Urban Design Toronto

LORINC: Celebration and Toronto’s Public Space Moment

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The hundreds of thousands of soccer fans spilling onto St. Clair West after Italy’s 1982 World Cup victory marked a turning point for... Read More

Architecture Vancouver

Why New West Station’s Plaza 88 is one of a kind

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You’ll lose your breath trying to describe Plaza 88. It wraps an elevated SkyTrain station with seven storeys of parking and two... Read More

Civic Engagement Toronto

City politics in the wake of Ontario’s Bill 5 and lessons for Canadian cities

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Last week, two things happened that are useful markers for where Toronto sits in the struggle to manage the impact from Bill 5: a... Read More

Politics Toronto

LORINC: Welcome to the post-civic engagement era

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With the landslide of hostile omnibus legislation spewing out of Queen’s Park this spring, I found myself wondering whether Doug Ford... Read More

Politics Toronto

REID: Embedding municipal government in the constitution

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Premier Doug Ford’s sudden and arbitrary interference in the 2018 Toronto municipal election – and the preliminary court decision that... Read More

Film & Video Vancouver

Video Vancouver: Grandma On The Move

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Via City of Vancouver: Commissioned by the City of Vancouver, Grandma on the Move, features award-winning children’s entertainers... Read More

Bikes Toronto

Opening conversations about active transportation in racialized suburbs

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This guest post is by members of Transportation Equity Toronto, the organizers of the Mini Conference on Racial Equity and Active... Read More

Politics Toronto

LORINC: Ford Nation’s growth plan cruises across the finish line

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Now that Mayor John Tory has put the muzzle back on his political attack puppy, it’s safe to conclude that nothing else stands between... Read More

Civic Engagement Toronto

A City on the cusp: A Torontonian’s visit to Detroit

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Claire Stevenson-Blythe is entering her second year in the Master of Science in Planning program at the University of Toronto. Her... Read More

Film & Video Vancouver

Video Vancouver: Empire Landmark Deconstruction

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Via Ke Be: Time lapse taken over the period of over a year. Deconstruction of the Empire Landmark hotel in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Read More

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