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Next month we'll begin commemorating Black History Month. In light of this occasion, I've put together a thread with some of my fav articles published in 2019 that were authored or co-authored by Black planners, urbanists, place-makers and students. 1/8
Incomplete streets, incomplete imaginations: Safe streets for whom? By Sabat Ismail @Sabatintay
http://spacing.ca/toronto/2020/08/11/incomplete-streets-incomplete-imaginations-safe-streets-for-whom/ 2/8
http://spacing.ca/toronto/2020/08/11/incomplete-streets-incomplete-imaginations-safe-streets-for-whom/ 2/8
Coming clean on Regent Park's Social Development Plan. By Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie @KeishaStLouis and Lena Sanz Tovar http://spacing.ca/toronto/2020/09/18/coming-clean-on-regents-park-social-development-plan/ 3/8
Why is Urban Planning So White? By Saquib Ahsan, Ruth Belay, Abigail Moriah @planning_black and Gervais Nash
http://spacing.ca/toronto/2020/08/25/why-is-urban-planning-so-white/ 4/8
http://spacing.ca/toronto/2020/08/25/why-is-urban-planning-so-white/ 4/8
Urban Density: Confronting the Distance Between Desire and Disparity By Jay Pitter @Jay_Pitter
https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/urban-density-confronting-the-distance-between-desire-and-disparity/ 5/8
https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/urban-density-confronting-the-distance-between-desire-and-disparity/ 5/8
Pandemic Brings Toronto's Legacy of Environmental Racism into the Open By Shannon Holness
https://nowtoronto.com/news/pandemic-environmental-racism-toronto?fbclid=IwAR0cAq05MNw_j2qZBzcYatpcgZFhtFBf4al2NkYoJc_4ho3qE-L1J3u_Rhg 6/8
https://nowtoronto.com/news/pandemic-environmental-racism-toronto?fbclid=IwAR0cAq05MNw_j2qZBzcYatpcgZFhtFBf4al2NkYoJc_4ho3qE-L1J3u_Rhg 6/8
Queerness and queer space in the time of COVID-19 By Benjamin Bongolan and JC Elijah @JcElijahMB
http://spacing.ca/toronto/2020/06/30/queerness-and-queer-space-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ 7/8
http://spacing.ca/toronto/2020/06/30/queerness-and-queer-space-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ 7/8
What I like the most about these authors is that they each speak to their local contexts (Toronto) and make critical connections to broader geographies. Which Black urbanist, are you reading or have you read recently? 8/8
Adding a short piece I wrote last year entitled “Anti-Black Racism in the Liveable City and Canada”: https://ontarioplanners.ca/blog/planning-exchange/july-2020/anti-black-racism-in-the-liveable-city-and-canada
