History
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
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 057, Trinity Bellwoods encampment evictions
By Spacing Radio
In the aftermath of the Trinity Bellwoods Park encampment evictions, which saw a massive police presence, private security, and... Read More
Scarborough’s First Bicycle Path – and the students behind it
By Albert Koehl
The university students behind Scarborough’s first bicycle path couldn’t have predicted that it would one day provide a lifeline to... 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: To understand cities we must talk to elders more, Part IV
By Aditi Mehta
This is the fourth of a four-part series on urban oral history. When Bart described the secret Toronto gay bars he frequented in the... 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
Urban Oral History: A tale of two immigrant neighbourhoods, Part II
By Rathusa Rameshkumar
This is the second of a four-part series on urban oral history. “Explore the city you live in. Open your eyes to a new life,”... 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