Civic Engagement
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THE ARTFUL CITY: The Performance of Revolutionary Feasibility at Nuit Blanche
By: Emily Dickson Talking about revolution can feel futile and racy and urgent and faux pas all at once. Monument to the Century of Revolutions...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 021, Pride & Place
We’re celebrating Black History Month with a special episode. Author and placemaker Jay Pitter is our special guest host, and she introduces us to a...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 020, Loose Ends
This episode, we follow up on some stories from last year. We follow up on what became of the Ten Year Tent City in Vacouver with Ethel Whitty, director...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 019, Out In The Cold
In this episode, we speak to Toronto Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam about the desperate call to provide more shelter space this winter. Toronto Park...
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LORINC: In search of clarity on Sidewalk Labs (plus correction)
Before what will be a sold-out house tomorrow night at the St. Lawrence Centre, officials with Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet/Google’s smart city division, will...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 017, Urbanists Assemble!
Bringing you the highlights from the Council for Canadian Urbanism’s annual summit, held this year in Winnipeg. We speak to CanU founding president...
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Pride and Policing: a comparative history of Toronto and New York
The decision to ban uniformed police from marching at this year’s Toronto Pride Parade has prompted an invitation from the Gay Officers Action League...
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Making places for Toronto’s Queer history
By Ed Jackson In June, 2016, U.S. President Barack Obama proclaimed the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar on Christopher Street in New York City, as an American...
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Building community through the use of public space in the sharing economy
What happens when fare collectors start to become wise to over-turnstile Bunz trade activity occurring at Ossington subway station? The station’s central...
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Behind the Kensington Market Research Project
Joshua Barker is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and the director of the University’s Ethnography Lab. The Lab was...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 005, Shake It Up
This is the companion episode to the latest issue of Spacing Magazine, with a focus on celebrating women in city building. We talk to Pamela Robinson...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 003 books, cops and grunge
In this episode, we talk about books about cities and urbanism that change the way we experience our communities. This could mean getting in touch the the...
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