Green Space
EXCERPT: The Islands In My Brain, from “I Own This Town” by Mayor Bert Xanadu
By Mayor Bert Xanadu
“I Own This Town” is a Toronto-centric collection of essays, screeds, proclamations, asides, orders, observations... Read More
Taking Us Where The Sun Don’t Shine – The Broadway Plan
By grahammcgarva
Why bother? The survey flashes across your horizon suggesting a moment of importance. You click on the survey and give your opinion... Read More
From Seeds to Saplings: New outreach to help promote growth of native trees
By Val Masters
It started as an ordinary walk through a downtown ravine. Five years later, we are running around the city, doling out thousands of... Read More
The Meadoway: Realizing the power of connectivity
By Shawn Micallef
This article was first published in November in the Park People “10 Years Together in City Parks” series, and is... Read More
‘Most Livable City?’ A 30-Year Gap in Life Expectancy Exists Within Vancouver
By Christopher Cheung
Live in Vancouver? Then you’ve seen those annual rankings that celebrate it as one of the world’s “most livable cities.” But zoom in... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 064, Toronto Shelter Collapse
By Spacing Radio
Those working with unhoused people in Toronto, like Sanctuary Toronto outreach worker Lorraine Lam, are warning about the total... Read More
NEW ISSUE: City Growing
By Dylan Reid
Sometimes we get a series of pitches that don’t fit well into a particular issue, but relate to each other as they accumulate in our... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 063, The War on Robots
By Spacing Radio
We end the year with a classic case of man vs. machine, as journalist and culture writer Graham Isador talks about tiny delivery... Read More
Achtung! Go for a German Walk T.O.
By Shawn Micallef
Over the summer and fall I was happy to work with a team put together by the German Consulate in Toronto on a series of audio walks... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 061, Community sports and urban farming
By Spacing Radio
In this episode, we follow up on the municipal elections in Edmonton and Calgary, with a bit of a rant about rooming houses. Then, we... Read More