Civic Engagement
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Cyclists rally for bike lanes on Lansdowne Ave. after installation delays
As night descended on MacGregor Playground on Oct. 29, cyclists clad in ghoulish garb rallied in support of Lansdowne Ave. bike lanes that Toronto council...
By Josh Sherman -
Double Event: Toronto the Good party & a Detroit + Toronto Symposium Friday Oct 25
It’s Toronto the Good time again, the annual party that celebrates Toronto for the sake of Toronto. This time it’s a little more serious as...
By Shawn Micallef -
Icon and architecture in the land of Mirvish + Gehry
In response to Christopher Hume’s piece on Jennifer Keesmaat’s concerns over the proposed Mirvish+Gehry development, I would like to raise a few concerns...
By Kristen Gagnon -
Toronto Public Library’s Writer in Residence, Shawn Micallef, wants you walking and writing your city
This fall I’m honoured to be the Writer in Residence at the Toronto Public Library. One of the things we’re hoping to encourage is more...
By Shawn Micallef -
Regent Park Placemakers: Meet Aleshia, a former Angry Girl
This past spring, Jay led her first ever Jane’s Walk — the Not So Typical Regent Park Walk. As a writer and narratologist, Jay was interested in leading a...
By Jay Pitter -
New project — Track. listen.local. — set to collect and map songs about Toronto with your help
There’s a neat project in the works called Track. listen.local. that’s looking for your Toronto contributions. Here’s more infomation on...
By Shawn Micallef -
Regent Park Placemakers: Youth Empowering Parents
This past spring, Jay led her first ever Jane’s Walk — the Not So Typical Regent Park Walk. As a writer and narratologist, Jay was interested in leading a...
By Jay Pitter -
Stroll City June 24 – July 7 — your Toronto Tweet-observations on TTC subway screens
For the forth year we’re doing Stroll City on the TTC subway screens. As I wander the city making Toronto observations with my twitter account, some...
By Shawn Micallef -
HEAD SPACE: Q&A with the TTC’s Chris Upfold
Chris Upfold will be answering questions and soliciting feedback from the public along with TTC CEO Andy Byford on May 15th. The event –...
By Luca De Franco -
Thinking Local: An Architecture for Humanity Toronto Lecture
This past Tuesday night, I joined a packed house at CSI Annex for the latest of Architecture for Humanity Toronto’s Lecture & Symposium Series on the...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
Launching Walk Toronto
Last week, a new pedestrian advocacy group was launched in Toronto. Over 80 people gathered in Metro Hall last Wednesday to get the group off the ground...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto Talks: October 23-26, 2012
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23 Kohn Shnier Architects Lecture: Antón García-Abril Daniels Faculty, 230 College Street, Room 103 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Anton...
By Dale Duncan