keisha st. louis-mcburnie @KeishaStLouis
urban planner / researcher / writer. reimagining alternative community economies. views are my own. keishastlouismcburnie.com toronto, ontario Joined July 2009-
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A Struggle: Searching for Space in Jane Finch DOCUMENTARY SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION Join us this #MayDay for a documentary screening and panel discussion about the struggles facing a racialized working class community in search of communal spaces.
Fresh off of the United Auto Workers’ blowout unionization victory at the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volkswagen plant, we spoke to a VW worker there about why the drive won and where the UAW goes from here. jacobin.com/2024/04/chatta…
The public is paying for the World Cup and Ontario Place redevelopment, so why are the deals secret? When the costs and benefits of any government action are kept secret, how is our democratic system supposed to hold that government accountable? #Opinion trib.al/dheniUe
The City, non-profits and private developers can work together to get affordable housing built. This will be Ontario's largest co-op housing development to date and serve as a roadmap to help guide future developments. All right across the street from Kennedy TTC station!
The City, non-profits and private developers can work together to get affordable housing built. This will be Ontario's largest co-op housing development to date and serve as a roadmap to help guide future developments. All right across the street from Kennedy TTC station!
The Community Playbook is an interactive guide with more than 100 pages of #resources designed to equip community leaders with concrete knowledge & tools to use in their local #CommunityEngagement work across the city. #CommunityOrganizations socialplanningtoronto.org/the_community_…
At 888 Dupont, the rent was dirt cheap, the rules were nonexistent and the parties were legendary. Now, with demolition underway, former tenants share their wildest memories of the city’s most storied art squat torontolife.com/deep-dives/888…
In partnership today, #DailyBreadTO & @nyhfb have released #WhosHungry2023, a call to action from a city in crisis. The report profiles #foodinsecurity in #Toronto, revealing that low incomes, high costs of living & inflation are driving #foodbank use ➡️ dailybread.ca/whoshungry
In the midst of a rental crisis, new property management companies like Urby Housing are using rental agreements that try to sidestep the protections of the Residential Tenancies Act in creative, increasingly brazen ways. @JayCockburn investigates. thelocal.to/urby-rental-cr…
Check out our collaboration with @aboutherevideos and @TapestryCapital to learn more about the Community Land Trust model and how Community Bonds can be used to support them! youtu.be/h46WVCr4zk0
Australia's first referendum in 24 years rejects calls to recognize First Nations people in constitution, media outlets report cnn.it/3LZXIPc
With the City facing backlash, Toronto’s mayor is making last-minute moves to ensure people already waiting years for subsidized housing aren’t booted off the waitlist. toronto.citynews.ca/2023/09/27/may…
At Jane and Finch, public services and infrastructure weren’t reaching the residents they were meant for—so locals came together to demand better. @moboluwajidide on a decade-long fight for community space. thelocal.to/finch-west-lrt…
Last chance to register! Join us for “Indigenous Perspectives in #Planning: An International Conversation” tomorrow, September 26 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET, in collaboration with @pia_planning and @NZ_Planning. Registration is FREE for CIP members: ow.ly/mfph50PLK1z
The Japanese Canadian Centennial Bell at Ontario Place on the West Island this morning. In 1977, Japanese Canadians gifted the temple bell to the people of Ontario. The belfry was designed by Raymond Moriyama.
Have an existing RGI application? Register it in MyAccesstoHousingTO by Sept. 30 to keep your spot on the waitlist. Need help? Come to a Registration Support Session at the Toronto Reference Library. Sessions start Sept. 12. Go to toronto.ca/accesstohousing @torontolibrary
.@Artscape, the Toronto non-profit arts organization that leases spaces to artists and runs residencies, has announced it can no longer make its debt payments and is entering receivership. Artscape will soon stop managing the spaces, according to an announcement posted Monday.
