Workshop Leaders

Stewart Burgess is a project leader who specializes in specific transformations of public spaces. He has contributed to VPSN’s Park(ing) Day activities, the Skytrain Halloween Party, and various Robson Square activations such as the Polka Dot Piano (in collaboration with CityStudio’s Keys to the Street). Stuart joined the VPSN Board of Directors in 2013. In his professional life he is an intern architect with Carscadden Stokes McDonald Architects.

Jaspal Marwah is a former VPSN Board member, and current project leader with an interest in art in public spaces. He organized Vancouver's first Park(ing) Day event, and has since been involved in numerous public space interventions, including hosting laser graffiti and coordinating Canada's participation in the world's first public art event to be viewed from space. He currently manages the Active Fiction Project.

Caitriona Feeney recently accepted a VPSN board member position and has been volunteering with the organization since 2011. Since she started with the VPSN, she has been involved with multiple VIVA Vancouver submissions, Robson Square events and the development of the Downtown Public Realm Plan. Caitriona is a former commissioner on the Vancouver City Plan Commission and works as a policy planner in her private practice. Her main interests include public space advocacy, community planning and urban agriculture.