Civic Engagement
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Make civic skills for kids the new coding
Sometime in the last decade, coding became the must-learn, must-teach skill in the education and training world. Everyone from ambitious middle schoolers...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 046, Toronto City Council is buffering
There have been two full, virtual City Council meetings since the COVID-19 outbreak in Toronto. Those meeting saw near-unanimous votes about building...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 045, What matters in a pandemic
In a time of snitch lines, and shuttered park space, we dive into what we’re prioritizing in this pandemic, and what, and especially who, is...
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Reclaiming Scarborough’s Stories in Zines
Co-written by Niyosha Keyzad and Armi de Francia Scarborough is subject to many stereotypes, and the mainstream local media is complicit in perpetuating...
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OP-ED: Waterfront Toronto continues its Kafka-esque Quayside saga, but why?
Thorben Wieditz is an urban geographer who works at the intersection of labour, community and big tech. He helped establish regulatory frameworks for...
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Questions for City Charter supporters: What and whom is it for?
Note: At the end of November, I was part of a panel hosted by the Institute for Municipal Finance and Governance on “Does Toronto Need a City Charter?â€...
By Tricia Wood -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 043, We are the public realm
In this episode, we talk about public space issues of the past, present, and future. Spacing Publisher Matthew Blackett tells us how the magazine itself...
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REID: The secret small-town urbanism of TV Christmas movies
At first glance, the made-for-TV Christmas movies that have come to dominate the holiday season on certain channels – and recently, Netflix – are...
By Dylan Reid -
REID: Do you have a personal rule for appreciating Toronto as you travel?
A couple of weeks ago I was travelling on the subway between the east side and downtown when, as I always do, I looked up and out over the Don Valley as...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto could learn a lot about civic engagement from Edmonton and Calgary
Let’s assume that Doug Ford isn’t going to declare himself Premier-for-life and that one day, we will have another Premier and maybe even a different...
By Tricia Wood -
LORINC: Jagmeet Singh’s historic campaign
In 1990, Norman Inkster, then the commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, recommended to the federal government that Sikh Mounties be allowed...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 040, Canadian Cities Vote
Before Canada elects a new federal government, we thought we’d take a look at what the various parties are talking about, or neglecting to talk...
By Spacing Radio