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As Toronto gets ready to vote, we’ll be bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will help you wade through what is maybe the most confusing race in the city’s history.

This week we have Spacing urban affairs columnist and York University geography professor Tricia Wood, and CBC city hall analyst and Humber professor Matt Elliott.

As Toronto gets ready to vote, we'll be bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will help you wade through what is maybe the most confusing race in the city's history.

This week we have Spacing Senior Editor John Lorinc, and Toronto Star city hall reporter Jennifer Pagliaro.

Toronto's election was thrown into chaos this summer by an surprise announcement from Premier Doug Ford.

What's at stake, who are the stakeholders, and where do we stand as a city?

We break from format, and take you through a timeline of Bill 5, speaking with city councillors and candidates to get to the root of what recent developments mean to Toronto's ongoing election.

We're gearing up for the October 11th Green Building Festival!

We talk to celebrated architect Vivian Manasc about what makes a truly "green" building.

WSP's senior facade specialist Scott Armstrong walk us through the process of giving a building a face lift.

And artist/urban designer Daan Roosegaarde tells us about scale-able interventions with the urban environment that encourage a sense of stewardship.

If you'd like to attend the Green Building Festival, register at gbf18.eventbrite.com.

This podcast was produced in partnership with Sustainable Buildings Canada.

In this episode, we speak with Cycle Toronto's Liz Sutherland for a Vision Zero update, and what the new Ontario government means to cycling infrastructure in municipalities across the province.

And architect Brian Kucharski gives us a tour a of a laneway house on Croft Street, and what recent approved guidelines for laneways mean to density in Toronto.

Finally, former parking enforcement officer Kyle Ashley is taking his love of cycling to city hall, challenging incumbent Jaye Robinson who chairs the public works committee. At least we think so? Doug Ford's proposal to cut Toronto wards from 47 to 25 may change all that, and we talk about that too!

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In this episode, we discuss the problems with policing in Toronto. Alok Mukherjee was Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board from 2005-2015. In that time, he wrestled with reforming the police, and struggled to navigate the complicated politics behind the force. He has written a book: "Excessive Force: Toronto's Fight to Reform City Policing."

And we talk to Gabriel Eidleman of the University of Toronto's Urban Policy Lab about a new online treasure trove for urban researchers, and anyone curious about Toronto's history.

Special guest: actor and writer Gavin Bowerman (yes, relation).

Election day is fast approaching, advanced polls are already open, so let's talk Ontario.

We're joined by TV Ontario's John Michael McGrath (provincial affairs columnist and host of The Agenda on Politics podcast), who helps break down what the election means for Ontario's cities, large and small, and gives us a sense of each of the three main parties' urban platforms.

If you can read this, the 2018 Toronto election has begun!

Toronto City Council has a problem when it comes to gender parity and diversity. Women Win Toronto is hoping to change that. We speak to co-chair Hema Vyas about the organization, and how to help women succeed in Toronto politics. And we speak to municipal candidates Chiara Padovani and Amber Morley, and provincial candidate Suze Morrison.

And we give you a little preview of Spacing's latest book "25 Toronto Transit Secrets."

In this episode, we talk about imaging what we want our city to be.

We speak to Jason Thorne, general manager of planning and economic development for the City of Hamilton, about a proposed plan for development, as well as recent anxiety about gentrification and affordability.

We speak to Graham Haines, research manager at Ryerson University's City Building Institute, about a new report called "Getting Intense," which offers strategy for intensification and development in the Greater Golden Horseshoe.

And we speak with Myseum of Toronto Executive Director Karen Carter about the push for a Toronto museum inside Old City Hall.

We're celebrating Black History Month with a special episode. Author and Place-maker Jay Pitter is our special guest host, and she introduces us to a number of exceptional Black urbanists in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal.

Habon Ali is an urban planner with urban strategies. Tura Cousins Wilson is an architect with Diamond Schmitt Architects. Stephanie Allen is a not-for-profit real estate developer. Anthonia Ogundele is a facility and environmental sustainability manager. Matthew Progress is a hip hop and electronic artist. Will Prosper is a journalist and documentarian involved with Hoodstock.

Each person has knowledge to share, and a story to tell, from grassroots organizing, to architecture and development.

"Pride & Place" was made possible with the generous support of OCAD University.