Learning from Vancouver

Learning from Vancouver is an illustrated collection of reflective essays that explores Vancouver through the lenses of urban studies, architecture, environmental perception, and lived experience.

Written during and after the author's time as a Visiting Scholar in the Urban Studies Program at Simon Fraser University, the book examines how cities shape memory, identity, community, and our relationship with place.

Through visits to locations such as Stanley Park, Granville Island, Gastown, Vancouver Public Library, Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, the Museum of Anthropology, and many other urban and natural landscapes, the book invites readers to see Vancouver not simply as a city, but as a place of learning.

Blending personal narrative, urban scholarship, and watercolor illustrations, Learning from Vancouver offers a thoughtful exploration of how the spaces we inhabit influence the people we become.

Ideal for readers interested in cities, architecture, urban planning, travel writing, environmental studies, and Vancouver's cultural landscape.