False Creek Knowledge Hub
Welcome to our library of reports, academic literature, and other documents for curious policy makers, urban planners, scientists, or anyone who would like to learn more about the issues at play in False Creek.
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Ecology
Social Relationships with Water
Indigenous-Led Conservation
Water Quality
Marine Traffic
Ecology
How can we safeguard the marine life of False Creek?
Investigation of Environmental Protection tools for False Creek, Vancouver.
Prepared by Yash Mehta, Aug 2023
The Ecology of False Creek
Prepared by Eric Lee, 2024
Guidelines for applying the IUCN protected area management categories to marine protected areas
Developing capacity for a protected planet
Prepared by Jon Day et al., 2019
Social Relationships with Water
A Coastal Marine Strategy for British Columbia
Policy Intentions Paper, Dec 2022
Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation
Prepared by Nathan J. Bennett et al., Jan 2017
Conservation social science
Re-Connecting Community to the Urban Marine Environment
A Strategy to Foster Public Engagement and Buy-in for an Urban Marine Park in False Creek, Vancouver
Prepared by Maggy Spence, August 2022
A Canadian Ocean Literacy Strategy
Prepared by the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition, Mar 2021
Land, Water, Ocean, Us
Vancouver’s Water Narrative
Learning from Copenhagen & Rotterdam
Prepared by Ronja Helleshøj Sørensen, January 2019
A concept for enhanced community well-being, prosperity and sustainable city living
Prepared by S.J. Pittman et al., 2019
Marine Parks for Coastal Cities
Marine Social Science for the Peopled Seas
Prepared by Nathan J. Bennett , Jan 2019
Planning Challenge: Healthy Waters Program
Prepared by Wambui Kinoti, Bagaskara Linanda, Inn Tang, Huayu Wu, Yuzhu Zeng, Apr 19, 2024
Ocean Defenders Declaration
Prepared by Nature Canada
Indigenous-Led Conservation
Tribal Parks and Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas
Lessons Learned from B.C. Examples
Prepared by the David Suzuki Foundation, Aug 2018
Parks as Parks as Persons
Legal Innovation or Colonial Appropriation?
Prepared by Alexandra Flynn, 2022
The potential for Indigenous-led conservation in urbanized landscapes in Canada
Prepared by Faisal Moola, Helina Jolly, Joli Borah, and Robin Roth, April 2024
For much more, please visit the IPCA Knowledge Basket
Water Quality
Water Quality in False Creek
For Policy Makers
Prepared by Cassandra Cummings (City of Vancouver), November 2016
Vancouver Water Monitoring Program
2019 Report
Prepared by Fraser Riverkeeper (Swim Drink Fish), March 2020
Recreational Water Quality Guidelines
Guideline Summary, Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy, 2019
Assessment of Bacteriological Indicators in False Creek
Prepared by Burke Phippen (BWP Consulting Inc.), and Diane Sutherland (Ministry of Environment), August 2006
Raising the standards for water quality objectives in Burrard Inlet
Interaction between public, ecological and cultural values through Indigenous-Provincial collaboration
Prepared by Anuradha Rao, Bridget Doyle, John Konovsky, and Patrick Lilley, Apr 2018
Marine Traffic
Derelict Boats
What is Needed is Preventative Action
Open letter, Nov 1, 2021
Canada Gazette, Part II
Vol. 139, No. 25
Local Authorities’ Guide
Vessel operation restriction regulations
Prepared by Transport Canada, 2019