Culture
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 061, Community sports and urban farming
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 talk to journalist...
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The long history of cycling in Windsor, Canada’s Motor City
The Windsor Law Centre for Cities at the University of Windsor recently published a detailed history of cycling in Canada’s Motor City. Spacing...
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EXCERPT: Outdoor School – Under the Freeway, a Forest: Some Notes on Trespassing
Outdoor School includes the contemporary environmental art of more than 20 Canadian and Indigenous artists. Below is an excerpt from a curatorial essay...
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Indigenous Toronto: Wandering Spirit School and the vision of Nimkiiquay
An excerpt from Indigenous Toronto (Coach House, 2021) on National Truth and Reconciliation Day. “We show them spirituality and love and try to teach by...
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Indigenous youth help redefine landscape architecture
It’s impossible to teach someone how to build a deer-skin drum over Zoom. “Just feel the string,” says Oshkabewis (Anishnaabemowin: helper), Healer and...
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Searching for Black history in Niagara-on-the-Lake
We did the Black thing as we passed each other on the trail — nods of mutual recognition, a celebration that we are still here. I had cycled from Niagara...
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Q&A with Umbereen Inayet: How to decolonize a city’s museums
Toronto’s history museums are in the midst of a transformation. The City’s Awakenings project, lead by Artistic Producer Umbereen Inayet, seeks to...
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Preserving the queer identity in safe spaces
LGBTQ+ spaces in urban areas have been establishing themselves for decades, growing larger and larger as each generation brings its voice and creativity...
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The Moccasin Identifier Project: Marking Indigenous history on the land
Earlier this month, I spoke to Carolyn King, historian, former Chief of the Mississaugas of the Credit, and founder of the Moccasin Identifier Project...
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Urban Oral History: Understanding The Village of 1970s and ’80s, Part III
This is the third of a four-part series on urban oral history. My first conversation with Bart Birmingham (he/him) was a little awkward. After six months...
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How to collect oral histories about cities in the age of COVID-19, Part I
This is the first of a four-part series on urban oral history. Do you want to learn about a city by talking to people who have been walking its streets...
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The Tranzac Club: “Toronto’s Living Room”
As Toronto begins the process or re-opening the economy for the summer, Spacing will occasionally look at businesses and venues that have either survived...
By Susan Grimbly