Pandemic
How COVID-19 can catalyze coordination in Greater Toronto
By Gabriel Eidelman
By André Côté, Gabriel Eidelman, and Michael Fenn. The reopening in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the recovery planning to... Read More
Our resilience will be measured by the strength of our civic spaces
By Orit Sarfaty
COVID-19 has called the value of cities into question. But cities are not the problem. Even as the COVID-19 curve flattens, we stare... Read More
Queerness and queer space in the time of COVID-19
By Benjamin Bongolan and Jc Elijah M. Bawuah
Marquis is a queer young man living in the City of Brampton who enjoys commuting into the City of Toronto, where he attends classes at... Read More
LORINC: The pandemic is sacrificing community spaces in places of faith
By John Lorinc
The long-awaited partial re-opening, which finally began in Toronto and Peel earlier this week, is a story with two aspects: on the... Read More
REID: The beginning of the end for rush hour curb lanes?
By Dylan Reid
One of the distinctive and ubiquitous characteristics of main streets in the older parts of Toronto is the rush hour curb lane. For... Read More
LORINC: The pandemic is about cities
By John Lorinc
Viruses, in the abstract, don’t care much about their host organisms, beyond the latter’s on-board, physiological defenses. Yet it’s... Read More
EVENT: The Post-Pandemic City We Want – June 23rd, 7:00 pm
By Vancouver City Planning Commission
How can we create a post-pandemic Vancouver that is just, equitable, decolonized, and inclusive for all? June 23, 2020 7:00pm via Zoom... Read More
Six-foot City: Conclusion
By Erick Villagomez
This series has explored the impacts of doubling the current personal space radius from 3ft (1m) to 6ft (2m) across three everyday... Read More
Five organizations come together to produce a community map of Toronto “safeways”
By Ken Greenberg
In a great display of community collaboration, five Toronto-based organizations dedicated to improving and enhancing the city’s public... Read More
Six-foot City: Public Transit
By Erick Villagomez
Anybody who has experienced a well-used public transit system during rush hour knows that relaxing their ‘personal space bubbles’ to a... Read More