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Tag Archives: Toronto
Seven Ways to Rethink Toronto’s Resiliency
Seven ways the recent ice storm, earlier power outages and floods enable us to consider whether municipal sustainability plans for Toronto and other municipalities should be reconsidered through the lens of resiliency planning. How different would social and environmental planning for food, climate change, energy, economic development, healthy communities, natural assets and transportation be if seen through the lens of ‘resiliency’? Continue reading
Posted in Communities, Energy, Management, Planning, Politics, Socio-Economic Impact Analysis, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged community resiliency, environmental planning, ice storm 2013, municipalities, Peterborough, power outages, resiliency, social planning, socio-economic impact, sustainability, Toronto, transportation, urban planning
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We Built Toronto with People’s Needs at the Forefront
Let’s mark World Town Planning Day on November 8 by remembering two bold moves that put Toronto’s people first by addressing changes in the suburbs and affordability. It’s time to reflect on their impacts and use them to inform our City’s ongoing evolution. Continue reading
Are We Really Building a ‘Sustainable’ Toronto?
As a recent transplant to Toronto, I’m often asked by those from my home town where in the city I moved to. When I give them the neighbourhood’s name, their brows furrow quizzically, so I usually have to supplement my … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
Tagged advocacy, community, ethnoracial, minorities, sustainability, Toronto, urban planning
The “Greenest Fair in North America”
The Toronto CNE is on! While the midway and games have always provided entertainment and fun, the CNE also signifies that there are only two more weeks until school is back in session – bittersweet for all students. As I … Continue reading
A Tribute to Jack
I never voted for him, and I didn’t agree with all of his ideas, yet I truly respected him. I heard the news while I was at a Newmarket mall. The message flashed before me; Jack Layton’s picture overhead. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Politics
Tagged policy, politics, Toronto
Planning in a Multi-Cultural Environment
Are planners doing enough to engage ethnoracial minorities in consultation activities and when decisions need to be made? I recently came across a 2001 study by two Toronto university professors, which surveyed planners across 25 municipalities within the Greater Toronto … Continue reading
Posted in Planning
Tagged consultation, ethnoracial, minorities, planning, Toronto
