[Toronto, ON] Our 2024-2025 cohort of #MUCP students at #UofTCities sharing their initial drafts of an integrated #LongTermCare & #AffordableHousing development design at @uoft.bsky.social today...

[Toronto, ON] ...continued our #UofTCities #MUCP students' tour at #Downsview w/ a visit to the #YZD Experience Centre - talking about "Transit-Oriented Development", #Brownfield lands - and new #AffordableHousing & #WorkforceHousing apartment targets... Oct 21

[Toronto, ON] Educational site-tour at #Downsview w/ our #MUCP students from #UofTCities, and expert mentors from Canada Lands (#clc_sic) - talked about ARBO district & the new "Canada Public Land Bank" program for #AffordableHousing development sites... Oct 21

2/ ...our #UofTCities #MUCP students use "real-world" #AffordableHousing development examples from sites like DON SUMMERVILLE to help them create innovative solutions around #AffordableRental apartment development on other government-owned lands...
LINK - torontohousing.ca/building-con...

[Toronto, ON] Informative site-tour at the new DON SUMMERVILLE redevelopment of #TOHousing rent-geared-to-income (RGI) #SocialHousing apartments at Queen & Coxwell w/ our #MUCP students from #UofTCities & expert mentors from #HelloContext, #TCHC & #BluescapeMgmt
... 🏙️ Oct 18

[Toronto, ON] Attended the ground-breaking for a great new #StudentHousing building at Sherbourne & Gerrard w/ some of our students from #TMUsurp & #UofTCities - and had the opportunity to introduce them to Ontario Minister
#PaulCalandra & Toronto Councillor #BradMBradford Oct 17
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The broken record will continue 🚲The War on Cars is over. We need to decouple our dependency on single occupancy vehicles!

Appreciate @tvotoday.bsky.social allowing me space for this important discussion.

h/t #UofTCities

#ActiveTransportation + #PublicTransportion = #LeaveTheCarBehind

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“Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise.”
- @tomflood.bsky.social

Making some noise at @tvotoday.bsky.social today.
Look out for stuff tomorrow.
h/t #UofTCities

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A map zoomed in of Toronto with a route outlined in orange

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Also outside listen to an expeet

Today I was part of a fantastic #BikeTO tour led by the #cityoftoronto’s Toronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects team with Ghent University & #UofT faculty.

h/t #MobilizingJust #UofTCities

#BikeTO
#LeaveTheCarAtHome
#EveryBikeIsACargoBike via @tomflood.bsky.social
#SustainableUrbanVehicle

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When your seat mate at #UofTCities for the afternoon happens to be your foldable electric bike!

h/t #ternbicycles

#BikeTO
#ActiveTransportation

Enjoyed speaking with Anthony from #TheGreenLineTO and #CityNews last week about my commute to #UofTCities

The good, the bad, and sometimes ugly reality of Active Transportation in our city.

h/t #ternbicycles @tomflood.bsky.social

/End #BikeTO

Mapping Bike Share Trips In Toronto Estimating and visualizing routes for every Bike Share trip in Toronto in 06/2024

I am collaborating with some amazing individuals at #UofTCities Speaking to them about the power and influence of e-bikes.

Please checkout Cartographer and Urban Data Scientist Jeff Allen’s "Mapping Bike Share Trips In Toronto"

h/t #BikeShareTO #BikeTO schoolofcities.github.io/bike-share-t...

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With @housingnowto.bsky.social this week

‘Kicking-off another great year of new-build #AffordableHousing development site assessments with our Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project student team for the 2024-2025 school year at #UofTCities..!’

#MUCP - schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/learning-sof...

Toronto workers have longest commutes in Canada: StatsCan Naama Weingarten - CBC News

Finally Toronto is number One 🙃

"Reduced revenues lead to reduced services. And of course, ridership goes down when there's fewer services and we enter this downward spiral," #FarberSteven

- #CBCToronto
h/t #MobilizingJust #IIutoronto #UofTCities

www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7307002

New ebike on the runway with a mural behind it

Block letters of YZD

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Wearing multiple hats from #uoftcities #charliesfreewheels & #BicycleMayorTO. Appreciate the invite from #ourgreenway.ca join in the excitement of #northcrestdev’s #PlayOnTheRunway - #OurGreenway continues it’s Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative (ZEVAI) Aug 17-18 at #YZD

#BikeTO

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The Tern Vektron Q9 in front of a door that reads School of Cities

It’s been an interesting 24hrs. More on than later. I’m excited to show off my new bike courtesy of the folks at #ternbicycles I’ll be riding & documenting my work as the Urbanist-in-Residence at #UofTCities figuring out a sustainable approach to achieving Toronto’s NetZero Goals
Thx #urbanecyclist

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The Story of Urban Renewal Image of a city with construction vehicles and equipment

Sorted letters at the Office of Presidential Correspondence.Credit...Damon Winter/The New York Times SKIP TO CONTENTSKIP TO SITE INDEXSEARCH & SECTION NAVIGATION Account 1 FEATURE To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation Over eight years, through millions of letters, the staff of the White House mailroom read the unfiltered story of a nation. Share full article 557 By Jeanne Marie Laskas Jan. 17, 2017

Shared 3 pieces of Black specific content with my kids this week.

