About Alex Hallbom

Alex Hallbom is a Registered Professional Planner in British Columbia, Canada.

NBN Episodes hosted by Alex:

Jess Reia, "Urban Music Governance: What Busking Can Teach Us about Data, Policy and Our Cities" (Intellect, 2025)

July 29, 2025

Urban Music Governance

Jess Reia
Hosted by Alex Hallbom

What happens when precarious urban cultural laborers take data collection, laws, and policymaking into their own hands? Buskers have been part of our …

Shain Shapiro, "This Must Be the Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better" (Watkins Media Limited, 2023)

July 10, 2025

This Must Be the Place

Shain Shapiro
Hosted by Alex Hallbom

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 …

Gregor Craigie, "Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada's Housing Crisis" (Random House Canada, 2024)

March 16, 2025

Our Crumbling Foundation

Gregor Craigie
Hosted by Alex Hallbom

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…

Carolyn Whitzman, "Home Truths: Fixing Canada's Housing Crisis" (On Point Press, 2024)

March 15, 2025

Home Truths

Carolyn Whitzman
Hosted by Alex Hallbom

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians exist on the edge. Renters fear eviction, homeowners feel trapped, and both are vulnerable to becoming homeless wit…

Greg Suttor, "Still Renovating: A History of Canadian Social Housing Policy" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2016)

January 31, 2025

Still Renovating

Greg Suttor
Hosted by Alex Hallbom

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…