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