Non-UBC Event

The Way We Move: A Metro Vancouver Conference on Transportation

September 5, 2026, 9:30 am to 3:00 pm

SFU Harbour Centre | 515 W Hastings Street

WHO GETS TO SHAPE THE WAY METRO VANCOUVER MOVES?

The Way We Move is a one-day public conversation about the future of transportation in our region.

Hear from transportation leaders, policymakers, researchers, advocates and community voices.

September 5, 2026 SFU Harbour Centre 9:30 AM–3:00 PM

🎟️ TICKETS FROM $10

Everyone is welcome.

Whether you drive, take transit, cycle, walk, use HandyDART, or rely on rideshare services, transportation affects your daily life. This conference brings together residents, transportation professionals, policymakers, researchers, advocates, and community organizations to explore how we can create a transportation system that works better for everyone.Join us for a full day of inspiring conversations, interactive workshops, and networking with people who are helping shape the future of transportation across Metro Vancouver.

What You'll Gain

Learn from transportation leaders

Hear directly from experts and decision-makers about the future of transit, accessibility, transportation planning, and mobility across Metro Vancouver.

Connect with people making change

Meet planners, researchers, advocates, labour representatives, elected officials, students, and community members who are passionate about improving how our region moves.

Leave with practical ideas and tools

Discover how residents can participate in transportation planning, influence local decision-making, and help build safer, more reliable, and more accessible communities.

Conference Themes

Together, we'll explore:

  • Transit reliability and service improvements
  • Affordability and accessibility
  • Walking, cycling, and active transportation
  • Regional connectivity
  • Climate resilience
  • Mobility equity
  • Transportation and economic growth
  • Building healthier, more inclusive communities

This is an opportunity to move beyond assumptions and have thoughtful, evidence-informed conversations about what works, what doesn't, and where we go next.

Interactive Workshops

Participate in hands-on workshops where you'll learn practical skills, hear community perspectives, and discuss real solutions with fellow attendees.Workshop topics include:

  • Navigating City Halls and influencing local decision-making
  • Transportation justice and mobility equity
  • Supporting seniors and accessible transportation
  • Cycling as transportation and community empowerment
  • The experiences of HandyDART workers and the people they serve

Through interactive discussions, storytelling, and participatory workshops, attendees will:

  • Explore challenges and opportunities across transit, accessibility, safety, and connectivity.
  • Learn from one another across roles, backgrounds, and communities.
  • Share practical, individual and collective actions that empower residents to shape a city that truly reflects their needs and dreams.

Confirmed Speakers & Guests

  • City of Vancouver - Lon LaClaire, General Manager of Engineering Services, City of Vancouver
  • TransLink - Becca Mayers from TransLink’s Planning Division
  • UBC’s Transportation Planning Adam Hyslop (overseeing technical project development for the planned Millennium Line UBC SkyTrain Extension)
  • Movement - Denis Agar, Executive Director, Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
  • UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs: Andrea Reimer, Adjunct Professor of Practice
  • Workshop - Women Transforming Cities - Florence Li on how to navigate your City Council to influence decision-making.
  • ATU local 1724 - HandyDART Workers -Joe McCann, President, on the struggle of workers
  • Workshop - BEST (Better Environmentally Sound Transportation) Elders on the Move
  • Workshop - Community Bikes - Bike as a means of transportation and social justice.

Inclusivity is key to us! If you require a waiver of your ticket cost, email info@thinkcityedu.com . We will send your free ticket by email!

Come if you are interested in:

  • People power.
  • Community building.
  • Learning about decision-making and city rights.
  • Learning about inclusion, equity, mobility, sustainability and transportation.
  • Networking with labour unions, activists and city planners.

Event Information and Registration

  • Non-UBC Event

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are situated within the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.

Climate Solutions Research Collective

UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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