Breaking news: In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a “clean and healthful environment” by promoting the use of fossil fuels. The court determined that a provision…
There are some stories that you know will stay with you for a very long time, and this is one of them. Had the honor of profiling these five women who have been warning about AI risks before you'd ever heard of ChatGPT. My latest for @RollingStone rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
BREAKING: Ontario's AG reveals Premier Doug Ford directed Housing Minister Steve Clark to conduct “swaps, expansions, contractions and policy updates” related to the Greenbelt. Developers then had direct influence over which lands were removed. #ONpoli globalnews.ca/news/9884252/o…
Toronto's first Caribana parade August 5, 1967. A spectacular display of costume, colour, liberation, & commemoration of the full Emancipation of enslaved people in Canada in 1838. #TOcarnival #CaribbeanCarnival ow.ly/9Sj650Pl1uN
Shawn Micallef 🏳�.. @shawnmicallef
50K Followers 4K Following Columnist @TorontoStar / Cofounder @spacing / Teach @UofT / Books: Stroll, Full FrontalTO & The Trouble w Brunch / NEW: Frontier City - TO on Verge of Greatness
John Lorinc @JohnLorinc
23K Followers 3K Following Journalist, covering cities & climate. Spacing, Globe & Mail, Corporate Knights. Editor: Coach House Books. Author Dream States (2022), No Jews Live Here (2024)
Cheryll Case @CheryllCase
3K Followers 427 Following Urban planner coordinating w/ private, government, & charitable sectors of community to implement a human rights approach to planning. ED @CPplanning_
HousingNowTO @HousingNowTO
8K Followers 5K Following Monitoring Progress & Activity on Twenty-One (21) sites 🏙️ proposed under the Mayor's #HousingNow plan for creating new Affordable-Rental units #TOPoli #YIMBY
Eric Lombardi @EricDLombardi
6K Followers 3K Following A thoughtful guy in fintech. Champion of progress. YIMBY @moreneighbours Toronto 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🌐🏗🏙
Matt Armstrong @matt_a7
3K Followers 909 Following City Planner, Toronto. Formerly & fondly a resident of #HamOnt & London UK. Tweets are my own. @[email protected] @matta7.bsky.social
Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox
7K Followers 2K Following specifically hates your neighbourhood's character. sober, as in serious, sensible, and solemn. also, former drunk.
Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman
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Wesley Reibeling (he/.. @Weslincolnr
1K Followers 3K Following Queer urbanist, community builder, public space and park lover. A city nerd 🌆, artist and 2SLGBTQ+ advocate. Co-chair @janeswalk 👣🌳 Tweets are my own.
Stefan Novakovic @NovakovicTO
3K Followers 2K Following Senior Editor @AzureMagazine | Formerly @CdnArch, @Urban_Toronto, @Building_mag | Cities + Architecture
Helen Lee @HelenWZ_Lee
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Ken Greenberg @KGreenbergTO
10K Followers 2K Following Ken Greenberg is an urban designer, teacher and author of Walking Home: the Life and Lessons of a City Builder and a new book, Toronto Reborn.
Brian Doucet @bmdoucet
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TTCriders @ttcriders
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Ontario Place for All.. @ONPlace4All
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Muslims in Public Spa.. @Muslimsinpublic
531 Followers 597 Following Salam/hi! We're Muslims in Public Space—MiPs and working at the intersection of public space, art & Muslim identities. We are activating the public realm🌳.
Untitled Planning @untltdplanning
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CaCHE @housingevidence
4K Followers 855 Following UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence. A consortium of 8 partners in HE and non-academic institutions. Led by @UofGlasgow. Funded by @ESRC @ahrcpress
Brenda @foxbrenda38
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J Rogers @_almighty_1
328 Followers 5K Following The LORD is my strength and my defense ; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Kensington Market Com.. @KMCLandTrust
641 Followers 189 Following Fight gentrification and displacement in Kensington Market with us. Neighbours taking properties off the speculative market for community benefit, forever.
