable housing. This tax is an attempt to steal from my equity and also my dignity. My wife and I have collectively worked 70 years to be debt-free. Their solution is to put us back into debt. David Tha, Point Grey resident protesting the B.C. government’s “school tax”

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Family businesses, small businesses are a huge part of the local economy. It’s sort of sad to see them displaced but at the same time the city is getting bigger and bigger and it’s become par for the course. It’s harder to work and do these types of jobs in the centre of the city. Rob Borden, co-owner of family-run Alec’s Automotive, about moving the business to Burnaby after 70 years on Fraser Street Our concern isn’t necessarily with the proposed structure and the much-needed rental housing, but the ongoing erasure of the city’s ever-decreasing built heritage — a concern especially for these small, unique sites that help create a unique layering to the city overall. Industrial heritage is under threat even more since it’s not always perceived as polished, or reﬁned as other commercial or residential built heritage structures are. The intangible heritage aspects through their function can tell a story of a site, and even to the greater neighbourhood that it exists within. Heritage Vancouver Society’s Patrick Gunn on plans to demolish the city’s earliest remaining service station for rental housing I’d be hygienically cleaner. That would make me happier. I’d have a safe place to sleep. That would give me more of a positive outlook. I wouldn’t have to go out and hustle and sell merch every day. I have to buy my food almost on a daily basis because I’ve got no place to keep it so it stays good. Bernie Priestley, 52, homeless and living on a stretch of land near the viaducts on Union at Main streets A lot of people are living in their cars, too. Not just RVs. Until the last four or ﬁve years, I’ve never heard of that many people being homeless before. Now it’s worse than ever. It’s really bad. It’s crazy. It’s not an easy life. Gord Hocking, who lives in a tent trailer, not by choice

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One is that we’re still labelled as cyclists because I’m no more a cyclist than I am a walker or a driver or someone who uses public transportation. I really think that the labels have done a huge disservice to everybody in terms of putting us up against each other. At any point in time, somebody’s a pedestrian and somebody’s on public transportation or driving. Melissa Bruntlett, who runs Modacity with her husband Chris Bruntlett, on one of the things that frustrates her about being a cyclist in Vancouver I think it views me more of a warm meat tree than anything else. Snake yoga practitioner Tristan Risk discussing her ﬁve-foot-long albino boa, Eros. And if I kick you or something, just go with it. Wrestler Calamity Jane’s

I wouldn’t say it’s the biggest lawn I’ve ever had to mow. But it’s deﬁnitely the biggest roof I’ve had to mow, and the only roof I’ve ever had to mow. Landscaper Mike Rist on mowing the Vancouver Convention Centre’s six-acre grass roof once a year The deﬁnition of stupid is not enough to apply to those individuals that decide to come to downtown Vancouver armed with a weapon or a knife or other items they feel they need to protect themselves. This is strictly not tolerable. Bar Watch chair Curtis Robinson speaking to reporters at a news conference outlining the code of conduct in place at Bar Watch businesses along the Granville Strip

I’m very passionate about changing the way people look at people who are struggling. I’m a decent person and a drug user. It doesn’t have to be two different things. Colin Ross, who continues to battle a drug addiction. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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All creatures great and small

I have never smelled rotting ﬂesh before. Park board commissioner Stuart Mackinnon on the smell of the “Corpse Flower,” which bloomed at the Bloedel Conservatory It’s a bit of a learning experience for us… this is interesting for us because our biodiversity strategy in the park board has been “Let’s re-wild, let’s get more wildlife back in the city.” We have a beaver at Hinge Park, we have herring returning to False Creek so it’s kind of really a good news story but on the other hand we didn’t really expect this. Howard Normann, director of parks, on the river otter that took over Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in November and ate most of the resident mature koi I think ultimately what motherhood is is a total expansion of our repertoire. We become multi-taskers to a degree that’s unprecedented elsewhere. I love to embrace the superpowers that come with it. Carin Bondar, host of the YouTube program Wild Sex and Discovery Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science If you gave crows and ravens equal motivation and put them in a boxing ring, the raven would win hands down. UBC postdoctoral fellow Benjamin Freeman who studies crow and raven behaviour People should have absolutely no concern about being bitten by

