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Connecting the dots of Nuit Blanche and Toronto Biennial
It’s an exciting time for Toronto. There is a sense of possibility that has always been here but is now manifesting in tangible ways. New models of relationality and connectivity are emerging that have...
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ELECTION: City issues were ignored in the leadership debate. Why?
If one applied the blink test to last night’s leaders’ debate, it would be fair to say that the most audible message to waft out of the dreary two-hour contest was that Canada needs to address climate...
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Spacing School of Urbanism workshop: DIGITAL CITIES
WHEN: October 25, 2019 WHERE: 197 Spadina Avenue, Lake Ontario Room, 5th floor COST: $125 TICKETS: Buy at the Spacing Store online shop Depending on who you listen to, smart / digital cities are either...
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ELECTION: Is it time to establish an all-party cabinet committee to address...
Earlier this month, Toronto council unanimously endorsed a motion, moved by Mayor John Tory and University-Rosedale councillor Mike Layton, to declare a climate emergency and accelerate the city’s...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 040, Canadian Cities Vote
Before Canada elects a new federal government, we thought we’d take a look at what the various parties are talking about, or neglecting to talk about, when it comes to Canadian cities and towns, and...
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A Parkdale airbnb eviction story (but not what you think)
Last week, I learned that my landlords had succeeded in evicting me from my apartment in Parkdale, a beautiful but not inexpensive flat on the second-floor of a house. What follows is — by my reckoning...
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LORINC: Jagmeet Singh’s historic campaign
In 1990, Norman Inkster, then the commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, recommended to the federal government that Sikh Mounties be allowed to wear turbans as part of their uniforms. At...
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Book Review – Sao Paulo: A Graphic Biography/Uma Biografia Gráfica.
Author: Felipe Correa (Texas University Press, 2018) Clocking in at roughly 12.2 million people, the Brazilian city of Sao Paolo is the largest metropolis in South America and the 12th most populous...
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The Future Fix Podcast: Who governs the Smart City?
Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. It’s easy to be excited by the promise of new technology, and bold,...
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Toronto could learn a lot about civic engagement from Edmonton and Calgary
Let’s assume that Doug Ford isn’t going to declare himself Premier-for-life and that one day, we will have another Premier and maybe even a different party in charge at Queen’s Park. What would Toronto...
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The Toronto Reference Library’s rich collection of Communist newspapers
I am probably the last person you would expect to be perusing Communist literature. I come from a family of Mounties. I have worked on Bay Street. I have spent almost my entire adult life in the...
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LORINC: Waterfront Toronto’s power move on Sidewalk Labs
From the moment last June when Waterfront Toronto chair Steve Diamond upstaged the much-hyped launch of Sidewalk Toronto’s Master Innovation and Development Plan with an unmistakably icy power move,...
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LORINC: Toronto’s charter city conundrum
For some time, I’ve harboured a growing impatience with the occasional campaigns urging greater institutionalized independence for the City of Toronto, the latest of which — Charter City Toronto —...
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The Future Fix Podcast: Fast internet for rural communities
Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. THIS EPISODE: Fast internet for rural communities Access to reliable internet...
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Do you have a personal rule for appreciating Toronto as you travel?
A couple of weeks ago I was travelling on the subway between the east side and downtown when, as I always do, I looked up and out over the Don Valley as the train crossed the Bloor Viaduct. I realized...
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MUKHERJEE: Why has Toronto police stopped enforcing traffic safety?
Does one call it callous disregard for human life or rank incompetence? Or a combination of both? I am referring to the deaths of 48 people — pedestrians and cyclists — so far this year due to traffic...
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Book Review From the Stacks: Extreme Architecture – Building for Challenging...
“The fascination of architecture in extreme environments is that it is so demanding technically, yet offers so much potential… the greatest constraint usually comes from the need not to spoil the...
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The Future Fix Podcast: Inclusion and a new “smart” campus in Montreal
Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. Three of the ten podcasts are broadcast in French. Spacing et Evergreen...
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Run Score: Mapping Toronto’s Runnability
There’s a lot of research that focuses on the walkability of Toronto neighbourhoods. However, there has been little conversation about mapping the “runnability” of the city. In 2013, Toronto was ranked...
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Toronto’s 10-year public art strategy
Last week, Mayor John Tory dropped by OCAD to declare that 2021 would be the year of public art in Toronto. This announcement sets up the release, later this year, of the City’s ten-year public art...
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