Neighbourhoods

Toronto

Transit transformation, part 1: confronting Scarborough’s housing challenges

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With Edison Gao and Anika Munir In this “Transit Transformation” series, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) City... Read More

Vancouver

The Vancouver Plan: A Letter to Council from Abroad

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Dear Mayor and Council, Thank you for this opportunity to share just a few thoughts on the recently released draft Vancouver Plan 2050... Read More

The Overhead: Fixing the housing market

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Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing... Read More

Vancouver

A Better Broadway Plan: Radical Pro-Affordability

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It’s not a good week to be a member of Vancouver City Council. Confronted with a final decision on the Broadway Plan, and now brutally... Read More

Vancouver

Where Did Vancouver’s Children Go?

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What happened to all the kids? In Metro Vancouver, the senior population is growing over six times faster than the region’s number of... Read More

Toronto

This weekend: Jane’s Walk Festival + Provocation Ideas Festival

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Urban activist Jane Jacobs’ birthday is this week (May 4) and many Torontonians will be celebrating by attending the Jane’s Walk... Read More

Toronto

The Sun is Always in Your Eyes in Rexdale

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This essay originally appeared in issue 57, summer 2021. The author, Kunal Chaudhary, has been nominated for the Best Emerging Writer... Read More

Vancouver

The Ziggurats of Richmond

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They swept away the suburban scenery that once defined much of Richmond and built the ziggurats. Auto shops, blackberry thickets... Read More

Vancouver

Taking Us Where The Sun Don’t Shine – The Broadway Plan

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Why bother? The survey flashes across your horizon suggesting a moment of importance. You click on the survey and give your opinion... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: The back-channel lobbying of residents’ associations

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Should residents’ associations be required to register as lobbyists? This loaded question, as it turns out, was canvassed, sort... Read More