Two lessons on a bus
Last Friday afternoon, I boarded the 129A McCowan North bus near my house. Having just arrived in Toronto for the Thanksgiving long weekend (I study full-time in Ottawa), I was heading downtown via the...
View ArticleMoms can make a difference
What if we made anywhere poverty resides a priority neighbourhood, and as part of the prioritizing, worked to empower all the single moms resident there. This would include all the women who currently...
View ArticleAdd politicians' robocalls to my 'Do Not Call' list
We're entering the 400-metre sprint portion of the half-marathon that is this year’s municipal elections. I say half-marathon, because my feeling is that too many Torontonians across the political...
View ArticleCandidates, get hot under the collar about climate!
All politics is local, which may explain the curb-level view of issues being presented in the current municipal election campaign. No reason to avoid discussing potholes, bike lanes, councillor...
View ArticleThe human cost of contracting-out
Back in the spring when I was first asked to blog for My City, Your City, I wrote about what I love about Toronto: the incredible diversity, the parks and tree-lined streets, Kensington Market, the...
View ArticleWant the youth vote? Find it online
Recently, I attended a mayoral debate in Ottawa that got me thinking about ways in which the city of Toronto could galvanize its young voters to hit the polls. Called “Debate 2.0 – Envisioning Ottawa's...
View ArticleI want to get on/off/on the bus
No, I’m not opposed to taking transit. I just want to be able to step off now and then to run some errands. The TTC, on the other hand, wants to hold me hostage. While many other transit systems have...
View ArticleA smart way to get young people to vote
While walking around York University on Tuesday, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the City of Vaughan had set up an advanced polling station in the heart of York’s Keele Street campus. With over...
View ArticleVote or move to Hamilton?
Cheap real estate, the burgeoning of James Street North, the Art Crawl, a progressive labour movement, a strategy on poverty reduction, plans (already underway) to expand the transportation...
View ArticleWhat Toronto would look like if youth voted
Rob Ford may have won the hearts of many Torontonians this election, but George Smitherman would have been the real winner if youth could vote. According to data released by Student Vote, a...
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