Andy Yan
@ayan604
Urban planner taking the World on one bite at a time. @sfucity Director + @sfuurban Associate Professor of Professional Practice
Thoughts are my own.
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https://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies/about/city-program.html 30-01-2009 10:42:14
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"You've lost your fking minds, government of Canada. You don't understand that you've made it possible to buy $1.5MM homes with fake income documents, and without an effective checking system...there's a greater incentive to commit fraud than ever" -Ron Butler
EXCLUSIVE: This is exactly when China blocked ChatGPT, Hugging Face and other AI sites. I received first access to a platform that can track the precise timing of Chinese censorship, when previously this was difficult. Explore our interactive graphic: restofworld.org/2024/when-chin…
What a picture-perfect day for the SFU Vancouver #TerryFox Run and Walk. Always proud to support this annual fundraiser for cancer research.
"B.C. renters are paying less since Airbnb restrictions took effect: study" as told by Nathan Griffiths #bcpoli #vanpoli #VanRE vancouversun.com/business/real-…
Andy Yan SFU City Program neal lamontagne Your never to old or too educated to learn more. I took the SFU cities program diploma 20 years ago with my friend and then boss Brent Toderian I am thrilled to see SFU continuing to help teach planning to non planners! Thanks Andy Yan
"Every year that passes, BC renters are going to save more money." Nathan Griffiths The Vancouver Sun on new report by McGill University research team finding short-term rental regulations help lower housing costs - and those effects are cumulative. #Airbnb #bcpoli
Related fun fact: I learned at Langara Journalism that govt forms are awesome to FOI. So when I was reading, um, every city doc I could find about TAP + found reference to the “final tenant assistance report”? You bet I set a calendar alert for when the report would be ready 😉