Events

Upcoming events

• February Luncheon - Travis Archibald, CMHC Senior Market Analyst

  • When
    21 Feb 2012
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    11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Terminal City Club 837 West Hastings Street Vancouver BC
  • Spaces left
    144

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  Travis joined Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's market analysis department in March 2008. As a senior market analyst, he provides analysis, forecasts and commentary on new, resale and rental housing. Travis holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Economics from the University of Victoria, and recently completed a Diploma in Urban Land Economics from UBC. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Economists of BC (APEBC). Prior to joining CMHC, he worked for four years as a senior economic analyst with a transportation consulting firm in Vancouver.

  Topic:  Vancouver Housing Market Update
  
  
  11:45 a.m. Registration
  12:00 p.m. Lunch
  12:45 p.m. Guest Speaker
  
  
  

  Cost:	$50.00 plus HST - MIABC Member $70.00 plus HST - Non MIABC Member (no shows will be charged)
  Please ensure you register online by the Friday before the event date. Note: No receipts will be issued. Please Print a copy of your registration page or notice. If you are paying by cheque please make it payable to The Mortgage Investment Association of B.C. and bring it with you to the Terminal City Club.

  
  

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• April Luncheon - Ryan Berlin, Urban Futures

  • When
    17 Apr 2012
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    11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Terminal City Club 837 West Hastings Street Vancouver BC
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    145

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  Ryan has been Urban Futures’ resident economist since 2004. Ryan holds a BA (Honours) in Economics from Queen’s University and an MA in Economics from the University of British Columbia. During his time at UBC, Ryan developed and taught courses in both micro- and macroeconomics.
  
  Ryan is recognized for the insightful and customized demographic and economic analyses he undertakes at Urban Futures. He has been a contributing author to numerous publications, including many of Urban Futures’ publicly-available reports. Recent examples include:
  
  Evaluating Measures of Housing Affordability in British Columbia 

  Sustainable: British Columbia’s Health Care System and Our Aging Population

  Evolution or Extinction: Harmonization in a British Columbia That Works

  A Perfect Storm: Sustaining Canada’s Economy During Our Next Demographic Transition
  
  Ryan frequently presents on current and future demographic, economic, and housing market trends and how these dimensions of change will impact our communities. Recent audiences include the Urban Development Institute, the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, and the Vancouver Island Construction Association. Ryan is a member of the Association of Professional Economists of BC, and also provides regular commentary to both local and national media, including newspaper, radio, and television. Most notably, however, Ryan is a diehard fan of God’s team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Before you laugh, he wishes to point out that both the Leafs and the Canucks have won the same number of Stanley Cups since 1970. Go Leafs go.
  
  

  Topic:  Housing Bubbles, Affordability, Population Change and Demographic Shifts
  
  
  11:45 a.m. Registration
  12:00 p.m. Lunch
  12:45 p.m. Guest Speaker
  
  
  

  Cost:	$50.00 plus HST - MIABC Member $70.00 plus HST - Non MIABC Member (no shows will be charged)
  Please ensure you register online by the Friday before the event date. Note: No receipts will be issued. Please Print a copy of your registration page or notice. If you are paying by cheque please make it payable to The Mortgage Investment Association of B.C. and bring it with you to the Terminal City Club.

  
  

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• May Luncheon - Adrian Dix, MLA Vancouver-Kingsway, New Democratic Party of BC

  • When
    15 May 2012
  •  
    11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Terminal City Club 837 West Hastings Street Vancouver BC
  • Spaces left
    144

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  Adrian Dix was elected Leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party on April 17, 2011.
  
  He was re-elected as MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway on May 12, 2009. He was first elected to the Legislature on May 17, 2005.
  
  Adrian has extensive experience as a non-profit director, education community leader, government strategist and media commentator.
  
  For the past five years, Adrian travelled the province as Executive Director of Canadian Parents for French – BC & Yukon Branch, a non-profit organization promoting language education.
  
  Adrian is a commentator on public policy whose regular columns were published in the Victoria Times-Colonist and The Source, a Vancouver multicultural newspaper. Over the past five years, he was regularly called upon to present views on public policy issues for local, provincial, national and international media.
  
  Adrian also served as the Chief of Staff to Premier Glen Clark from 1996 to 1999.
  
  Adrian grew up in Vancouver, graduated from University of British Columbia and now lives in the Collingwood neighbourhood.
  
  Topic: Update from the legislature.
  
  
  11:45 a.m. Registration
  12:00 p.m. Lunch
  12:45 p.m. Guest Speaker
  
  
  

  Cost:	$50.00 plus HST - MIABC Member $70.00 plus HST - Non MIABC Member (no shows will be charged)
  Please ensure you register online by the Friday before the event date. Note: No receipts will be issued. Please Print a copy of your registration page or notice. If you are paying by cheque please make it payable to The Mortgage Investment Association of B.C. and bring it with you to the Terminal City Club.

  
  

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