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Issue 56 — The Public Health Issue

WEBIn this issue, we explore a bridge that has helped to carry us over the troubled waters of this crisis — our public health system. But, as with our past two pandemic-era issues, we …

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Urban space as a catalyst for improving mental health care

WEBThis article is published in conjunction with the upcoming issue of Spacing, which is focused on the theme of public health. In these early months of 2021, the world …

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Anishnawbe Health finds a new home

WEBOn Indigenous People’s Day, June 21, Anishnawbe Health Toronto held its ground-breaking ceremony for the Indigenous Hub that will stand at Front and Cherry …

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Designing Cities that Positively Impact Mental Health

WEBA critically important conversation topic that we should begin to engage in is how we can strategically use the design of cities to positively impact mental health. This …

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Five Key Questions for the Study of Public Life

WEBAlthough studies on the interaction between public life and public space are relatively few, several great examples do exist. From Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern …

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EXCERPT: Displacement City: Fighting for Health and …

WEBThe following is the afterword by Spacing‘s Shawn Micallef in the new book Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic published by …

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Poetry in community: Q&A with poet Ronna Bloom

WEBApril 12, 2021. Ronna Bloom is former Poet in Residence at Mount Sinai Hospital, now Sinai Health System. Long before face coverings became mandatory on the TTC or line …

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Diagnosing the city's ailments

WEBSpacing asked Toronto's Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David McKeown, to draw the connections between urban planning and public health. As it turns out, the way we …

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Sustainable Architecture Meets Science: The BC Cancer

WEBIt is well known that environmentalism and sustainability are critical elements of local environmental groups and organizations, such as the world’s biggest direct …

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Toronto after the 1st Wave: How COVID-19 affected three key …

WEBThis is co-authored by Youjing Li and Shauna Brail In the fall of 2020, a University of Toronto research team set out to track key metrics from the city to assess …

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Spacing Magazine

WEBStreet Furniture. The imminent end of the 20-year contract with Astral Media to supply and manage Toronto’s street furniture is a foreseeable follow-up to Spacing’s 20th …

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Tools to address the affordable housing crisis facing Canada

WEBThe new housing need assessment tool allows calculation of affordable housing costs for every community in Canada. A table showing the affordable housing …

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Public Washrooms: The gift that keeps on giving

WEBThe vast majority of Toronto’s public washrooms are operated by the Parks, Forestry, and Recreation Department (PFR), which manages 187 stand-alone facilities …

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S101S: Explaining Transit-Oriented Development: Benefits and …

WEBLike any large-scale urban development project, Transit-Oriented Development can have both positive and negative impacts. While TOD can bring many …

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Campus Perspectives: Humber College's Lakeshore and North

WEBMany of the buildings at the Lakeshore Campus were built long before the 1960s, however, originally serving the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital before …

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City officials obfuscate while COVID-19 cases spike in homeless

WEBOn April 8, Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medical officer of health, and Mary-Anne Bedard, general manager of the City’s shelter, support and housing administration …

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10 ways for Canadian cities to plan for play

WEBYou make a deal with the city where you live to put up with a certain amount of discomfort and nuisance in exchange for being part of something bigger and more …

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There is no Good Development but Complete Development

WEBHALIFAX – On May 24th, Halifax Regional Council approved an extension of Halifax’s water service boundary to allow a 256 unit development in Beaver Bank, a …

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