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About

Matt Hern

Matt Hern is the director of the Purple Thistle centre, an alternative youth program in Vancouver, BC. He holds a a PhD in Urban Studies from the Union Institute. An accomplished writer and public speaker, he has written three books: Deschooling Our Lives, Field Day: Getting Society Out of School and Watch Yourself: Why Safer Isn't Always Better. He lives with his partner and two daughters in East Vancouver.

Books by Matt Hern

Outside the Outside

The New Politics of Suburbs

by (author) Matt Hern

Trust Kids!

Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy

by (author) carla bergman & Dani Burlison
foreword by Matt Hern

Big Moves

Global Agendas, Local Aspirations, and Urban Mobility in Canada

by (author) Anthony Perl, Matt Hern & Jeffrey Kenworthy

On This Patch of Grass

City Parks on Occupied Land

by (author) Matt Hern, Selena Couture, Daisy Couture & Sadie Couture

Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life

A Tar Sands Tale

by (author) Matt Hern & Am Johal
contributions by Joe Sacco

What a City Is For

Remaking the Politics of Displacement

by (author) Matt Hern

Field Day

Getting Society Out of School

by (author) Matt Hern