History
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 048, Safety and wellbeing in Edmonton
In this episode, Natasha Henry, president of the Ontario Black History Society, tells us about the importance of August 1st: Canada’s Emancipation...
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Apology, Truth, and Reparations: The overdue reckoning with Canada’s slave past
This essay is a sequel to Natasha Henry’s account of the history of enslavement of Black people in Canada prior to 1834, published in Spacing last month...
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The connections between public art and activism
In this moment of social and political upheaval, as protesters demand racial justice in response to police brutality and systemic racism, people are...
By Sarah Ratzlaff -
SPACING’S NEW BOOK: Remnants of Mid-Century Toronto
WHAT: Remnants of Mid-Century Toronto, photos by Vik Pahwa, edited by Matthew Blackett COST: $25 / use midcenturylove during checkout for $5 off BUY...
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LORINC: What’s in a street name? Dundas and other uncomfortable truths about our city
The street where I live, near St. Clair West and Christie, was originally called Victoria after it was carved out of a farmer’s field or replaced a cow...
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If Black lives truly matter in Canada, an apology for slavery is only a first step
Natasha Henry is a 2018 Vanier Scholar completing a PhD in History at York University on the enslavement of Africans in early Ontario. She is the...
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Tales from The Concert Hall at the Masonic Temple
“You need to get there by 5. Or 4, if you can.” This advice might have come from someone’s older brother, or more likely someone’s older sister. My...
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Cities and their streetcars: my top ten favourite spots
One of the best ways to get to know a city is through its public transit network. I’ve spent many years exploring cities through their streetcar, trolley...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 044, Corona and the distant city
In this episode, we try to gain some perspective on the Covid-19 virus from the safety of our own apartments. We talk to Toronto City Councillor Josh...
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Hey Presto! The strange history and modest potential of the soon-to-be closed TTC subway booths
The future arrived in Toronto in 1948, but it was hidden away from view, in a 19th century transit garage on Sherbourne St. Six years before the...
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Beverly Mascoll, a trailblazing Black entrepreneur
At this year’s Academy Awards, Hair Love won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. The six-minute film tells the story of an African American father...
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When Poverty Mattered: The 1970 uprising at the Social Planning Council
Editor’s note: Excerpted from the book When Poverty Mattered, Then and Now, by Paul Weinberg (Fernwood Publishing, 2019). There is something both...
By Paul Weinberg