* www.cp24.com/news/anti-gu... via #JoannaLavoie h/t #LouisMarchTO

• youtu.be/2OWSre7dNbY?... via #garrison_hayes h/t #UofTCities

• www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/m... via #jmlaskas

I think they're worth #Amplifying

Image of Alison Duke Text hotdocs OUTSPOKEN.OUTSTANDING. Alison Duke Wins Don Haig Award Acclaimed Canadian writer-producer-director Alison Duke has been named this year's recipient of the prestigious Don Haig Award. The Award is presented to an outstanding Canadian independent producer with a feature-length film in the Festival and recognizes creative vision and entrepreneurship. Duke is the producer and cowriter of 2024 official selection A Mother Apart (D: Laurie Townshend). Alison Duke will be presented with a $5,000 cash prize, courtesy of the Don Haig Foundation.

Text 34 Cents an Hour: Prison Labor & the Exception in the 13th Amendment Into the Mix > Resume Johnny Perez worked hard throughout his 13 year prison sentence. He sewed sheets and facilitated classes, met demanding quotas and helped other men prepare for life on the outside. The highest wage he was ever paid was 34 cents an hour. Meanwhile, prison labor generated $14 billion last year. So why do so many people like Johnny leave prison empty handed?

Image of street sign titled Reggae Ln Part 3: NOTHING FOR US, WITHOUT US | Anti-Black Racism in Canadian City Planning [Docuseries]

Shared 3 pieces of Black specific content with my children this week.

* hotdocs.ca/news/hd24-do... via #hotdocs

* podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... via #AshleyCFord h/t #benandjerrys

* www.youtube.com/watch?v=90f_... via #UofTCities

I think they're worth #Amplifying

Image of Beyoncé superimposed on a map of America Text The Cultural Geography of Cowboy Carter A journey exposing unmarked protected territories, spatial tensions and possibility for establishing common cultural ground. WORDS ART POSTED SHARE Jay Pitter Conner Palomba Apr 16, 2024

Text NOTHING FOR US, WITHOUT US ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN CANADIAN CITY PLANNING Description X Part 2: INVISIBLE FOLKS | Anti-Black Racism in Canadian City Planning (Docuseries]

Text THIS PODCAST WILL EXACTLY RIGHT Kill you April 23 • 1 hr 7 mins left Special Episode: Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens & Medical Bondage

Shared 3 pieces of Black specific content with my children this week.

• www.azuremagazine.com/article/the-... via #Jay_Pitter

• youtu.be/DDCLolf8jBM?... via #UofTCities

• podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... via #ThisPodcastWillKillYou

I think they're worth #Amplifying

Image of a movie screen in a theatre filled with people Title on the screen “Nothing for us Without us”

Image of a woman with a basketball in hand wearing a blue tracksuits Text overlayed “Focus Forward”

Image of Sister Nancy Text World Premiere Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story

Shared 3 pieces of Black specific content with my children this week.

t.co/nOAfP35f3j via #UofTCities

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXI5...
via #TSN_Sports h/t #AaliyahEdwards

www.tribecafilm.com/films/bam-ba... via #Tribeca h/t #oyamediagroup

I think they're worth #Amplifying

Lanrick Bennett Jr. - School of Cities Lanrick Bennett Jr is currently the Executive Director of Charlie’s FreeWheels where his organization uses bicycles to support the development of empowered young leaders and self-assured young cyclist...

What is it like being an Urbanist in Residence at #UofTCities? I’m a few hours in and I swear I’m bit taller! I’ll be focusing on how e-bikes can contribute significantly to Toronto's net-zero greenhouse gas emission targets by 2040.

Come Ride With Me 🚲
schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/people/lanri...

Image of three Black Women The Black Health Primer aims to address gaps in education and training on Black health and anti-Black racism in medicine and public health L to R: Assistant Professor Onye Nnorom, Associate Professor OmiSoore Dryden from Dalhousie University and Assistant Professor Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh (supplied images) Published: March 21, 2024 By Elaine Smith

Images of multiple movie posters in the background Text How the Criterion Collection Crops Out African-American Directors The prestigious line is coveted by cinephiles and taught in film schools. The company’s president blames his “blind spots” for largely shutting out Black Americans. By Kyle Buchanan and Reggie Ugwu Aug. 20,

SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE JUSTICE & CITIES

Shared 3 pieces of Black specific content with my children this week.

• www.utoronto.ca/news/black-h... via #UofT

• www.nytimes.com/interactive/... via #NYTimes

• www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_tH... via #UofTCities #julianagyeman

I think they're worth #Amplifying