Civic Engagement

Toronto

BRADFORD OP-ED: Making 2021 Toronto’s year of the missing middle

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The year 2021 comes with high expectations, expectations to get back to the work we started pre-COVID and to build back stronger when... Read More

Toronto

MESLIN: If a billboard falls in a forest… Part 4

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Exactly fifteen years ago this week, I received this short and uplifting e-mail from Toronto city staff: January 12, 2006 Hi Dave, We... Read More

Toronto

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 052, Public Realm Resolutions

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We began 2020 with a bit of optimism — how could we know? We had an episode about the public realm and its importance, and spoke to urban... Read More

The City in Sight Podcast: Who’s in Charge of the Pandemic?

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Spacing and Massey College proudly present City in Sight: Canada’s constitutional city crisis, a special podcast series. THIS EPISODE... Read More

Toronto

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 051, Toronto’s shelter disaster

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In this episode, we look at the housing and homelessness crisis that has escalated into a full-blown disaster during the COVID-19... Read More

The City in Sight Podcast: The Case for Local Power

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Spacing and Massey College proudly present City in Sight: Canada’s constitutional city crisis, a special podcast series in... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: Building a better residents association

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We live in a society where individuals aren’t regulated in the ways in which they participate in (legal) group activities — from... Read More

The Future Fix: COVID and Critical Data

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Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. THIS EPISODE... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: Slaying the NIMBY beast

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It took council and city planning officials almost exactly a year to adopt a policy meant to make Toronto’s abundant, overpriced and... Read More

Toronto

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 048, Safety and wellbeing in Edmonton

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In this episode, Natasha Henry, president of the Ontario Black History Society, tells us about the importance of August 1st... Read More