Civic Engagement / Engagement citoyen

A view obstructed: The urban plan as social contract

The Museum of Fine Arts’ (MBAM) newest pavilion, which is to open next September, is topped with a glass-walled lookout over Mount Royal. But a...

Too Big to Love: IPAM’s Citizen’s Agora and the Challenge of Regional Planning

All day yesterday, I looked at this map. For their first Citizen’s  Agora, the Institut de politiques alternatives de Montréal went big: they chose...

How the City Can Talk so Kids Will Listen

Last month, Montreal’s Commission du conseil municipal sur les services aux citoyens, in collaboration with Montreal’s Youth Council, planned...

Consultation: how well does the City communicate with youth?

The City of Montreal, in collaboration with Montreal’s Youth Council, is holding a series of public consultations to evaluate the lines of...

Moins on en sait, mieux sont les préjugés dans Villeray

« Where facts are few, experts are many. » – Donald R. Gannon J’arrive vers la fin de ma maîtrise et il ne me reste qu’un cours à suivre...

Planning for the Big Picture with Bill 58

On June 1st, Quebec’s national assembly passed bill 58, a law requiring Montreal’s Metropolitan Community (CMM) to draft a “metropolitan...

Bouillonnement d’idées à l’Office de consultation publique de Montréal

C’était journée de bilan ce mercredi pour l’Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) dans le cadre du colloque Grand Projet : Les temps forts de...

Événement: Le musée des possibles

Saint-Laurendez-vous: “on devrait peut-être l’écouter”

Éric Paradis, c’t’un artiste. Il improvise. Par chance je me suis trouvée assise à côté de lui durant le Pécha-Kucha de la Main vendredi soir...

St-Viateur : L’histoire continue

« Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. » –...

Upcoming event: Greening the Plateau

Here is an upcoming event that could be of interest to Spacing readers who are residents of the Plateau Mont-Royal borough. This Wednesday at 7pm,  the...

Quartier Bonaventure public consultations

The OPCM has already begun public consultations for the Quartier Bonaventure which will drastically overhaul the no-man’s land between Griffintown...