By Jay Pitter
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Beyond threatening tweets: students tackle campus safety
Last year it was accusations of post-secondary institutions failing female sexual assault victims. The year before that it was rape chants. And this year...
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Shedding light on public transit and invisible disabilities
A few years ago, Stats Canada conducted a survey exploring disabilities and found that 3.8 million adult Canadians identified as “disabled.” However, a...
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Weighing In: Fat Discrimination on Public Transit
Last year, on a beautiful mid-September morning, Tomee boarded the subway in high spirits. She was headed to a rewarding job at a reputable university...
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Cadillac-sized strollers and complicated commute patterns
We’ve all done it. Sighed or even rolled our eyes at a mom with a seemingly Cadillac-sized stroller blocking the streetcar aisle. If we knew where some of...
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Transit Equity: mind the violence between the gender gap
“I only knew something was wrong when he ripped my headphones from my ears, grabbed me by the back of my neck, bent my right leg and shoved me off the...
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Transit Equity Introduction: achieving enhanced outcomes and possibilities
The year I started ninth grade, I was both nervous and excited. Having been the student council president and overall instigator at my junior high, I...
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Kids ride free – what’s next?
Growing up I was friends with a kid named Stacey. Although popular, I envied what I perceived to be her level of sophistication. She was a head taller...
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YONGE LOVE: Passionate Urban Engagement
As with all things (and people) deemed iconic, Yonge Street’s popularity has experienced its slumps and fair share of competition from neighbourhoods such...
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Healing Rituals in Public Spaces
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the most recent Rwandan genocide against Tutsi people. Like most non-Rwandan people I learned about the...
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Karla’s Story: A tragic illustration of the city’s class divide
I begin by clumsily expressing my condolences for the sudden passing of Karla’s husband Derrick. Karla is a childhood friend that I grew up with in public...
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Designing Cities that Positively Impact Mental Health
A critically important conversation topic that we should begin to engage in is how we can strategically use the design of cities to positively impact...
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Regent Park Placemakers: Life after relocation
Trevlyn Kennedy travels to Regent Park almost every day. Regent Park is where she met her mentor, Kenneth Slater, a highly respected youth worker and...