Anne James @annejamesz
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Jane O’Brien Davis @janeobd
91 Followers 228 Following BA 2020 @mcgillgeography. MScPl 2023 @geo_uoft. CLT specialist @ the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts. she/her. views are my own!
Nida @nidzer
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Balanced Supply of Ho.. @BSHNode
734 Followers 563 Following CMHC-SSHRC funded group of academic and community-based housing researchers with a focus on housing affordability in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, Canada 🍁
lifelong podcast list.. @LocalTumbleweed
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Paul Nazareth @UinvitedU
18K Followers 15K Following Helping charities fundraise, donors give, advisors with client philanthropy. Networking & digital business enthusiast. Opinions, my own.
Tyrone🏳️🌈 @TyroneStreete2
1K Followers 4K Following 3km from the exact centre of Toronto aka The Universe
Kaila Hunte @kailahunte
1K Followers 2K Following Sloppy in a very normal way. ADHDer, writer, actor. Newsletter: Feelings, okay?!, https://t.co/4bYCTBOZUx
Metcalf Foundation @metcalf_ca
5K Followers 828 Following Investing in people, ideas, and actions to build a just, healthy, and creative society.
Space for Grief @space_for_grief
409 Followers 1K Following A placemaking, interactive & immersive public art installation that explores community bonding & healing through grief.
Irredeemable Ant-Man @IllflexMyears
1K Followers 5K Following #LabourRelations professional. #bikeTO militant cyclist. #TOHistory #BlueJays #LeafsNation since birth Probably doing laundry.
Mitchell Silver @mitchell_silver
11K Followers 755 Following Former NYC Parks Commissioner, public speaker, former Raleigh Chief Planner, past AICP & APA President. Passionate about people, planning, parks & public space.
Save Ontario's Scienc.. @SaveOSC
2K Followers 2K Following We're a grassroots group dedicated to keeping Science Centre open in Flemingdon Park & Thorncliffe Park for all Ontarians to enjoy.
CITY Institute @CITY_at_YorkU
1K Followers 526 Following The City Institute at York University (CITY) brings together scholars from diverse fields with the purpose of addressing the complexity of the urban arena.
Kavya (she/her) @kavya1195
770 Followers 2K Following flawed human, settler. also pgy2 doc @uoftfamilymed + @phpmutoronto via @ucalgarymed, @johnshopkinssph, @mcgillu. bylines: @cbcnews, research: @upstreamlab.
Jane's Walk Toronto @JanesWalkTO
5K Followers 2K Following A festival of free, community-led walking conversations. Coming May 3-5, 2024 to a Toronto street near you!
Andrew F. Sullivan @AFSulli
3K Followers 2K Following brutalist. The Marigold (@ECWPress) and The Handyman Method (w Nick Cutter @GalleryBooks) One vile task after another. https://t.co/xFK5X1LS9b
Leslie Sinclair (she/.. @sinclair_les
356 Followers 970 Following Journalist covering culture, social justice and religion. Master of Journalism Candidate.
Equ-id aka. @Cem_Oezhatay
2K Followers 5K Following Landscape Architect.. personal account. in Kadıkoy #Eat dine have FUN.
Connor Pierotti @pierotticonnor
386 Followers 496 Following History/Geo Teacher, Former City Council Candidate. Kicking Ass for the Working Class. Tweets are my own opinions. “Quasimodo predicted all of this”
Agi Kapllani @AgiKapllani
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Metropolitics @Metropolitics_
3K Followers 3K Following Journal of public scholarship about cities & urban politics. Collaborates with French-language @Metropolitiques.
andre @andre48393043
25 Followers 431 Following
Toronto Black Film Fe.. @TOBlackFilmFest
4K Followers 2K Following #TBFF23 | 12th Edition | Feb 14 to 19, 2024 Created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation. Presented by TD, in collaboration with Global Toronto
Jeremy Withers @JeremyGWithers
1K Followers 518 Following Housing Policy Researcher, PhD Candidate, U of Toronto, Geography and Planning | Outreach Coordinator, School of Cities, Affordable Housing Challenge Project
Nikki @nikkkimarrry
234 Followers 193 Following
Sarah Moser @SarahKMoser
3K Followers 2K Following Urban and Cultural geography prof @McGillU | *you can find me on Threads: @sarah.moser.mtl
mike @brokenwhiterice
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kickedin @kickedin
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Department of Geograp.. @geo_uoft
2K Followers 295 Following Official Account, University of Toronto. Exploring landscapes and shaping futures since 1935. Connect with our community — research, stories, events, and more!
