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A celebration of life will be held next May 20, the 75th birthday of cycling, walking and “Car-lite” philosophy advocate, Green Party activist and municipal worker Chris Bradshaw, who died earlier this month.

Born in Vancouver to a Canadian father and American mother, Bradshaw’s family moved to Dover, Ohio, when he was a child.

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As he wrote in an online blog, his first “full-time” year as an adult in his native land was in Centennial year, 1967, the year after his graduation from Ohio’s Oberlin College with a degree in political science.

As was more common in those times, and perhaps a harbinger of his later activities as a co-founder of both the OttaWalk group and the Vrtucar network, he hitchhiked into Canada.

As it was for many visitors, Expo 67 was a life-changer for Bradshaw, particularly Moshe Safdie’s iconic model community, Habitat 67.

“In thinking back,” Bradshaw wrote in his 2017 blog, “The Safdie exhibit in Montreal was probably biggest influence in my life.