Spacing Toronto

EXCERPT: The Letters, postmark prejudice in black and white

Sheila White's memoir of her parents' inter-racial marriage in Toronto in the 1940s

By Sheila White

The true disruptors at Collision 2023 were asking us to slow down and listen

Beyond the techno-hype at Collision, Indigenous activists and community engagement managers were working quietly to address social inequalities.

By Joseph Wilson

Politics

LORINC: The great expectations of Olivia Chow

Toronto's new mayor rode into office with a refreshingly ambitious plan to repair the city's finances and its housing crisis

By John Lorinc

Headlines

Op-Ed: Do our city’s emergency plans really protect women?

Andrea Gunraj analyzes how urban crises affect women in specific ways that are not accounted for in emergency management plans

By Andrea Gunraj

History

Lost heritage on Queen West

Photographer Peter MacCallum shares his image of the modest heritage building on Queen Street West that was recently demolished illegally

By Peter MacCallum

Parks

Ian Darragh wraps up the third and final day of the Park People conference with a tour of a whimsical new addition to Toronto's waterfront and discussions of parks in the face of the housing crisis and of creating wildlife corridors.

By Ian Darragh

Parks

Field notes from a parks conference

In his second missive from the Park People conference in Toronto, Ian Darragh shares insights from field trips and presenters about growing, counting, and mowing.

By Ian Darragh

Parks

People passionate about parks gather in Toronto

Some of the participants at the Park People conference happening in Toronto this year share their stories with Ian Darragh

By Ian Darragh

Elections

What awaits the new mayor

John Lorinc believes the next mayor will have to scale a wall of new challenges posed by the bureaucracy, city council, and a hostile Doug Ford government

By John Lorinc