Agi Kapllani @kapllani_agi
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david helps @davidrhelps
469 Followers 843 Following union thug @geo3550 • researching @carceralinquiry • writing, around • nothing you say to me on this website can hurt me worse than the @MapleLeafs • he/they
Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic
28K Followers 7K Following Architecture critic @globeandmail | Instructor @uoftdaniels | Author | Husband to @livmendelsohn and father of two.
Shawn Micallef 🏳�.. @shawnmicallef
50K Followers 4K Following Columnist @TorontoStar / Cofounder @spacing / Teach @UofT / Books: Stroll, Full FrontalTO & The Trouble w Brunch / NEW: Frontier City - TO on Verge of Greatness
John Lorinc @JohnLorinc
23K Followers 3K Following Journalist, covering cities & climate. Spacing, Globe & Mail, Corporate Knights. Editor: Coach House Books. Author Dream States (2022), No Jews Live Here (2024)
Jay Pitter @Jay_Pitter
16K Followers 2K Following Award-Winning Placemaker. Author. Speaker. Urban Planning Lecturer. Adjunct Professor. Subdivided Co-Editor. Two Book Deal w/ Penguin Random House Canada.
Matt Elliott @GraphicMatt
40K Followers 612 Following City columnist, contributing to @TorontoStar & writing @cityhallwatcher. A lot about Toronto Politics and then some nerd stuff. @humbercollege prof. (he/him)
Cheryll Case @CheryllCase
3K Followers 427 Following Urban planner coordinating w/ private, government, & charitable sectors of community to implement a human rights approach to planning. ED @CPplanning_
Four-Storey Tower @g_meslin
17K Followers 847 Following Father, planner, lifelong Torontonian - I love this city, and hope our children will also have a chance to do so. Here to share my ideas, and learn from yours.
Kian Goh @kiangoh
14K Followers 6K Following Architect & urban planning prof @UCLA. Urban change & climate justice. Assoc dir @ChallengeIneq. 2022-23 @the_IAS. Author Form & Flow (MIT 2021) https://t.co/ILEgzlV22n
CP24 @CP24
2.4M Followers 305 Following CP24 is Toronto & the GTA's #1 source for breaking news. For breaking news alerts on your phone, download our app: https://t.co/pGf88z8tnI
HousingNowTO @HousingNowTO
8K Followers 5K Following Monitoring Progress & Activity on Twenty-One (21) sites 🏙️ proposed under the Mayor's #HousingNow plan for creating new Affordable-Rental units #TOPoli #YIMBY
Chloe Brown @chloebrown4TO
9K Followers 1K Following Policy Analyst Mayoral Candidate (2022-2023) Founder of Solidarity In Numbers (SIN)
Shauna Brail @shaunabrail
3K Followers 792 Following Cities. Urbanism. Urban economic geography, innovation & change.
Spacing @Spacing
39K Followers 2K Following Toronto & Vancouver urbanism uncovered in award-winning mag/web/books/podcasts. Also: @SpacingStore / @SpacingRadio / @SpacingVAN / @SpacingMagazine on Threads
Gregg Lintern @GreggLintern
10K Followers 1K Following Chief Planner & Executive Director Toronto City Planning 2017 - 2023 ~ Tweets here are my own thoughts Instagram: gregglintern_rpp
Stefan Novakovic @NovakovicTO
3K Followers 2K Following Senior Editor @AzureMagazine | Formerly @CdnArch, @Urban_Toronto, @Building_mag | Cities + Architecture
Canadian Paintings @CanadaPaintings
165K Followers 135 Following Above all, we loved this country and loved exploring and painting it. ~Lawren Harris
Ken Greenberg @KGreenbergTO
10K Followers 2K Following Ken Greenberg is an urban designer, teacher and author of Walking Home: the Life and Lessons of a City Builder and a new book, Toronto Reborn.
