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What the TTC can learn from the Delhi Metro

Connected Communities Shreya Kalra -
Click here to view original web page at rabble.ca Other than the fact that New Delhi and Toronto are struggling hard to be recognized as...

On frontlines of social crisis, librarians resist fortress mentality

Connected Communities Cierra Bettens -
Click here to view original web page at breachmedia.ca Increasingly the ‘first responders’ to homelessness and the overdose epidemic, library workers are struggling to maintain...

What I’ve Learned Talking with a Robot

Connected Communities Charles Ungerleider -
Click here to view original web page at thetyee.ca ChatGPT and I have been discussing morality, jokes and what it can do ...

Entrepatios: Cooperative housing thrives in Spain

Connected Communities Ter García -
Click here to view original web page at www.shareable.net When Nacho Garcia was 23 years old, he had an idea. What if he could establish...

Stuck in traffic: does your wasted time count for anything?

Connected Communities Bart Hawkins Kreps -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Traffic congestion studies make for quick and easy news articles, but they don’t even begin to...

Trees help cities tackle climate crisis and inequality

Connected Communities David Suzuki and Ian Hanington -
Click here to view original web page at rabble.ca Greening cities is a crucial part of resolving the climate crisis, but it also offers ways...

ELECTION: The incredible shrinking transit debate

Connected Communities John Lorinc -
Click here to view original web page at spacing.ca Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, Toronto’s local politicians had ambitions...

The ‘15-Minute City’: What They Are And How To Build Them

Connected Communities Laurie Winkless -
Click here to view original web page at www.forbes.com Focusing on making amenities more accessible to city dwellers comes with a        host of benefits If you’re...

How free stores fight waste, connect communities and foster resilience

Connected Communities JoAnna Haugen -
Click here to view original web page at www.shareable.net For many people, the daily reality is dire: As of May 2022, 58 percent of Americans...

4 lessons from online learning that should stick after the pandemic

Connected Communities Janice Thomas, Deborah Hurst, Martha Cleveland-Innes and F. Haider Alvi -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com One of the many changes COVID-19 brought those in education was an almost immediate switch to...

Six Ways Rwanda Is Building Resilient and Sustainable Transport Systems

Connected Communities Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya and David Toovey -
Click here to view original web page at www.ipsnews.net Over the last decade, Rwanda has invested in building efficient and resilient transport systems. Guided by...

The Power of Place: Artists as City Builders

Connected Communities Barbara Gray -
Click here to view original web page at spacing.c Welcome to The Power of Place: Artists as City Builders. This series emerged out of my...

The Radical Open Access Collective: Building Better Knowledge Commons

Connected Communities David Bollier -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org The general public may not give much thought to how scientists and scholars publish their work,...

From one parking spot to 100 public parks: The history of San Francisco’s street transformation

Connected Communities Alison Sant -
Click here to view original web page at www.fastcompany.com In 2005, a San Francisco collective of artists and designers called Rebar ignited a global street...

Celebrating ten years with the ten park projects transforming communities by design

Connected Communities Curated by SocialCommons.ca -
Click here to view original web page at parkpeople.ca Well designed parks form an essential part in creating vibrant, healthy communities. They are also an...

10 ways for Canadian cities to plan for play

Connected Communities Josh Fullan -
Click here to view original web page at spacing.ca You make a deal with the city where you live to put up with a certain...
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