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Re-purposing Toronto’s city-owned golf courses
By Cara Chellew
Public space has never been so popular. Over the summer in Toronto, we saw streets closed for active recreation, parks filled with... Read More
Parks, policing, and the pandemic
By Adri Stark
Park People’s national COVID-19 survey shows that parks have become more important than ever to Canadians during the pandemic. While... Read More
Farewell, Regent Park
By Spacing
By Lena Sanz Tovar and Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie Farewell Oak Street, produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1953, presents... Read More
RECYCLING WOES: Toronto struggles to adapt to increased contamination and lower prices
By Jon Yazer
Recycling programs across North America are struggling to cope with rising costs and declining revenues, and Toronto’s program is not... Read More
Why is urban planning so white?
By Spacing
By Saquib Ahsan, Ruth Belay, Abigail Moriah, and Gervais Nash The deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Abdirahman Abdi, Ejaz Choudry... Read More
Why is City of Toronto sole-sourcing key digital infrastructure?
By Bianca Wylie
Toronto City Council is set to vote this week on a staff recommendation to sole-source a contract for a technology system. The... Read More
How public institutions fail Black children
By Emilie Jabouin
All Black lives matter. Andrew Loku, Abdirahman Abdi, D’Andre Campbell, Regis Korchinski-Paquet and numerous Black lives — which... Read More
LORINC: Council fails accountability test on defunding the police
By John Lorinc
For all the heat and light generated by Monday’s debate over defunding or detasking the police, the compromise — or compromised... Read More
THOMPSON: Saunders’ departure won’t fix the problem of policing in Toronto
By Cheryl Thompson
What can be said about chief Mark Saunders’ sudden departure from the Toronto Police Service (TPS)? In truth, I am neither happy nor... Read More
LORINC: Police can’t find road to reform even when given a map
By John Lorinc
Would Regis Korchinski-Paquet be alive today if the Toronto Police Service (TPS) had adopted the recommendations of a sweeping 2014... Read More