Negro Frolics @DesmondCole
115K Followers 7K Following Journalist, author Website: https://t.co/CTbFqAX20I For bookings contact Scott Sellers [email protected]
Ana Bailão @anabailaoTO
16K Followers 2K Following City builder. Housing leader. Former Deputy Mayor and candidate for Mayor of Toronto.
Untitled Planning @untltdplanning
16 Followers 97 Following A platform where knowledge meets inspiration & action for a brighter urban future.
Community Justice Col.. @cjc_TO
691 Followers 64 Following The Community Justice Collective provides free legal services to organized communities in Toronto and the GTA. https://t.co/8Uh6JkHZCb
Daniel Gordon @danielgordon94
1K Followers 1K Following Urban planner / Passionate about beautiful, sustainable, and equitable cities - with a lot more housing! / Former mgmt consultant / opinions my own / (he/him)
Prentiss Dantzler @DocDantzler
4K Followers 1K Following Urban Studies Professor; Public Intellect; Housing Advocate; Policy Wonk; Philly Bul; Traveling Man; Foodie; Typo King: Views Are Mine Alone
Sean Fraser @SeanFraserMP
213K Followers 712 Following MP | Député Central Nova 🇨🇦 Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities | Ministre du Logement, de l’Infrastructure et des Collectivités (He/Him)
Jane O’Brien Davis @janeobd
91 Followers 228 Following BA 2020 @mcgillgeography. MScPl 2023 @geo_uoft. CLT specialist @ the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts. she/her. views are my own!
Anne James @annejamesz
7 Followers 25 Following
Kaila Hunte @kailahunte
1K Followers 2K Following Sloppy in a very normal way. ADHDer, writer, actor. Newsletter: Feelings, okay?!, https://t.co/4bYCTBOZUx
Maytree Foundation @maytree_canada
16K Followers 2K Following Committed to advancing systemic solutions to poverty through a human rights approach.
Atkinson Foundation @AtkinsonCF
6K Followers 2K Following We promote social and economic justice. #decentwork #faireconomies #futureofworkers #democracy #socialjusticephilanthropy
Metcalf Foundation @metcalf_ca
5K Followers 828 Following Investing in people, ideas, and actions to build a just, healthy, and creative society.
Space for Grief @space_for_grief
411 Followers 1K Following A placemaking, interactive & immersive public art installation that explores community bonding & healing through grief.
Ziibiing Lab @ziibiinglab
640 Followers 284 Following Global Indigenous politics research collaboratory. Located at the waterway Ziibiing. Operating in @UofT_PolSci @UofTArtSci @UofT. Directed by @uahikea.
Mitchell Silver @mitchell_silver
11K Followers 755 Following Former NYC Parks Commissioner, public speaker, former Raleigh Chief Planner, past AICP & APA President. Passionate about people, planning, parks & public space.
Save Ontario's Scienc.. @SaveOSC
2K Followers 2K Following We're a grassroots group dedicated to keeping Science Centre open in Flemingdon Park & Thorncliffe Park for all Ontarians to enjoy.
Thorncliffe Park Tena.. @tparktenants
576 Followers 43 Following Tenants of 71, 75, and 79 Thorncliffe Park Drive. Fighting above guideline rent increases we can't afford.
Andrew F. Sullivan @AFSulli
3K Followers 2K Following brutalist. The Marigold (@ECWPress) and The Handyman Method (w Nick Cutter @GalleryBooks) One vile task after another. https://t.co/xFK5X1LS9b
Khelsilem @Khelsilem
20K Followers 13 Following Tweeting live from Squamish Nation territory (Vancouver, BC). Tweets are my personal opinion - which is subject to change based on new information.
