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 CBC Radio One
Recorded: Monday,
June 19 at Earth:
The World Urban Festival
Ideas recorded
the University of British Columbia-Laurier Institution
Multiculturalism lecture, Mongrel Cities of the 21st
Century: Is Multiculturalism the solution or the problem.
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CBC Radio One
Recorded: Wednesday,
June 21 at Earth: The World Urban Festival
Living
Room - How Much Do We Need?
The
Current's Anna
Maria Tremonti and BC
Almanac's Mark
Forsythe look at the good and bad of high-density
living with the president of the National
Slum Dwellers Federation of India, Jockin
Arputham; Gordon Price, director of the
City Program at Simon Fraser University;
urban planner Wendy Sarkissian from New
South Wales, Australia; and Jake Friesen,
vice-president of Qualico Developments,
one of the largest builders of single-family
homes in Western Canada.  Living
Room (Runs: 57:00) |
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| FACT: In
1950, there was only one city with
a population of over 10 million inhabitants: New
York City. |
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CBC Radio One
Recorded: Thursday,
June 22 at Earth:
The World Urban Festival
The
Arts Tonight focused
on the theme of Making
Theatre Matter. Host
Eleanor Wachtel speaks with World Urban Festival
artistic producer Judith Marcuse, Joaquin D. Yabut
of the Philippine theatre company, PETA, and Fri
Hooft Van Huysduynen, from the Dutch group, Theatre
Embassy, about using plays to change people and society. |
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CBC Radio One
Recorded: Thursday,
June 22
at Earth:
The World Urban Festival
Live from Earth: The World Urban
Festival That easy? Jean Swanson, a housing
advocate, lays out her solution for Vancouver's homeless
and Mike Harcourt, former mayor and federal advisor on
urban issues, maps out the high road for Canadian cities.
Excerpted from OTC's live remote from the festival. OTC
LIVE (Runs:
12:30)
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CBC
Radio One
Date: Friday, June
23
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. PT
Location: CBC Stage at Earth,
555 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, B.C.
Come to the World Urban Festival and
join Jowi Taylor of Global Village as he hosts a live
concert for later broadcast. Musical performers include
Paula Toledo, Young and Sexy, Sal & Shayne, and Signia. |
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| FACT: Every
hour 6,000 people move into a
city. Every day 143, 000 people move
into a city. That’s 1 million
every week, 52 million per year. |
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