There are already several downtown university/college campuses.

I guess you missed Gordo's plan to make Vancouver an elite city only the rich can afford? Keep young an vibrant citizens downtown? Yeah right. We wish, we wish.

There is already a university downtown: it's called Simon Fraser University and it three campuses in fact--one downtown, one in Burnaby and one in Central City Surrey. And I think UBC has a limited presence downtown too.

See related idea.. "Stop UBC Sprawl"

The fastest population growth is in Surrey. So it would only be logical to open a University in Surrey to reduce travel on the overcrowded Skytrains.

However as a business enterprise catering to the global education market, opening a university in downtown Vancouver could make sense.

Yes.. what we need is to stop UBC's master plan for unsustainable urban sprawl! We don't need another city centre at the farthest reaches of Point Grey and at the cost of clear cutting precious local forest. UBC should refocus its undergraduate teaching facilities at downtown and other central sites (and on-line) rather than encourage further commuter traffic across the city. UBC is greenwashing its unsustainable and evergrowing preoccupation with real estate development!

UBC, SFU & BCIT all have downtown campuses. Actually, there are some other university campuses downtown that you may not know about like City U (also campuses worldwide), Emily Carr (actually Granville Island) and some other out of province and out of country universities that have a presence downtown.

As per Jessica's comment: Ever been to Harbour Centre? How about focusing on greening an existing university and supporting programs and faculties educating the next leaders in sustainability, resource management and dialogue (on account of we can't get anything done in the first place without some good communication!). SFU already offers some such programs.

Whats wrong with UBC downtown?

SFU already has a very strong downtown campus @ the Harbour Centre and at Woodward's. SFU has some important "green" certificate program at the downtown campus including the Sustainable Development Certificate.

This idea would attract a lot of green savy students to Vancouver. Isnt that what the Green Capital should have? A lot of students inspired to make the world greener!

Yes!!! Vancouver needs more universities! im currently looking to go into university but now to get into SFU or UBC the marks u need are almost impossible to get! Because of that I might now have to leave Vancouver for Post Secondary! Vancouver needs more universities so local kids could stay local!!!!!!

Yes! There should be no cars aloud in a green university. The students would be well served by the public transit on the outskirts of the university. This would also jump start development and revitalize the mount pleasent area

I agree with the cooking part! Now a days u just see so many trendy restraunts popping up! Vancouver is also very multicultural so there r so many kinds of food!!! If this university was created it could not just help Vancouver become the greenest city on earth but also the cuisine city of the world

I absolutly love this idea! There is no better place to come up with new ideas to become more sustainable than the greenest city on earth

You should look at the City University initiative that is already posted.