Culture
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A More Beautiful Journey on the TTC
A new way of experiencing your public transit commute is coming to Toronto this year. A More Beautiful Journey is an upcoming public art project that will...
By Allison Zhao -
Q&A with Hiba Abdallah: Public art and StrollTO’s Poems for Your Path
Walks around the city have been made more interactive in the last few months thanks to StrollTO, a program implemented by the ShowLoveTO initiative...
By Allison Zhao -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 062, The PATH ahead for Toronto’s underground
With many people still working from home, the future of Toronto’s PATH system — the underground mall serving the financial towers above — is in...
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University Avenue’s Radiant Journey
In mid-October, University Avenue lit up as Radiant Journey, a light installation by the Friends of University Avenue, was officially launched. Along the...
By Allison Zhao -
Achtung! Go for a German Walk T.O.
Over the summer and fall I was happy to work with a team put together by the German Consulate in Toronto on a series of audio walks exploring...
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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...
By Spacing -
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...
By Kerry Potts -
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...
By Tyler Cheese