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An urban planner and researcher unravelling the experiences of diverse populations in North American urban centres

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Twenty-Four Hours in Dublin
Sep 29, 2016
Twenty-Four Hours in Dublin
Sep 29, 2016

I'm on a train this afternoon heading out of Dublin en route to Galway. I spent 24 hours visiting Dublin for the first time. It's a great city. It ticks all the urbanist boxes. 

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Sep 29, 2016
To Regulate?
Aug 13, 2015
To Regulate?
Aug 13, 2015

Last Friday, I wrote about New York's Boro Taxi program and the larger battle between the taxi industry and Uber. In researching the blog post I learned about the way that New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) regulate Uber and other ridesharing services. It turns out that a lot can be learned about how to regulate these services in Ontario.

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Aug 13, 2015
The Case of Those Apple Green Taxis
Aug 7, 2015
The Case of Those Apple Green Taxis
Aug 7, 2015

I've been in New York for the past couple of days. I had the occasion to wonder about how New York's Boro Taxi program is faring given the unrelenting rise of Uber in recent years. It's an interesting question in New York given the unique partnership between the municipal government and the cab companies

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Aug 7, 2015
Better Communities Through a Food Systems Lens: Three Canadian Examples
Aug 5, 2015
Better Communities Through a Food Systems Lens: Three Canadian Examples
Aug 5, 2015

Monday while heading down the 401 on my trip back from Ottawa, I had plenty of time to listen to summer radio programming on the CBC. While listening to a program called The Dirt on Soil, I got to thinking, "how can food make our neighbourhoods better?" Here are three examples from cities in Canada.

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Aug 5, 2015
Movies With Your Neighbours
Jul 31, 2015
Movies With Your Neighbours
Jul 31, 2015

As the sun sets every Sunday during the height of the summer in Toronto, people gather on a hill in Christie Pits. With blankets, drinks and snacks in hand, people kick back to enjoy a movie with hundreds of their neighbours. This park has long been a central place for the community and its history mirrors that of its community. So what of its future?

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Jul 31, 2015
What a Laundromat, Salon, Drugstore and Record Shop Can Tell You about a Neighbourhood
Jul 27, 2015
What a Laundromat, Salon, Drugstore and Record Shop Can Tell You about a Neighbourhood
Jul 27, 2015

This is a stretch of storefronts along Bloor street near Christie Pits. Take a look at the signs on the storefronts. Notice anything? What can a laundromat, salon, drugstore and record shop tell us about this neighbourhood?

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Jul 27, 2015
Suburbanisms and the Geography of Income in Canadian Cities
Jul 27, 2015
Suburbanisms and the Geography of Income in Canadian Cities
Jul 27, 2015

I had the chance to write a post on the LSE Politics and Policy blog with Mark Williamson, a colleague on the Generationed City research team. We review recent work by Canadian researchers Markus Moos and Pablo Mendez about the shifting dimensions of income in Canadian cities.

The researchers operationalize the concept of ‘suburban ways of living’ to break apart the idea of suburbs being rather homogenous districts located outside of central areas. They examine the relationship between these suburban ways of living and the changing dimensions of income in Canadian cities.

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Jul 27, 2015
The Meaning of Neighbourhood Deprivation in Toronto
Mar 9, 2015
The Meaning of Neighbourhood Deprivation in Toronto
Mar 9, 2015

A map of social and material deprivation in Toronto. The Canadian Deprivation Index is based on measures of employment, education, income, marital status, living alone and single-parent families. High deprivation scores in the city's northeast and northwest are compounded by reduced transit provision, and lower levels of transit service. Also an inferior housing, fewer recreational opportunities and a lower quality public realm in these neighbourhoods contributes to health inequities and higher rates of chronic disease.

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Mar 9, 2015
The Vertical Suburbs of 1980
Mar 4, 2015
The Vertical Suburbs of 1980
Mar 4, 2015

It was in a moment when I had stumbled outside of my usual territory that I found myself looking up at a high-rise in Toronto's inner suburbs. At present we contemplate and debate the progression of density throughout the city. But evidently, the city has a long history of density throughout its centre and periphery. But how common was this highrise form in suburban neighbourhoods in the past?

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Mar 4, 2015
The Generationed City: Toronto
Feb 20, 2015
The Generationed City: Toronto
Feb 20, 2015

Increasingly we can describe the divisions of social space in cities not only by income, gender and race but also by age. Generationed City, a research project launched earlier this year, aims to understand the unique conditions influencing the housing experiences of young adults in cities across North America. 

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Feb 20, 2015
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Oct 1, 2016
Some More Time in Dublin
Oct 1, 2016
Oct 1, 2016
Sep 29, 2016
Twenty-Four Hours in Dublin
Sep 29, 2016
Sep 29, 2016
Sep 9, 2016
Airshow Weekend
Sep 9, 2016
Sep 9, 2016
Sep 5, 2016
In A Laneway In Parkdale
Sep 5, 2016
Sep 5, 2016
Sep 1, 2016
The Milkyway Garden
Sep 1, 2016
Sep 1, 2016
Aug 14, 2015
Kids Eat Free!
Aug 14, 2015
Aug 14, 2015
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