Housing & Urban Development
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From  NEW! An Activist Perspective on the Sidewalk ProjectFrom: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 5 explores the impact of Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project from the perspective of Labour organization and activism. | Nick de Carlo | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From  City of ProtestFrom: Feminist City |
Kern examines how activism and public protest can connect women to cities and feminist politics. | Leslie Kern | 30 | 2019 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Creating Affordable Housing in Real NeighbourhoodsFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
1970s. One of the very significant actions of the new Council was to embark on an affordable housing program. This resulted in thousands of affordable units being built by Council’s housing … | John Sewell | 33 | 2015 | $3.30 Add |
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From  DippersFrom: Sweethearts |
1950-1960. Italian Immigration to Canada in the early 1950s their need to find work and finding jubs in construction. Explores the creation of unions for housing workers | Catherine Wismer | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Heron Gate and the Financialization of Rental HousingFrom: Resisting Eviction |
Chapter 6 examines Heron Gate’s owner and landlord in more detail. Crosby takes a deep dive into the world of financialized real estate investment within a broader context of housing policy … | Andrew Crosby | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Impact on the Broader CommunityFrom: Inner City Renovation |
- | Marty Donkervoort | 12 | 2013 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Ontario Works: How Did This Happen to Me?From: Persistent Poverty |
- | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 13 | 2010 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Other People’s Houses |
In “Other People’s Houses” the author explores housing or more importantly the lack of affordable, sustainable and accessible housing for working-class people across Canada. … | Lori Fox | 29 | 2022 | $2.90 Add |
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From  Rebuilding from WithinWinnipeg's Lord Selkirk Park From: Good Places to Live |
- | Jim Silver | 24 | 2011 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Surviving and Keeping Safe |
- | Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From  The Social Emergency RoomFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes how the medical emergency model is being used to treat the social emergency a homeless person faces; triaging newly homeless people and helping them reconnect to housing and services in … | 12 | $1.20 Add | ||
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From  NEW! 7. Gentrification is a Metaphor |
Chapter 7 critically examines the social and cultural framing of gentrification. Topics discussed include the mainstreaming of taboo issues (ie: tattoos or drag), the commodification of other … | Leslie Kern | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
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From Building Good Places to LiveFrom: Good Places to Live |
- | Jim Silver | 5 | 2011 | $0.50 Add |
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From City of FearFrom: Feminist City |
Kern highlights the gendered danger women are exposed to in cities and everyday life, and the costs of these threats. | Leslie Kern | 27 | 2019 | $2.70 Add |
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From NEW! Demoviction 2016: Domicide and Redevelopment in Heron GateFrom: Resisting Eviction |
Chapter 7 examines the first phase of eviction and demolition in Heron Gate in 2016. Crosby analyzes some of the discourses surrounding demoviction, such as revitalization, relocation, and … | Andrew Crosby | 16 | 2023 | $1.60 Add |
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From Evolving Roles and Identities |
- | Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald | 22 | 2018 | $2.20 Add |