a shark in B.C. waters… Humans aren’t dinner for any sharks. We’re not part of their natural ecosystem... Sharks have much more to fear from humans. Chris Mull, a post-doctoral scientist at SFU That’s arts and entertainment It’s going to be a delightful day where you get nourished and pampered and you get beautiful afﬁrmations whispered in your ear. And one of the musicians will be creating a song for you. He’ll observe your energy, pick up your vibe and create a song on the spot. Wendy Cobina DeMos, founder of Vancouver inaugural Sacred Sexual Music Festival The cool thing about this ride is that you can’t buy a ride like this anymore. It’s so, I don’t want to say old, it’s so seasoned and unique that the ride has so much personality that a steel coaster doesn’t give you. Jeff Strickland, vice-president of operations at PNE/Playland, about the Wooden Coaster on the ride’s 60th anniversary Recording a moment in time that we won’t see again. I guess it’s something like taking a photograph, but I’m doing it in fabric. Tapestry artist Sola who spends thousands of hours recreating cityscapes with recycled yarn and thread If you like to get dressed up in chicken suits and have sex, then that’s your sex. If you like to have missionary sex under the covers with the lights on, that’s your sex. East Vancouver resident Amanda Sinclair deﬁnes the term “Sex Goddess.” Sinclair participated in The Sex Goddess Project, a book that included photos from couples across Canada engaged in intimacy

We’re in a business where you need to know how to deal with people. I need people who are alert. Somebody could fall on the floor, somebody could trip. So, on purpose, sometimes I look like I’m looking for something and drop my keys on the floor. You know only one of 10 kids pick up the keys? Most of them don’t! And I say, “Sorry, I don’t think we can hire you.” Tito Chiang, former owner of Killarney Market, on how he conducts job interviews I continue to say that Vancouver is a safe city and Metro Vancouver is a safe region in the world compared to many other places in the world, however we are not immune to violence and we do have several groups that are out there hunting one another down and killing each other. Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer on an increase in gang violence in Metro Vancouver I had FBI, DEA, immigration, customs, local and state police, they all got out of the cars with vests, guns pointed at me, yelling “Get on the ground. Get on the f****** ground.” I got on the ground. I was arrested. So was my ex-boyfriend. Eboney Chipman on getting arrested, along with her drug dealer ex-boyfriend, in the U.S. She now shares her story as part of Her Time, a presentation designed by two VPD officers aimed at educating people on the risks of dating men that are involved in organized crime or drug trafficking I am a very privileged person. I am white and I have a home and I have a nice old age pension that I don’t have to work for. So I’m way more privileged than most people in jail. So you get a glimpse of what they’re treated like. Jean Swanson reflecting on the four days she spent in jail after getting arrested for taking part in a blockade at the gates of Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby tank farm People on welfare were able to afford to eat at places like Reno’s. It was somewhere anyone could grab a bite to eat. This isn’t just a matter of old versus new — it’s a matter of economic

exclusion and the ability of everyone to participate in public life, regardless of their income. Zachary Hyde on the “symbolic cannibalism” in Mount Pleasant where symbols of blue-collar culture are increasingly being appropriated by businesses that aren’t blue-collar It’s one thing to go to school with people you disagree with. It’s another to go to a school with people who have more rights than you do. Matthew Wigmore, co-founder of One TWU, a group that gives voice to the Trinity Western University’s LGBTQ+ students I can almost guarantee we’ll be a Sunset Beach again. I don’t say that out of arrogance or trying to be difficult. I say that because there’s nowhere else to go. Cannabis advocate and 4/20 protest organizer Dana Larsen, when asked where the 4/20 smokeout will happen in 2019 I’m a strong believer that our officers are doing a great job every day out there and street checks are used very judiciously in this city. I also recognize that some members of the public do have concerns about police, in general, doing street checks. We are an open and transparent organization, and if they want a third party to come in and look at the books, we’re fine with that. Police Chief Adam Palmer on the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs call for an independent study of the practice of street checks

