Podcast
Toronto
The world is taking a hard look at their police forces, the violence they use, the deaths that result, and the systemic and anti-Black racism that even... Read More
LORINC: Is Toronto missing the middle or missing the mark on housing?A thought experiment: Imagine Toronto is a big city experiencing a housing affordability crisis and steadily worsening polarization... Read More
Our resilience will be measured by the strength of our civic spacesCOVID-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 policeFor 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-19Marquis 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
Bentham’s City: An Urban Monograph of Vancouver City Hall[Editor’s Note: This piece was published over a decade ago—in what would eventually become Spacing Vancouver. In light of the... Read More
LORINC: The pandemic is sacrificing community spaces in places of faithThe 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?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
Video Vancouver: Polis StationWhile this video was produced over 4 years ago, it has renewed resonance today. Widespread outrage and protests over recent acts of... Read More
LORINC: The pandemic is about citiesViruses, in the abstract, don’t care much about their host organisms, beyond the latter’s on-board, physiological defenses. Yet it’s... Read More
THOMPSON: Saunders’ departure won’t fix the problem of policing in TorontoWhat 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 
EVENT: The Post-Pandemic City We Want – June 23rd, 7:00 pm 
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 046, Toronto City Council is buffering 
Make civic skills for kids the new coding 
Six-foot City: The Corridor 
Five organizations come together to produce a community map of Toronto “safeways”