Parks
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Growing the urban forest in the face of climate change
Todd Irvine is an arborist (cityforest.ca) and a co-founder of Spacing. This article is reprinted from issue 58 of the magazine. For anyone who has ever...
By Todd Irvine -
Why We Can’t Go: City Flushes Time Away, pt. 2
Anyone who spends time in cities, and not just Toronto, likely has both a mental map as well as a strategy for finding a place to go, and knowing what to...
By John Lorinc -
Why We Can’t Go: A Report on Toronto’s Public Washrooms, pt. 1
Because this is Toronto, and because it’s important for officialdom to do certain things backwards, we’re going to spend this week — the days...
By John Lorinc -
From Seeds to Saplings: New outreach to help promote growth of native trees
It started as an ordinary walk through a downtown ravine. Five years later, we are running around the city, doling out thousands of acorns to schools...
By Val Masters -
The Meadoway: Realizing the power of connectivity
This article was first published in November in the Park People “10 Years Together in City Parks” series, and is republished here with...
By Shawn Micallef -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 064, Toronto Shelter Collapse
Those working with unhoused people in Toronto, like Sanctuary Toronto outreach worker Lorraine Lam, are warning about the total collapse of the...
By Spacing Radio -
The transformation of Mabelle Park
This article was first published in August in the Park People 10 Years Together in City Parks series, and is republished here with permission. Tasmeen...
By Kelly Boutsalis -
University Avenue’s Radiant Journey
In mid-October, University Avenue lit up as Radiant Journey, a light installation by the Friends of University Avenue, was officially launched. Along the...
By Allison Zhao -
EXCERPT: Outdoor School – Under the Freeway, a Forest: Some Notes on Trespassing
Outdoor School includes the contemporary environmental art of more than 20 Canadian and Indigenous artists. Below is an excerpt from a curatorial essay...
By Spacing -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 060, Alberta’s municipal power vacuum
With the mayors of both Edmonton and Calgary stepping down, and Alberta municipal elections taking place October 18, we decided to bring you all out west...
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Indigenous youth help redefine landscape architecture
It’s impossible to teach someone how to build a deer-skin drum over Zoom. “Just feel the string,” says Oshkabewis (Anishnaabemowin: helper), Healer and...
By Joseph Wilson -
Ontario Place is a special place for wildlife
A flash of flame-orange darts over the lakeshore path, disappearing into a cluster of spruce trees. Before I’m able to scan the branches and relocate, I...
By Francesca Bouaoun