Inspiring words

I hope the Canadian soldiers who died can hear us so they can know how thankful we are for them. And we’re not going to forget them. Marcel Yohanna, a Grade 5 student at Richmond’s St. Joseph the Worker school, speaking at a Remembrance Day ceremony at Mountain View cemetery We’re at a critical juncture for the future of reconciliation. The park board and institutions at all levels have done important work in recognizing the unique issues inherent in reconciling our relationship with the Aboriginal peoples of this land, but this work is only phase one. Rena Soutar, Vancouver Park Board’s reconciliation planner No one’s ﬁrst thoughts are worth tweeting, Michelle Obama speaking at a Greater Vancouver Board of Trade event at Queen Elizabeth Theatre There are awesome people in our world who are willing to step up and do the right thing. Vincent Boh thanks four people from his downtown gym who saved his life after he went into cardiac arrest on a treadmill I’ve always felt I didn’t have a choice but to move forward and make it all work. I can’t change what is. I can only live with what I have. Jim Ryan, who was left paralyzed after a swimming accident.

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Demonstrators gathered outside BCTF headquarters to protest the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities (SOGI) 123 curriculum being taught in B.C. schools.

‘Year of the Queer’ and Elbow Room closure just two of the stories that made headlines in Vancouver this year SANDRA THOMAS STHOMAS@VANCOURIER.COM

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Here are just some of the LGBTQ2S+ stories that made headlines in Vancouver in 2018. Anti-SOGIprotesterslose bidtosquashprogram Despite a rally held in Vancouver (April 23) outside B.C. Teachers’ Federation headquarters, protesters in opposition to the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities 123 curriculum being taught in B.C. schools, lost their bid to have the program removed. The SOGI program, which was developed by the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and the Ministry of Education, and introduced by the provincial government in 2015, aims to educate students and teachers on issues regarding gender and sexuality in school children. At the time, BCTF President Glen Hansman stressed the importance of the SOGI program and made it clear the curriculum is in B.C. schools to stay.

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differences of opinion, the official declaration of “Year of the Queer” took place May 23. It began with a panel discussion at city hall, followed by a celebration on Helena Gutteridge Plaza. Pride, trans and Two-Spirited flags were then raised at city hall, where they remained until Aug. 19. StoriesofVancouver’s LGBTQ2S+community findapermanenthome The B.C. Gay and Lesbian Archives, a collection established and maintained since 1976 by Ron Dutton, an active, longtime member of Vancouver’s LGBTQ2S+ community, was donated to the City of Vancouver Archives in May and is now available to the public. For more than 40 years, Dutton acquired and described textual records, photographs, periodicals, ephemera and audio-visual material of significant to the LGBTQ2S+ community in Vancouver and throughout the province. Over the years, he provided access to the materials from his West End apartment. Concerned about the future of the BCGLA, Dutton donated the entire collection to the city archives.

ElbowRoomcloses The long-running diner known for its trademark cheeky service closed its doors for good Oct. 30 in the face of redevelopment. The Elbow Room began its life in 1983 on Jervis, and moved to its Davie Street spot in 1996. The Davie at Seymour site is one of several the City of Vancouver intends to redevelop for housing. The Elbow Room, known for its heaping plates of diner-style eats, served with a generous helping of sass, was opened by Bryan Searle and husband Patrice Savoie more than three decades ago, creating a safe space for the community. Searle passed away in December 2017 at age 87. The couple were long-time supporters of A Loving Spoonful, a non-profit organization that provides free, nutritious meals to people living with HIV and AIDS. According to the Elbow Room’s house rules, anyone who doesn’t finish their plate of food is required to make a donation to the organization via the cafe. Searle and Savoie were also presented with the Patron of the Arts Award at this year’s Jessie Awards. To read more visit vancourier.com.

