Housing & Urban Development
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From  Gus Simone, OrganizerFrom: Sweethearts |
1960s. Unions and the switch to drywall, work in commercial construction | Catherine Wismer | 12 | 2014 | $1.20 Add |
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From  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 and … | Andrew Crosby | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
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From Heron Gate, Racial Stigma, and Strategic NeglectFrom: Resisting Eviction |
Chapter 5 offers a profile of Heron Gate Village. Crosbys analyzes statistics on community demographics and housing. With its high concentration of immigrants, refugees, and people of colour, … | Andrew Crosby | 17 | 2023 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Housing:Keeping the Faith From: How We Changed Toronto |
1970s. The reform Council may have been inventive and proactive in undertaking such an ambitious affordable housing program enabled by the federal and provincial legislation, but that program … | John Sewell | 16 | 2015 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Housing Justice in the Bluegrass State |
In this chapter, Bullock traces the housing justice movement in Kentucky from 2019 through the early 2020s. | Lukas Bullock | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Housing Strategy on the BrinkThe Time Has Come From: Persistent Poverty |
Michael Shapcott | 10 | 2010 | $1.00 Add | |
How We Changed TorontoThe inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980 |
By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada’s largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, … | 349 | View | ||
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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  IndexFrom: Feminist City |
Index | Leslie Kern | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Indigenous Exclusion and Access to the InternetThe Case of Nunavut From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 9 explores how digital technology is also a tool for social well being, giving people access to health, education, cultural expression and political participation. It explores this … | Alexandra Flynn | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Industrial Land’s Secret SauceFrom: Messy Cities |
Karen Chapple writes about the potential avenues for preserving existing messy but productive industrial spaces, while introducing innovation districts in cities around the world. | Dylan Reid | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
Inner City RenovationHow a Social Enterprise Changes Lives and Communities |
Inner City Renovation (ICR) is a much-heralded social enterprise in Winnipeg’s North End which has become an example of the potential for social enterprises to support people living on … | Marty Donkervoort | 153 | 2013 | View |
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From NEW! Innisfil and UberA Rural Municipality’s Misadventures in Smart Public Transit From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 10 explores smart city projects that make use of ridesharing and their pitfalls. | Ellie Ruggles | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! InterruptionsFrom: Messy Cities |
Zahra Ebrahim discusses how the infrastructure of the formerly industrial street she lives on positively affects interactions with her neighbours. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  IntroductionThe Shelterscape in Canada From: Beyond Shelters |
Provides a short history of the homeless shelter sector’s development followed by a description of its current size, shape, and orientations in Canada. Analyzes how homeless shelters have … | James Hughes | 14 | $1.40 Add | |
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From  Acknowledgements |
Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald | 2 | 2018 | $0.20 Add |
