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Indigenous youth help redefine landscape architecture

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It’s impossible to teach someone how to build a deer-skin drum over Zoom. “Just feel the string,” says Oshkabewis... Read More

Searching for Black history in Niagara-on-the-Lake

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We did the Black thing as we passed each other on the trail — nods of mutual recognition, a celebration that we are still here. I had... Read More

Anishnawbe Health finds a new home

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On Indigenous People’s Day, June 21, Anishnawbe Health Toronto held its ground-breaking ceremony for the Indigenous Hub that will... Read More

Preserving the queer identity in safe spaces

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LGBTQ+ spaces in urban areas have been establishing themselves for decades, growing larger and larger as each generation brings its... Read More

Chinatown: Uncovering the future in the past, and the present in the future

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The new issue of Spacing includes an article by Paula Tran, “What will happen to Toronto’s Chinatown?” In... Read More

Poetry in community: Q&A with poet Ronna Bloom

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Ronna Bloom is former Poet in Residence at Mount Sinai Hospital, now Sinai Health System. Long before face coverings became mandatory... Read More

Urban space as a catalyst for improving mental health care

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This article is published in conjunction with the upcoming issue of Spacing, which is focused on the theme of public health. In these... Read More

The duality of Amazon in Scarborough – from delivering jobs to packaging community relations

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Amazon’s notoriety for exploitative work conditions, harmful environmental practices, corporate tax exemptions, and stripping jobs... Read More