This article serves as an introduction to this issue of the journal and highlights the articles contained in it including a photo essay by Fern Helfand featuring images that illustrate the changes in the Okanagan Valley, a region in British Columbia, an article proposing the creation of a more flexible and efficient system of water allocation by economist Johannus Janmaat, and an analysis of housing policy and immigration in the Okanagan Valley conducted by Carlos Teixeira, an expert in urban geography.