EdTech entrepreneur, founder of The Visual Thinking Company. Check out: https://xitter.cf/t.co/Zi0rpqzVpV

Vancouver, BC
Joined April 2009
Free advice here for alert politicians. Massive shout out to my MP, @Taleeb and his office staff for their work on the Sexsmith Precedent. All the best to the 32 Candidates running to be @VSB39 Trustees.
What about; 1. Britannia Secondary and the site; 70% ownership by VSB. Go @Canucks with stacked ice rinks. 🙏 2. Kingsgate Mall and the November decision; new Trustees decide fate: Education vs. Condos. Or enable @RyanBeedie to build future education complex? 3. Gordon Park land swap enabling 1st modern secondary school east of Main St.? Shout out to David Thompson Secondary 🙌 Go David Grewal; get it done, @Vote4ABC 4. West End Community Centre; majority owned by VSB. Lack of spaces downtown due to deals with @bchydro over decades. 5. More School Field and Basketball Court sales to private interests as per the Fleming Precedent? 6. Or more School Field saves by alert politicians as per the Sexsmith Precedent? 7. Finally, why close a school in a transit zone where the province has legislated density? Follow @BuildHamber
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B.C. elected its next government on Saturday. On 2 November, nine VSB trustees take office. In the Nov 2021 LTIP review, DPAC found 5,434 fewer children in VSB Open Data than the 2016 Census. School Guide by @TheVTCo puts a source and a date on every figure. The rule is below.
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Weir Elementary ran at 90.0 per cent of capacity in 2024-25. On the same VSB slide, on the same day, it ran at 81.5 per cent. Both are correct. One denominator is a Ministry design rule; the other was settled in a collective agreement. My column for @TheVTCo is below.
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When a school board stops needing a site, Alberta writes the answer on the land title: reserve land goes to the municipality, by statute. BC writes it in a Ministerial Order; until the Minister approves, the board keeps the land. @TheVTCo read both instruments:
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In 2019 the VSB and Park Board voted to pursue a land swap at Gordon Park, so a new David Thompson Secondary could rise while students stayed in class. The VSB Sustainability Plan now lists a $153.8M seismic upgrade for Thompson in 2030. The record from @TheVTCo is below.
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The record: VSB Environmental Sustainability Plan 2026-2032, Table 7, page 34: media.vsb.bc.ca/media/Defaul… David Thompson Secondary on School Guide: schoolguide.vtco.app/browse/… Follow @TheVTCo for the record behind School Guide.
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1,082 rental homes in five towers are proposed for the Collingwood Safeway at Kingsway and Tyne; 400 have two or three bedrooms. A few blocks west, the VSB closed Carleton Elementary last December. Which schools serve these blocks: free on School Guide from @TheVTCo.
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Watch the @VanGreens carefully; they ought to reverse their vote to close down a school in a transit zone where the province has legislated density. We already have too many Kindergarten Lotteries in @CityofVancouver. #bced #bcpoli #vanpoli @BuildHamber
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On 30 October I will be in Ottawa for TiECon Canada 2026: Bold Entrepreneurship; Securing Canada's Future. On the program: @zatlyn on building @Cloudflare, Canada's defence opportunity, and sovereign AI with Canada's AI strategy. See you at Carleton University. #TiEConCanada
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Families research the school before they choose the realtor. School Guide by @TheVTCo puts that research in one free place: public and private schools across Metro Vancouver, with a public source and a date on every figure. Look up the school before you book the showing.
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1/10 Congratulations to the nine Vancouver School Board trustees taking office 2 November: Rory Brown, Steve Cardwell, Melanie Cheng, Gwen Giesbrecht, Suzie Mah, Alisha Masongsong, Derrick O'Keefe, Krista Sigurdson and Julie Strilesky. School and community data: follow @TheVTCo
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9/10 Congratulations, Krista Sigurdson. Krista, PhD, is a sociologist and health researcher who chaired the Strathcona Elementary Parent Advisory Council and served on the Vancouver District PAC board. Looking forward to working together for Vancouver students and schools.
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10/10 Congratulations, Julie Strilesky. Julie was born and raised in Vancouver and brings more than 20 years of policy work, including climate resilience policy with the governments of BC and Ontario. Looking forward to working together for Vancouver students and schools.
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