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Creative Communities Commons
The School of Cities partners with the Creative Communities Commons (CCC), an affiliated initiative that exists to provide a node of open participation and the free exchange of intellectual resources and expertise among academia, the arts sector, community leaders, civil society, the private sector, and the public sector.
News, Media & Research
Leading Social Justice Collective
The Leading Social Justice Collective (LSJC) is a cross-sectoral leadership development program for individuals engaged in social justice transformation in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), co-hosted by United Way of… Read more
Volume 1: Issue 1 | Building Community Resilience: A connected community approach to crises
By Anne Gloger and Blake Poland
Volume 1: Issue 3 | Towers in the Park: Designing equitable urban resilience in Toronto’s tower neighbourhoods
By Fadi Masoud
Kensington Market Community Land Trust mini-docuseries
Toronto’s Kensington Market is a hub of culture and activity, its urbanism and diversity defined by the people who have lived and worked there over generations. Like so many neighbourhoods in Toronto, it faces immense economic and development pressures. The Kensington Market Community Land Trust (KMCLT) exists to protect it from some of those pressures by acquiring buildings for community-owned affordable housing.
Knowledge of Languages in the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area
An interactive map visualizing knowledge of languages across the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area (GTHA). Explore and compare linguistic diversity across cities and neighbourhoods in the region.
Knowledge Café | The Changing Stories of Boston’s Chinatown Library Branch
Overdue, Returned, and Missing: The Changing Stories of Boston’s Chinatown Library Branch Public branch libraries are hyperlocal institutions that produce and disseminate local knowledge and play important roles in immigrant… Read more
