Community
This weekend: Jane’s Walk Festival + Provocation Ideas Festival
By Joseph Wilson
Urban activist Jane Jacobs’ birthday is this week (May 4) and many Torontonians will be celebrating by attending the Jane’s Walk... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 065, Cities for Youth
By Spacing Radio
Urban designers and placemakers often struggle to create cities that work for everyone, including youth. But the youth themselves are... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 064, Toronto Shelter Collapse
By Spacing Radio
Those working with unhoused people in Toronto, like Sanctuary Toronto outreach worker Lorraine Lam, are warning about the total... Read More
Corner Commons: Creative placemaking on a suburban scale
By Clara Stewart-Robertson, Ernestine Aying, & Eunice Wong
Clara Stewart-Robertson is Manager of Community Planning and Development, Jane/Finch Centre; Ernestine Aying is Community Design... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 063, The War on Robots
By Spacing Radio
We end the year with a classic case of man vs. machine, as journalist and culture writer Graham Isador talks about tiny delivery... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 062, The PATH ahead for Toronto’s underground
By Spacing Radio
With many people still working from home, the future of Toronto’s PATH system — the underground mall serving the financial... Read More
The transformation of Mabelle Park
By Kelly Boutsalis
This article was first published in August in the Park People 10 Years Together in City Parks series, and is republished here with... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 061, Community sports and urban farming
By Spacing Radio
In this episode, we follow up on the municipal elections in Edmonton and Calgary, with a bit of a rant about rooming houses. Then, we... Read More
The long history of cycling in Windsor, Canada’s Motor City
By Spacing
The Windsor Law Centre for Cities at the University of Windsor recently published a detailed history of cycling in Canada’s... Read More
EXCERPT: Outdoor School – Under the Freeway, a Forest: Some Notes on Trespassing
By Spacing
Outdoor School includes the contemporary environmental art of more than 20 Canadian and Indigenous artists. Below is an excerpt from... Read More