The authors of the article are right, not really me :) I am just trying to do my best to summarize their findings, so thankfully this means that I am at least likely not distorting anything. (which is important, I try to be true to their data!)

Thank you for the compliments!

Any idea whom I would contact to set up a STEEMFEST Vancouver and other events?

Well the steemit inc community liaison is @andrarchy I believe. So perhaps he would be a good start.