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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Matthew Blackett

  • Pushed to the brink

    Our city's ongoing expansion and development has an adverse affect on its non-human population. Toronto's list of endangered and threatened...

  • Who else roamed Toronto over the last 12,000 years?

    The Toronto skyline isn't any higher than the tops of the old growth trees, where ravines extended south from the Oak Ridges Moraine all the way to...

  • Toronto’s urban wildlife

    How many people live in this city? Oh, millions. You know that; you've been crammed on a streetcar with some of them, you've been stuck behind the...

  • The good intentions of Toronto’s suburbs

    Toronto's inner suburbs are often bemoaned as unconsidered sprawl. But these areas were planned with clean direction, representing a series of...

  • Planning with the future

    When pondering Oakville, Toronto's wealthy western suburb, the phrase "global village" is not a term that commonly comes to mind...

  • Agriculture blooms in suburban ‘hood

    I'm a commuter farmer. I live in downtown Toronto and drive 30 minutes north to Highway 7 in Bramalea three days a week to tend a quarter-acre plot of...

  • Canada’s leading voice in mural art

    Scarborough has a powerhouse working to promote the arts, and its name is Karin Eaton. After eleven years as executive director of Scarborough Arts...

  • Trees and wealthy neighbourhoods

    Like people, not all trees are born equal. While some of Toronto's more than three million trees grow in lush ravines or well-mulched back gardens...

  • Paramedics on bikes

    They can be seen at Caribana or the Ex, pedaling through your local park, or rushing along the city's roads and bike lanes, but are easily mistaken...

  • The Artful Target: Q&A with Richard Florida

    So, are you tired of hearing about Richard Florida yet? You wouldn't be the first in Toronto to feel that way about the most celebrated urbanist since...