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The Public Park as a Commons
Author(s)

Anna Kramer; Jesse Upton Crowe

Publisher

Fernwood Publishing

Publication Year

2025

ISBN: 9781773637273-18

Categories:

  • Sociology & Anthropology → Activism & Social Movements → Canada
  • Social Work → Covid-19
  • Urban Studies → Homelessness & Housing
  • Political Science → Policing
  • Political Science → Urban Issues

 
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The Public Park as a Commons

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In this chapter, Kramer and Upton Crowe examines how Toronto’s unhoused communities claimed public parks during the 2020 and 2021 pandemic, and how the city responded with violent evictions.

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Contributors

Anna Kramer

Rae Baker is a critical geographer, policy practitioner, and researcher focused on community-led inquiry and action. Their research and activism address housing inequality, land rights, and racial injustice and surveillance technology. They are an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati in the Research for Social Change and Education and Community Action Research graduate programs. They contribute community-driven research to Urban Praxis Workshop.

Jesse Upton Crowe

Alexander Ferrer is a PhD student and movement-based researcher in Los Angeles. He works with Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, the Debt Collective, and the UCLA Institute on Inequality and Democracy.

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Canada Council for the Arts
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Nova Scotia

This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada. Ce projet est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada.

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