Neighbourhoods Toronto

Behind the Kensington Market Research Project

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Joshua Barker is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and the director of the University’s Ethnography... Read More

History Toronto

A warning to the Electors of Toronto (or Trump voters)

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There has been a lot of critical (and not so critical) thinking and writing in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as the US... Read More

Features Vancouver

“Cities for Families” Series: City of North Vancouver Creates Strategy that puts Children and Families First

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CITIES FOR FAMILIES: LOCAL GOVERNMENT I am writing a short, three-part series, “Cities for Families” to showcase how local... Read More

Culture Toronto

Last chance to see After Utopia: an Exhibition Expressing the Beauty of a Neighbourhood

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After Utopia is on at the Urbanspace Gallery at 401 Richmond Street W until Saturday, November 19. The gallery is open from 9:00am... Read More

Events Toronto

SPACING PARTY! Come out on Thursday to celebrate the new issue!

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WHAT: Release party for Fall 2016 issue of Spacing WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 17, 7pm-11pm WHERE: Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar, 1214 Queen St... Read More

Urban Design Vancouver

Book Review—America’s Urban Future: Lessons From North of the Border

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Authors: Roy Tomalty and Alan Mallach (Island Press, 2015) Urban America has a thing or two to learn from north of the border—that is... Read More

Parks

Realizing the untapped potential of Canada’s city parks

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Spacing is a media partner of Canada’s first national conference on city parks, hosted by Park People, in 2017 in Calgary. Parks... Read More

Politics

LORINC: Trump-proofing Canadian communities

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Amidst the miasma of grief and bewilderment that engulfed the past week, I have found myself pondering the question: are we... Read More

History Toronto

The story behind the first computer in Canada

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In 1949, a team of professors and graduate students at the University of Toronto began building a machine no-one in Canada, and few in... Read More

Film & Video Vancouver

VIDEO: Vancouver’s Three Cities

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The Vancouver of today is actually an amalgamation of three cities. Their distinctive cultures survive today. This video has some... Read More

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