Leslie Sinclair (she/.. @sinclair_les
356 Followers 970 Following Journalist covering culture, social justice and religion. Master of Journalism Candidate.
Kaitlyn Greenidge @surlybassey
53K Followers 4K Following Features Director @harpersbazaarus Author of "LIBERTIE” and We Love You, Charlie Freeman" (@algonquinbooks) https://t.co/wjqj6fVUWJ
Agi Kapllani @AgiKapllani
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Caroline Shenaz Hosse.. @carolinehossein
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Somali Centre for Cul.. @SomaliCentreTO
368 Followers 189 Following Creating a dynamic cultural & recreational space that serves the needs of Toronto’s diverse Somali communities and celebrates the rich history, arts and culture
syrus marcus ware @syrusmarcusware
6K Followers 2K Following Identical twin, artist, #activistloveletters, activist, DJ, Resistance on the Sounddial, abolitionist and PhD. @BLM_TO /co-founder @BLMCanada_
SANTAN @Santandave1
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B Wong @bw0ng
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hooody hoo 〰️ @_hudahassan
14K Followers 991 Following mother, loosen my tongue / writer / professor
Agi Kapllani @kapllani_agi
11 Followers 27 Following
david helps @davidrhelps
469 Followers 843 Following union thug @geo3550 • researching @carceralinquiry • writing, around • nothing you say to me on this website can hurt me worse than the @MapleLeafs • he/they
Daniel Rotsztain @theurbangeog
6K Followers 3K Following The Urban Geographer: artist, writer, cartographer • #allthelibrariesTO • #actuallyasea • @plaza_POPS co-lead • he/him
Center for Public Ent.. @PubEnterprise
2K Followers 34 Following Growing public sector capacity. Follow the team: @pewilliams_ @cthelala @buddyyakov @advaitarun_
evan casper-futterman @IamECF
643 Followers 1K Following PhD in planning and policy. New Yorker. #economicdemocracy all day w/ @bronxfuture
Dylan Cohen @dylscoh
784 Followers 2K Following Planning grad student @MITDusp. An alumni of care, policy wonk, facilitator. Formerly @UWBCLM and @fosterchangebc
Priscilla Ankomah-Hac.. @hackman_ankomah
20 Followers 141 Following
Hamza Chatila @hamza_chatila
31 Followers 76 Following University of Toronto Urban Planning Alum. | Real Estate Development
IS @igorsamardzic1
613 Followers 1K Following
Cierra Robson @CierraRobson
445 Followers 507 Following Associate Director of Ida B. Wells JUST Data Lab @Princeton, sociology & social policy phd candidate @Harvard with thoughts about race, surveillance and police
Tejas Bhatt @tejasbhatt13
300 Followers 774 Following Urban Planner, Generalist, Conversation-enthusiast
Sara Mojtehedzadeh @SaraMojtehedz
14K Followers 2K Following Reporting on worker issues for the @TorontoStar's investigative team - currently on maternity leave. Email: [email protected]
Centre for Ethics @UofTEthics
2K Followers 262 Following Interdisciplinary institute @UofT advancing research, teaching & public discourse on ethics | https://t.co/2dC44eycpH | @EthicsAILab | https://t.co/oTZpLFWIgy
Christian Smalls @Shut_downAmazon
191K Followers 1K Following President of The @amazonlabor the 1st Independent worker-lead Union in American History for @amazon JFK8 8,300 members Staten Island,NY [email protected]
Muslims in Public Spa.. @Muslimsinpublic
531 Followers 597 Following Salam/hi! We're Muslims in Public Space—MiPs and working at the intersection of public space, art & Muslim identities. We are activating the public realm🌳.
