Climate mitigation from a renter-centered perspective

The housing crisis plagues many cities across North America, particularly with affordability and repair issues in aging housing stocks. Climate crisis concerns are also increasing, with cities like Toronto, Ontario and Boulder, Colorado declaring a climate emergency. To better understand this intersection of climate mitigation and affordable housing, SSHRC CGS – Master’s recipient Diana Yoon

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In first person: EUC Alumna Jennifer Keesmaat on what kind of job Tory is doing, how the pandemic has changed Toronto and the secret to affordable housing

By Joanna PachnerSpecial to the Star In 2018, Toronto’s scrappy chief planner, Jennifer Keesmaat, ran for mayor on a platform of creating a more affordable, sustainable, livable city — one experienced at “the scale of a neighbourhood,” as she puts it. Last year, the pandemic largely confined us to that scale, whether we liked it or

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