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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 039, How I Spent Doug Ford’s Summer Vacation
We begin this month by tuning in to the wonderfully named Special Committee on Governance, which was created to find ways to adjust to the changes imposed...
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WexPOPS pops-up in a vibrant suburban stripmall
WexPOPS is a pilot of the plazaPOPS project, an initiative spearheaded by Daniel Rotsztain, aka The Urban Geographer, and Brendan Stewart (OALA, CAHP)...
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When is efficient too efficient? Tech lessons from the port city of Hamburg
Cities can have ports, and many do. Moreover, successful ports make for thriving cities. But ports are not cities. They are not models for cities and they...
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City politics in the wake of Ontario’s Bill 5 and lessons for Canadian cities
Last week, two things happened that are useful markers for where Toronto sits in the struggle to manage the impact from Bill 5: a court appeal and a...
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A City on the cusp: A Torontonian’s visit to Detroit
Claire Stevenson-Blythe is entering her second year in the Master of Science in Planning program at the University of Toronto. Her interests are in...
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Changing the definition of accessibility
André Darmanin is a recovered transit planner and currently writes on planning and policy issues on his blog — Metro Governance...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 035, Activate
In this episode, we join Thomas McKechnie, playwright and organizer with Foodsters United — a new union working for a fair deal for food delivery workers...
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An Insider’s Guide to Jane’s Walk Toronto 2019
By Juan M. Gonzalez-Calcaneo. Juan is a Jane’s Walk Toronto City Organizer, focused on the festival’s communications. Jane’s Walk is taking...
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Did the Sidewalk Labs plot just thicken, or is the story coming to an end?
A series of exposés in recent days, in both The Toronto Star and the National Observer, revealed that Sidewalk Labs has retained a small army of lobbyists...
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Guest Op-ed: Building a Waterfront City in Toronto
OP-ED: By City Councillor Joe Cressy Revitalizing our waterfront is the largest and longest-lasting project that we will leave for future generations of...
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REID: How do we improve cities without causing displacement? Discussion from the Salzburg Global Seminar
As demand for urban living continues to increase, how do we make our cities better without triggering displacement of low and middle-income people who...
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“Fair” evasion: public transit must make space for everyone
Editor’s note: Spacing is pleased to introduce you to our new urban affairs columnist, Patricia Burke Wood. Tricia is a geography professor at York...
By Tricia Wood