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New global air pollution and health impact study the most comprehensive ever
An international research team led by the University of British Columbia’s Dr. Michael Brauer and Washington University in St. Louis’ Dr. Randall Martin has published the most detailed analysis ever conducted on global air pollution sources and their health impacts. They have estimated the contribution of major sources of air pollution for 204 countries and territories, making…
Read MoreHospital Update. 6/14/21
LETTER FROM FIONA DALTON, CEO, PROVIDENCE HEALTH CARE June 14, 2021Dear Residents: I want to reach out to everyone who lives or works near the site of the new St. Paul’s Hospital, in order to introduce myself as the President and CEO of St. Paul’s Hospital/Providence Health Care, and to say thank you in advance for…
Read MoreCommunity Air Quality Monitoring Project Update. 5/27/21
The Steering Committee for the Port’s Air Quality Monitoring project met on May 27 to discuss what type of air monitoring equipment to purchase. The hope is to be able to begin actively engaging residents this fall in locating, monitoring, collecting data, and reporting results. To get an idea what that might look like, here’s…
Read MorePark Update. 5/27/21
Strathcona Park UpdateToday, we received news from Donnie Rosa that the last remaining tents on Raymur Ave are now gone. Remediation of the east side of the park continues. It’s been a long, challenging year for our neighbourhood and we look forward to green space being available to everyone. From our perspective, Donnie Rosa, Sandra…
Read MoreMay 2021 SRA Newsletter
June 2021 Newsletter Here’s some of what’s going on in Strathcona… We’d like to acknowledge all the residents who took advantage of Neighbourhood Small Grant Program, especially Maureen Teahan for organizing the re-painting the Linear Park Labyrinth and Ilka Riemann, Arnt and Val Arntzen for designing and building the amazing free library on the…
Read MoreCommunity AQ Case Studies
West Oakland Community Action Plan (West Oakland, California) Initiative: Owning Our Air – The West Oakland Community Action Plan (West Oakland, California) Organization(s): Bay Area Air Quality Management District; West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project Reference(s): West Oakland Community Action Plan document, “Volume 1: The Plan” (2019): https://woeip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WOEIP-research-Owning-Our-Air-full.pdf Key Words: long-term planning, strong partnerships, stationary sensors,…
Read MoreLetter of concern re: truck routes
March 23, 2021 To: Christine MacCormack, Senior Communication Specialist, PCL Construction, CMaccormack@pcl.com Randene Neill, Engangement Specialist, New St. Paul’s Hospital, rneill@providencehealth.bc.ca Lon LaClaire, Gen. Mgr. Engineering Services, CoV, lon.laclaire@vancouver.ca Paul Storer, Dir. of Transportation, CoV, paul.storer@vancouver.ca Carol Kong, Senior Transit Engineering, CoV, carol.kong@vancouver.ca From: Strathcona Residents Association I’m writing you today to express our concern…
Read MoreMay 10 2021 SRA Meeting Minutes
SRA Strathcona Encampment Update from Donnie Rosa (Park Board) and Sandra Singh (City of Vancouver) May 10 , 2021 7 p.m. Guests: Sandra Singh, GM of Arts, Culture, Community Services, City of Vancouver Donnie Rosa, GM Board of Parks and Recreation Stephanie Allen, BC Housing Donnie – Park Board A lot of work happened in…
Read MoreMay 3 2021 SRA Meeting Minutes
SRA Meeting May 3 2021 Minutes 7:00 p.m. Park Board, City and BC Housing reps were unable to come to update as they are dealing with an issue in the camp. The majority of campers have gone – a few remain, almost all campers and vans gone – lots of cleanup happening. Donnie (Park Board…
Read MoreLetter from Donnie Rosa
May 5 2021 Dear Strathcona Residents Association, Firstly, we would like to apologize for not being able to attend your meeting on Monday evening. We had hoped to be able to provide you with an update on our work in Strathcona Park at the meeting, but unfortunately, we had to deal with an urgent matter related to the park. In lieu of…
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