Pandemic
Poetry in community: Q&A with poet Ronna Bloom
By Emily Macrae
Ronna Bloom is former Poet in Residence at Mount Sinai Hospital, now Sinai Health System. Long before face coverings became mandatory... Read More
Vacant Queen Street West: a pandemic photo essay
By Ryan Bolton
Queen Street West has always been a revolving door of independent businesses. Starting at the bottom of Parkdale, Queen Street is an... Read More
Urban space as a catalyst for improving mental health care
By Will Zahn, Dr. Catherine Zahn, and Bruce Kuwabara
This article is published in conjunction with the upcoming issue of Spacing, which is focused on the theme of public health. In these... Read More
Soundscapes on College: This ain’t a library
By Jonny Dovercourt
This article originally appeared in Spacing #14, summer 2009. It was recently announced that the iconic music shop Soundscapes on... Read More
The duality of Amazon in Scarborough – from delivering jobs to packaging community relations
By Aria Popal
Amazon’s notoriety for exploitative work conditions, harmful environmental practices, corporate tax exemptions, and stripping jobs... Read More
LORINC: The vital need to renew Tower Renewal
By John Lorinc
Almost exactly a year ago, a team of American affordable housing experts from the Urban Land Institute came to Toronto to offer up... Read More
REID: Yes exit
By Dylan Reid
It’s the kind of thing that has always hung out at the edge of our urban consciousness, that we used to occasionally notice and find... Read More
LORINC: Some borders matter more than others in pandemic
By John Lorinc
A small procedural question, perhaps for the Ford government. Should we be expecting to see check-points erected on Highway 400 south... Read More
Video Vancouver: What’s transportation going to look like after the pandemic?
By Yuri Artibise
Via CBC: In this episode, Uytae Lee explores transportation networks – and how they’ll recover after the pandemic. Are we headed... Read More
EVENT: VCPC’s 2020 Year-in-Review: A discussion of milestones that transformed Vancouver
By Vancouver City Planning Commission
2020 will be remembered as a transformative year around the world. How did it change Vancouver? For the sixth year, the Vancouver City... Read More