may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia . see wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions . may 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . may 2014 citystudio vancouver type public industry public sector innovation dialogue design education sustainability founded 2010 founder duane elverum and dr. janet moore headquarters vancouver british columbia canada key people janet moore co director duane elverum co director lindsay cole operations manager jeanie morton campus course manager jenn mccrea curriculum manager david hatfield leadership instructor andreas eiken design instructor number of employees 9 website www.citystudiovancouver.com citystudio vancouver is an innovation hub inside city hall where staff university students and community members co create design and launch projects on the ground . the central mission of citystudio is to innovate and experiment with the ways cities are co created while teaching students the skills needed to collaborate on real projects in vancouver with city staff and community stakeholders . these projects improve our city and enrich our neighbourhoods making the city more livable joyful and sustainable . since 2011 citystudio has engaged 75 city staff and 3500 students from 6 universities contributing 195 projects on the ground and 96 000 hours of training research and action for collaborative city building supporting the greenest city action plan and the healthy city and engaged city strategies . contents 1 history 2 course structure 3 references 4 external links history edit in 2010 the city of vancouver set the goal of becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020 . in july the city of vancouver launched the talk green to us initiative where citizens suggested ideas and voted on them . in october 2010 the city held the greenest city idea slam where the top four voted ideas were presented to the mayor and a panel including councillor andrea reimer ; deputy city manager sadhu johnston arran stephens president of nature s path foods ; tamara vrooman chief executive officer of vancity ; janet austin chief executive officer of ywca vancouver ; matt o grady editor of bc business magazine ; greenest city action team member cheeying ho executive director of the whistler centre for sustainability ; paula v. murillo of latincouver ; and emily jubenvill of the vancouver public space network . citystudio vancouver was selected by the mayor to move forward as a pilot program . four months later the presidents and vice presidents involved in the campus city collaboration c3 bcit ecuad langara sfu ubc vcc 1 met with the mayor and approved citystudio as a project of the city of vancouver to engage staff community members and students in collaborative city building . course structure edit citystudio operates full time studio course at 1800 spyglass place and coordinates a network of campus courses at vancouver universities and colleges references edit greenest city action plan . 1 retrieved on 1 may 2014 . external links edit official website template annual report http www.theglobeandmail.com news national education how to make the city a classroom and free the students article17091496 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title citystudio vancouver & oldid 741874826 categories education in vancouverhidden categories wikipedia articles needing style editing from may 2014all articles needing style editingorphaned articles from may 2014all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 05 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view