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Bringing the Chinese Canadian Archive into view
On Dominion Day, 1923, Canadians were in a celebratory mood. But those good feelings didn’t extend into any Chinatown. July 1 came to be regarded by the...
By Arlene Chan -
LORINC: John Tory’s road toll epiphany
There’s no question that Mayor John Tory deserves credit for hitching his political wagon to road tolls — on the Gardiner and the Don Valley Parkway — at...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Trump, Trudeau and the Liberals’ economic agenda
The surrealist performance art show that is the Trump transition process has provided the world with a torrent of distraction that would un-moor even...
By John Lorinc -
SPACING FILM NIGHT: “Urbanized” at Hot Docs Cinema on Monday
WHAT: Screening of “Urbanized”, launch of Spacing‘s film series “Our Beautiful City” WHEN: Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, 6:30pm...
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Behind the Kensington Market Research Project
Joshua Barker is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and the director of the University’s Ethnography Lab. The Lab was...
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A warning to the Electors of Toronto (or Trump voters)
There has been a lot of critical (and not so critical) thinking and writing in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as the US president (I’m...
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Last chance to see After Utopia: an Exhibition Expressing the Beauty of a Neighbourhood
After Utopia is on at the Urbanspace Gallery at 401 Richmond Street W until Saturday, November 19. The gallery is open from 9:00am – 7:00pm...
By Sheraz Khan -
SPACING PARTY! Come out on Thursday to celebrate the new issue!
WHAT: Release party for Fall 2016 issue of Spacing WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 17, 7pm-11pm WHERE: Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar, 1214 Queen St W (just east of...
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The story behind the first computer in Canada
In 1949, a team of professors and graduate students at the University of Toronto began building a machine no-one in Canada, and few in the world, had ever...
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LORINC: Can City Council avoid the white elephant in the room?
While Toronto’s politicians have yet to turn their collective attention to the question of whether the city needs new revenue tools to address growing...
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NEW ISSUE: Come to Spacing’s release party Nov 17 at The Gladstone
WHAT: Release party for Fall 2016 issue of Spacing WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 17, 7pm-11pm WHERE: Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar, 1214 Queen St W (just east of...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: Public Art Doesn’t Have to be Forever
By: Rebecca Carbin Previous Artful City posts chronicle recent developments and historical perspectives on the public art landscape in Toronto, providing...
By The Artful City
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered