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Work Life: Remembering Jay Cowan
In the late 1970s, it was almost impossible to open a newspaper or listen to a local news broadcast and not run up against Jay…
Canada’s smart tech future: Open cities or opaque surveillance?
New research shows that police forces across Canada are building extensive digital surveillance hubs without any public engagement. Smart city projects use very similar technologies with the same dangers, yet here residents and municipalities are increasingly implementing Open Smart City principles to avoid potential harms and strengthen public oversight. The police should not be exempt from democratic accountability and the same principles can be applied to them to rebuild it.
The zero-carbon suburb
It’s not just heat pumps and electric cars. To truly decarbonize, we need to reimagine how we live, starting with urban sprawl.
Learning to raise and cook food from nana, not a book
Bress ‘n’ Nyam and the Black farmers who are returning to the countryside to steward the land.
Sprouting seeds of hope: How a garden united Montreal’s Chinese diaspora
“Every time I interact with the city, I try to tell them that this was in Chinatown. We belong in Chinatown.” – May Chiu
On Heather-jane Robertson
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A tribute to Heather-jane Robertson by Larry Brown
“Together, we are committed to an epic battle—the battle for the minds of our fellow citizens. On the outcome of this momentous struggle hinges the…
A tribute to Heather-jane Robertson, public education advocate and former CCPA board member
For over 25 years, Heather-jane Robertson’s influence on progressive education discourse in Canada was undeniable. A brilliant writer, insightful debater, and fierce advocate for public…
Fast Facts: Under-investment and over-policing: safe biking for whom?
In Winnipeg, hundreds of tickets have been issued for cycling on the sidewalk or “failing to exercise due care”. The vast majority of these have…
The Building Sustainable Communities Program After Two Years: Where Did the Money Go?
Download 542.18 KB 13 pages The Building Sustainable Communities Program After Two Years: Where Did the Money Go? report by Shauna MacKinnon was prompted by…
The farmers’ protests and the looting of India
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