Culture
Q&A with Umbereen Inayet: How to decolonize a city’s museums
By Tyler Cheese
Toronto’s history museums are in the midst of a transformation. The City’s Awakenings project, lead by Artistic Producer Umbereen... Read More
Preserving the queer identity in safe spaces
By Emily Wilson
LGBTQ+ spaces in urban areas have been establishing themselves for decades, growing larger and larger as each generation brings its... Read More
Book Review | Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design
By erikabalcombe
Author: Kristina Wilson (Princeton University Press, 2021) In Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the... Read More
The Moccasin Identifier Project: Marking Indigenous history on the land
By Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere
Earlier this month, I spoke to Carolyn King, historian, former Chief of the Mississaugas of the Credit, and founder of the Moccasin... Read More
Urban Oral History: Understanding The Village of 1970s and ’80s, Part III
By Hannah Curtis
This is the third of a four-part series on urban oral history. My first conversation with Bart Birmingham (he/him) was a little... Read More
How to collect oral histories about cities in the age of COVID-19, Part I
By Alexa Mills
This is the first of a four-part series on urban oral history. Do you want to learn about a city by talking to people who have been... Read More
The Tranzac Club: “Toronto’s Living Room”
By Susan Grimbly
As Toronto begins the process or re-opening the economy for the summer, Spacing will occasionally look at businesses and venues that... Read More
Mapping Indigenous history on the TTC
By Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere
June has begun, marking the start of Indigenous History Month. The recent discovery of an unmarked grave of 215 Indigenous children at... Read More
On Kwikwetlem territory, a new vision for Riverview
By Christopher Cheung
The Riverview Lands, on the slope above the Coquitlam River, were known as a storied place. Settlers will remember the area most for... Read More
Chinatown: Uncovering the future in the past, and the present in the future
By Linda Zhang
The new issue of Spacing includes an article by Paula Tran, “What will happen to Toronto’s Chinatown?” In... Read More