Eric Sehr @ericvery
1K Followers 1K Following Parent, Partner, enthusiastic bureaucrat, Toronto urban history geek. Running and biking when not behind a screen. Räägin Eesti Keelt 🇪🇪 (He/Him)In the 1980s, aircraft workers in Malton were struggling to find housing—so they built their own. What can this obscure Rexdale housing co-op teach us today? thelocal.to/housing-co-ops…
Community Land Trusts are about coming together and taking ownership. It's great to see more sprout up in here. Parkdale. Kensington. Chinatown. Now Little Jamaica. Great to join @blackurbanismto and others at the launch of the Little Jamaica Community Land Trust yesterday!
A Struggle: Searching for Space in Jane Finch DOCUMENTARY SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION Join us this #MayDay for a documentary screening and panel discussion about the struggles facing a racialized working class community in search of communal spaces.
NEW: Internal data suggests the Ford government is throwing hundreds of millions at homelessness programs while it cuts what it spends on community housing. globalnews.ca/news/10442251/… #onpoli
Hybrid one-day conference at @McMasterU! Black Futurities: (Re)Imagining Black Studies in Canada Registration information at link below:
Join us on May 31 @mcmaster, for a generative discussion-based conference that thinks through the possibilities of Black Studies in Canada. Register here: abld.eventbrite.com #BlackFuturities2024 #BlackStudies #ABLDatMac
Y'all can watch my latest talk "Countercartographies: Maps, art & social justice" on my website (bit.ly/3U9DkOT). I talk abt the intersections of creative geographies & countercartographies, drawing on creative work from @YouAreHereUA's 2023 counter/cartographies issue.
*laughs in Indigenous*
Google has suspended drone courier flights because of raven attacks. Looks like the Ravens have taken our side against Skynet.
On item about updating Official Plan, councillors Perks, Cheng and Saxe introduce motions asking for greater consideration of Black communities, faith-based groups, and reducing fossil fuel consumption. All carry via show of hands. Item CARRIES 21-1. secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
Economic precarity among arts workers is not new, and it's become critical. Art is work. Work has a value. Why Aren’t Arts Workers Unionized? thelocal.to/arts-labour-wo… via @TheLocal_TO
We can and will solve the housing crisis, here’s how: infrastructure.gc.ca/housing-logeme…
Been reading through the Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 summaries for a few hours. OK time for a thread. I give it an overall YIMBY Score of 3.5/5. Some good stuff, some bad stuff, some we shall see stuff. As always, thank you sources.
Non profits housing providers and advocates (including Community Land Trusts) have been advocating for some form of a National Acquisition Fund for affordable housing for years. Today, it has finally been announced. Congrats to everyone who pushed for this!
The new $1.5-billion Canada Rental Protection Fund will help non-profit organizations acquire more rental units across Canada and make sure they remain affordable. toronto.citynews.ca/2024/04/04/can…
When research is reclaimed/redesigned to put community knowledge/collective liberation at the center, it looks different in each place/time. Here we pull together underlying principles, practices, processes, and examples that can help guide new efforts. belonging.berkeley.edu/transformative…?
Some great Toronto Bookstores (more to discover): ACADIA (on Queen), RE:READ on Danforth (Amazing sci-fi room), D.E. LAKE on King st, MONKEY'S PAW, HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN on Danforth (great Cinema bookstore), BAKKA-PHOENIX Sci-Fi bookstore, SCRIBE on Danforth, Karol Krysik…
I'm sorry but if you a think a fourplex and a four-storey building are the same thing -- or if you call four-stories a "tower" -- you should not be in a charge of a government that makes housing policy.
The report that I've been working on for the past 3 years is going to Committee next week: secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda… Shoutout to the @thebentway team but especially @janeobd and @heytheregelila
Good reason to go to graduate school: You want to spend time learning more about a specialty area AND contribute new knowledge to the field Bad reason to go to graduate school: You *expect* to become a professor. Why is this a bad reason? Bc it’s statistically improbable.
Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more apnews.com/article/minnea…
got a little spicy in @macleans about the limits of the settler imagination when it comes to reconciliation & Indigenous sovereignty macleans.ca/society/sen%cc…
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