Politics
LORINC: Building a better residents association
By John Lorinc
We live in a society where individuals aren’t regulated in the ways in which they participate in (legal) group activities — from... Read More
Book Review: Planning on the Edge
By Yuri Artibise
Editors: Penny Gurstein and Tom Hutton (UBC Press, 2019) Planning On The Edge: Vancouver and the Challenges of Reconciliation, Social... Read More
PODCAST: City scenes that saved summer
By Glyn Bowerman
It’s been a rough summer for everyone, but people have found ways to get outside and make the most of it. In this episode, we... Read More
Incomplete streets, incomplete imaginations: Safe streets for whom?
By Sabat Ismail
My experience in community bike spaces, and later in cycling advocacy spaces, has been profoundly impactful and transformative. I have... Read More
Transform Underutilized Lands, Revitalize Our Cities, Recover Our Economy
By carlaguerrera
It’s time for the new normal. But what exactly is the new normal? For the city building sector, it could be using a confluence of... Read More
Book Review – Human Scale Revisited: A New Look at the Classic Case for a Decentralist Future
By Marnie McGregor
Author: Kirkpatrick Sale (Chelsea Green, 2017) Reading Human Scale Revisited by Kirkpatrick Sale from Athens, Greece during a global... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 048, Safety and wellbeing in Edmonton
By Spacing Radio
In this episode, Natasha Henry, president of the Ontario Black History Society, tells us about the importance of August 1st... Read More
Why is City of Toronto sole-sourcing key digital infrastructure?
By Bianca Wylie
Toronto City Council is set to vote this week on a staff recommendation to sole-source a contract for a technology system. The... Read More
Apology, Truth, and Reparations: The overdue reckoning with Canada’s slave past
By Natasha Henry
This essay is a sequel to Natasha Henry’s account of the history of enslavement of Black people in Canada prior to 1834, published in... Read More
The connections between public art and activism
By Sarah Ratzlaff
In this moment of social and political upheaval, as protesters demand racial justice in response to police brutality and systemic... Read More