Canada
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Friday’s Headlines
G8/G20 • Hume: Fences of steel and walls of irony abound at G20 [ Toronto Star ] • Gorrie: Team Green isn’t looking too strong on the G20 soccer...
By Nicole McIsaac -
Cities for People: Fort York’s new neighbours
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People summer workshop (click the link to read a bit about what the class is about)...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
G20 • Blast film goes up in yellow zone [ Toronto Star ] • A Peek at the summit [ Toronto Star ] • G20 protesters try to take over downtown property ...
By Nicole McIsaac -
Spacing Saturday
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. As debate continues about the...
By Marcus Bowman -
The diplomacy and politics of biking in Toronto
The following is a reprint of my recent psychogeography column in Eye Weekly on cycling in Toronto. As columns go, it was near the top in terms of the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Tuesday’s Headlines
G8 / G20 • Tories defend $2M fake lake being built for summit [ Toronto Star ] • Lessons for G20 security from Vancouver Olympics [ Toronto Star ] • From...
By Nicole McIsaac -
Spacing Saturday
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. As the Place des festivales...
By Marcus Bowman -
A refugee camp in the heart of the city
It isn’t what anyone would consider a normal afternoon in the park. Yes, the sun was shining and there were joggers running down the path, as well...
By Nicole McIsaac -
Commuting snapshots across the Spacing map
Source: Statistics Canada By Emily Richardson — cross-posted from Spacing Atlantic Despite dramatic differences in population, density, infrastructure...
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Complete Streets: What they are and why we need them
Conversations about the architecture of Toronto’s streets tend to be terribly divisive. You’re either a cyclist or a driver. A transit user or a...
By Hilary Best -
Cyclists rally at Queens Park for three-foot passing legislation
It’s no secret that there are drivers who simply refuse to share the road, and in turn endanger the life of cyclists’ everyday. This is why Cheri DiNovo...
By Nicole McIsaac -
EVENT: NFB turns camera on Toronto’s high-rises
The following is a reprint of my recent Psychogeography column in Eye Weekly on the NFB’s Highrise project. This spring, the participants of The...
By Shawn Micallef