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About Alex Hallbom
Alex Hallbom is a Registered Professional Planner in British Columbia, Canada.NBN Episodes hosted by Alex:
July 29, 2025
Urban Music Governance
What happens when precarious urban cultural laborers take data collection, laws, and policymaking into their own hands? Buskers have been part of our …
July 10, 2025
This Must Be the Place
This Must Be the Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better (Watkins Media Limited, 2023) explores how music can make cities better. This Must Be the …
March 16, 2025
Our Crumbling Foundation
Canada is experiencing a housing shortage. Although house prices in major Canadian cities appeared to have topped out, new housing isn’t coming onto t…
March 15, 2025
Home Truths
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians exist on the edge. Renters fear eviction, homeowners feel trapped, and both are vulnerable to becoming homeless wit…
January 31, 2025
Still Renovating
Social housing - public, non-profit, or co-operative - was once a part of Canada's urban success story. After years of neglect and many calls for affo…