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Future Canucks (and potential future Canucks) highlight World Junior Championship Led by Quinn Hughes and Mike DiPietro, Canucks prospects should play a starring role in tournament

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Stick-taps & Glove-drops • A tap of the stick to Jacob Markstrom, who has been stupendous in December for the Canucks. He won his ﬁrst six starts of the month with a 1.67 goals against average and a .942 save percentage.

Canucks’ prospect Mike DiPietro is expected to be the go-to guy in Canada’s crease at the World Juniors. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Team Canada is looking to repeat as World Junior Champions, but will have to do it with only one player returning from that team: Maxime Comtois. That means no returning players on defence, where they’ll be led by a trio of 2018 ﬁrst-round picks in Evan Bouchard, Noah Dobson and Ty Smith. A less experienced blue line could mean some extra action for Canada’s goaltenders, and Canucks’ prospect Mike DiPietro is expected to be the go-to guy in Canada’s crease. DiPietro has been groomed for the position, but will face stiff competition from Ian Scott, who has been lights out in the WHL this season. Even with the inexperience and some key injuries — Gabe Vilardi and Alex Formenton will miss the tournament — Canada is still a favourite to medal, but DiPietro will need to be at the top of his game.

skating defenceman will log big minutes at five-on-five and play on the top power play unit, just like he has for the University of Michigan, where he has 20 points in 17 games this season. Quinn’s younger brother, Jack Hughes, is expected to be the first overall pick at the 2019 draft, and will centre the top line for the U.S. The Canucks are extreme long shots to get the first overall pick, but fans will likely still be keeping an eye on how the Hughes brothers play together. While Team USA has yet to make their final cuts as of press time, Tyler Madden should also join Hughes. The Canucks’ third round pick from 2018 has a versatile game, with the grit and two-way game to play in a bottom-six role, as well as the skill to play further up the lineup. He’s centred the first line for the Northeastern Huskies this season, with 11 points in 13 games as a freshman.

USA – Quinn Hughes, Tyler Madden

Finland – Toni Utunen

The Canucks’ top prospect, Quinn Hughes, played a depth role for Team USA at last year’s tournament, but he and his brother will be the linchpin to their medal hopes this year. The smooth-

• 17 Team Canada has won World Junior gold more than any other country — 17 times — followed by Russia, with 13 gold medals if you include their wins as the Soviet Union. • 3 Quinn Hughes had three points in seven games at last year’s World Junior tournament, but should easily surpass that total playing in a bigger role this year.

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The 2019 World Junior Hockey Championship kicked off on Boxing Day in Vancouver and Victoria, marking the second time British Columbia has hosted the event. Last time the tournament was in B.C. was in 2006, when a Canucks prospect helped lead Team Canada to gold. That prospect, Luc Bourdon, unfortunately passed away two years later. It would seem a ﬁtting tribute for another Canucks prospect to win gold in Vancouver in this year’s tournament. The Canucks have several prospects at the tournament, each on a team that could realistically win the gold medal. There are also several players expected to star at the tournament that could become Canucks prospects at the 2019 NHL Draft, which will also be held in Vancouver.

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It’s unclear, as of press time, whether Toni Utunen, the Canucks’ ﬁfth round pick from 2018, will make Finland, but signs point to yes. The smart defensive defenceman has been a key part of Finland’s

national program for years and was the captain of their under-18 team last year. With the news that Urho Vaakanainen and Henri Jokiharju would join the team from the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks, Utunen will likely be pushed into a seventh defenceman role, but could still see some minutes and gain experience to be a go-to defenceman for next year’s tournament. Canucks fans can also keep an eye on Kaapo Kakko, one of the few prospects that could challenge Jack Hughes for ﬁrst overall at the 2019 draft. They could also keep an eye on defencemen Mikko Kokkonen, Ville Heinola and Lassi Thomson, as they could be potential picks for a Canucks team in need of more defencemen in their system. Other 2019 draft-eligible prospects to watch: Philip Broberg (Sweden), Nils Hoglander (Sweden), Valentin Nussbaumer (Switzerland), Martin Hugo Has (Czech Republic), Mads Sogaard (Denmark), Maxim Cajkovic (Slovakia).

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