Civic Engagement
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How to consult in gentrifying neighbourhoods
Every municipal planner knows that when the City convenes a public meeting to consult a community about a proposed project, the people who tend to show up...
By Mariana Valverde -
Getting inspired by public space
It was great to see 200 talented young people in their twenties and thirties gathered together to talk about public space. Earlier this month, I was...
By Dylan Reid -
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...
By Jay Pitter -
Toronto flirts with participatory budgeting
This fall, Toronto residents — not bureaucrats or politicians — will decide if the city adds benches along Danforth Avenue, lighting improvements in...
By Alexandra Flynn -
How to stop billboard proliferation along our highways
As the Ontario government considers allowing digital billboards on Ontario’s highways, community activists from across North America are gathering...
By Dave Meslin -
How is your ward feeling today?
Social media and GPS are creating opportunities to map cities in many new ways. They also provide the opportunity to map city data as it flows in real...
By Dylan Reid -
Social media conditioning — how Toronto is embracing new outreach tools
Two and a half years ago, the City of Toronto didn’t have somebody in its communications division specifically focusing on communications online...
By Kat Eschner -
A proud history of sidewalk superintendents in Toronto
Between 1931 and 1939, the construction at Rockefeller Center in New York City was a magnet for curious onlookers. America was mired in the depths of the...
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ROBINSON: Merging technology and civic engagement
Toronto 2015 is a complex political landscape. We have private money frantically building new developments, yet we have tremendous public infrastructure...
By Pamela Robinson -
LIVE STREAM: “The City as Laboratory” — TEDxYMCAAcademy
This is a live stream of the TEDxYMCAAcademy event, “The City as Laboratory.” It runs from 12pm until 2pm on Saturday, April 11, 2015. For...
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EVENT: The City as Laboratory
WHAT: The City as Laboratory (TEDxYMCAAcademy 2015) WHEN: Saturday, April 11, 12pm-2pm WHERE: Toronto-Central Grosvenor Street YMCA Centre Auditorium...
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MESLIN: If a billboard falls in a forest… Part 3
Last week a brilliant piece appeared in the New York Times about commercial advertising in public spaces and what the author describes as “the...
By Dave Meslin