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Our resilience will be measured by the strength of our civic spaces

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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

LORINC: Council fails accountability test on defunding the police

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For all the heat and light generated by Monday’s debate over defunding or detasking the police, the compromise — or compromised... Read More

Queerness and queer space in the time of COVID-19

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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

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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

THOMPSON: Saunders’ departure won’t fix the problem of policing in Toronto

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What can be said about chief Mark Saunders’ sudden departure from the Toronto Police Service (TPS)? In truth, I am neither happy nor... Read More

LORINC: Police can’t find road to reform even when given a map

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Would Regis Korchinski-Paquet be alive today if the Toronto Police Service (TPS) had adopted the recommendations of a sweeping 2014... Read More

If Black lives truly matter in Canada, an apology for slavery is only a first step

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Natasha Henry is a 2018 Vanier Scholar completing a PhD in History at York University on the enslavement of Africans in early Ontario... Read More

THOMPSON: Policing the boundaries of space and race during COVID-19

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When a Black person is killed by police, it feels like Black people are suddenly taking up a lot of space in Canadian media. I’ve had... Read More

The question of food and the new resiliency

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The ability to feed our communities as a result of COVID-19 has the potential to increase awareness of the economic, social and... Read More