Events
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Q&A with Steven Evans on photographing Ontario Place
With the chaotic Greenbelt scandal swirling in the background, the updated plans for the Ford government’s deeply contentious and destructive scheme...
By John Lorinc -
What’s really happening at Ontario Place? (Part 1)
The investigation by Ontario Auditor-General Bonnie Lysyk into the Ford government’s removal of 7,400 acres of prime farmland and wetlands from the...
By Ian Darragh -
Reimagining Chinatown: In conversation with the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust
Chinatown has always reimagined. Rooted in a history of racialized exclusion, Chinatown communities dared to reimagine who gets to belong within Canadian...
By Linda Zhang -
The true disruptors at Collision 2023 were asking us to slow down and listen
A couple of weeks ago, Shawn Micallef wrote in his regular column for the Toronto Star about the chunky red COLLISION signs that had popped up in public...
By Joseph Wilson -
People passionate about parks gather in Toronto
This week folks passionate about city parks are fanning out across Toronto to study the best the city has to offer in innovative urban park design and...
By Ian Darragh -
MAYOR’S RACE: Election night watch party
WHAT: Election Night Watch Party: Mayor’s Edition! WHEN: Monday, June 26, 2023 (6-10pm) WHERE: Pauper’s Pub (539 Bloor St W., one block east...
By Spacing -
EVENT: Cross-Canada book tour for Larissa Fassler’s Viewshed
Last year I had the pleasure of visiting the Berlin studio of Canadian artist Larissa Fassler. I’ve been following her work for some years and...
By Shawn Micallef -
City Visions Book Series: Yes to the City
Location: Leslie Dan Pharmacy Building – Room250 Apotex Lecture Hall Time: Friday, June 2, 5:30 – 7:30 (book talk 6-7) Join us as Max Holleran...
By Zachary Hyde & UTSC City Studies Students -
Secrets of Rosehill Reservoir and David A. Balfour Park
This photography exhibit explores Rosehill Reservoir and David A. Balfour Park, the largest green spaces in the Deer Park/Summerhill neighbourhoods of...
By Spacing -
Filling in the Missing Middle for food retailing
The term “missing middle” has quickly become recognized as shorthand for housing that fills the gap between single family dwellings and...
By Glenn Miller -
The promises and perils of AI at the Provocation Ideas Festival
This weekend sees the launch of more events from the fine folk at Provocation Ideas Festival. “Our mission is to be a new public square of civic...
By Joseph Wilson -
Space for Grief: A public space model for community connection and healing
Tucked behind shelves holding books on suicide, financial literacy, and farming, on the third floor of the Toronto Reference Library, I see an arch. A...
By Yasmin Afshar