Pandemic
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 058, 5th Anniversary
By Spacing Radio
It’s the five-year anniversary of the current Spacing Radio show! In this episode, we speak to Diana Chan McNally, community... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 057, Trinity Bellwoods encampment evictions
By Spacing Radio
In the aftermath of the Trinity Bellwoods Park encampment evictions, which saw a massive police presence, private security, and... Read More
Chinatown: Uncovering the future in the past, and the present in the future
By Linda Zhang
The new issue of Spacing includes an article by Paula Tran, “What will happen to Toronto’s Chinatown?” In... Read More
Examining the ambiguous keepers of the hotel shelter list
By Brittany Lee
The hotel shelter program is a highlight of the City’s homelessness solution strategy, galvanized by the effects of the pandemic. In a... Read More
LORINC: How over-crowding has made housing lethal during pandemic
By John Lorinc
There were so many truly awful details about the death, from COVID-19, of 13-year-old Emily Victoria Viegas — Brampton’s wall-to-wall... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 055, Post-Pandemic Transit Ridership
By Spacing Radio
Before the pandemic, the Toronto Transit Commission was actively looking for ways to grow its ridership. Now, after taking a hit in... Read More
Toronto after the 1st Wave: How COVID-19 affected three key markets
By Youjing Li
This is co-authored by Youjing Li and Shauna Brail In the fall of 2020, a University of Toronto research team set out to track key... Read More
Poetry in community: Q&A with poet Ronna Bloom
By Emily Macrae
Ronna Bloom is former Poet in Residence at Mount Sinai Hospital, now Sinai Health System. Long before face coverings became mandatory... Read More
Vacant Queen Street West: a pandemic photo essay
By Ryan Bolton
Queen Street West has always been a revolving door of independent businesses. Starting at the bottom of Parkdale, Queen Street is an... Read More
Urban space as a catalyst for improving mental health care
By Will Zahn, Dr. Catherine Zahn, and Bruce Kuwabara
This article is published in conjunction with the upcoming issue of Spacing, which is focused on the theme of public health. In these... Read More