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Ten of Toronto Exhibit Resources

What do ten neighbourhoods tell us about who we are?

James family and neighbours in front of houses

Entrance

Images

The Nature of Neighbourhoods

Sources

“Bridging the Don: The Prince Edward Viaduct.” City of Toronto, 2021.
Gerard, Shane. “Ravine Strategy Implementation.” City of Toronto, 2020.
King, Jason. “Toronto Lost Rivers.” Hidden Hydrology, 2017.
Lost Rivers. “Lost River Walks,” n.d.
Marsh, James H. “Toronto Feature: Carrying Place Trail, Humber River.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2013.
Quattrociocchi, Loryssa. “Historic Context Statement: The History and Evolution of the Danforth – Broadview Avenue to Coxwell Avenue.” City of Toronto, 2021.

Images

  • City of Toronto Department of Public Works

    Drawing of Bloor Street Viaduct
    1914
    Courtesy of City of Toronto Archives
    Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 10, Item 184

Books

Ondaatje, Michael. In the Skin of a Lion. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1987.
Atwood, Margaret. Cat’s Eye. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1988.

Victorian Toronto

Sources

Friends of Allan Gardens. “About the Friends of Allan Gardens,” n.d.
Lost Rivers. “Moss Park Home of William Allan,” n.d.
MacNamara, Jane E. “Introduction (Simcoe’s Gentry).” Toronto Family History, n.d.
Toronto Life. “Toronto Is Often Described as La Ville Reine (the Queen City) by Newscasters on Radio-Canada,” 2003.

Images

  • Earnest Edgar Strathy Smith
    Palm House at Allan Gardens
    c.1950

    Courtesy of City of Toronto Archives
    Fonds 1128, Series 380, Item 48

Books

Redhill, Michael. Consolation. Doubleday Canada, 2006.

Arrival Cities

Sources

Cabana, Ysh. “Toronto’s Little Manila.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2022.
Mok, Tanya. “Little Manila Is Toronto’s Home to Filipino Food and Culture.” blogTO, 2020.
Heritage Toronto. “A New Beginning: Filipino Heritage in Toronto,” n.d.

Images

  • Unknown
    “Taste of Manila Event Poster”
    2019

Books

Clarke, Austin. In This City. Exile Editions, 1992.
Clarke, Austin. More: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2008.
Saunders, Doug. Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World. Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2010.

Streetcar Suburbs

Sources

Harris, Richard. “A Working-Class Suburb for Immigrants, Toronto 1909-1913.” Geographical Review 81, no. 3 (1991): 318–322.
Lorinc, John. “Streetcar Suburbs and the Evolution of Toronto’s Retail Strips.” Architectural Conservancy Ontario (ACO) Toronto, 2019.
Marshall, Sean. “Mapping Toronto’s Streetcar Network: The Horsecar Era – 1861 to 1891.” SeanMarshall.ca, 2016.
Olga. “Squatter Settlement to Little Italy.” ELocalPost, 2016.

Images

  • William James
    One child piggy-backs another across a muddy road, Earlscourt
    1908-1920

    Courtesy of City of Toronto Archives
    Fonds 1244, Item 21B

Books

Harris, Richards. Unplanned Suburbs: Toronto’s American Tragedy 1900 to 1950. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

Tower Neighbourhoods

Sources

Glendinning, Miles. Mass Housing: Modern Architecture and State Power – a Global History. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
LeBlanc, Dave. “Two Towering Figures in Toronto’s Thorncliffe Park.” The Globe and Mail, 2018.
Udoh-Orok, Eno. “Tower Renewal: Community Development in Toronto’s Apartment Neighbourhood of Thorncliffe Park.” Ryerson University Major Research Paper (2018): 1-58.
Thorncliffe Park Community Hub. “Neighbourhood,” n.d.
Tower Renewal Partnership. “Tower Renewal Blog: Thorncliffe Park,” 2008.
United Way Greater Toronto. “Vertical Legacy: The Case for Revitalizing the GTA’s Aging Rental Tower Communities,” 2021.

Images

  • Courtesy of Era Architects and The Tower Renewal Project

Books

Bezmozgis, David. Natasha And Other Stories. HarperCollins, 2004.

Queer Toronto

Sources

Aguilar, Bryann. “Hundreds of Thousands Celebrate Return of Toronto Pride Parade to Downtown Streets.” CTV News, 2022.
Heritage Toronto. “Will Munro.” Sounds Like Toronto, n.d.
Knegt, Peter. “Long Live The Beaver: A Celebration of Toronto’s Most Beloved Queer Space.” CBC Arts, 2020.
Statistics Canada. “LGBTQ2+ Communities in Canada: A Demographic Snapshot,” 2021.

Images

  • Will Munro
    “Vaseline Event Poster”
    c.2000

    Courtesy of Paul Petro Contemporary Art and the Art Gallery of York University

Books

Clark, C.S. Of Toronto the Good: The Queen City of Canada as it is. The Toronto Publishing Company, 1898.

Tkaronto

Sources

ACO (Architectural Conservancy Ontario) Toronto. “Home,” n.d.
Anishnawbe Health Toronto. “Home,” n.d.
Archaeological Services Inc. “Report on the Stage 3-4 Salvage Excavation of the Alexandra Site (AkGt-53),” 2008.
City of Toronto. “2022-2032 Reconciliation Action Plan,” n.d.
City of Toronto. “Indigenous Affairs Office,” n.d.
City of Toronto. “Neighbourhood Profile Data: Profile for St-Andrew-Windfields,” 2016.
Heritage Toronto. “Indigenous Roots – Eglinton East: The Golden Mile,” n.d.
Statistics Canada. “Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census: Toronto, City (CSD) – Ontario,” 2016.
Toronto District School Board. “Kapapamahchakwew (Elem) – Wandering Spirit School (GR. JK-08),” n.d.

Images

  • Joseph Adamson Blakey
    Humber River, looking southwest from about Baby Point Road
    1908

    Courtesy of Toronto Public Library

Books

Bolduc, Denise, Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, Rebeka Tabobondung, and Brian Wright-McLeod. Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place. Coach House Books, 2021.

Money

Sources

City of Toronto. “Industry Sector Support,” n.d.
Georgiou, Bob. “The Rise of The Hill District, Toronto.” Scenes From Toronto, 2022.

Images

  • William James
    Sir Donald Mann's home, Fallingbrook Mansion
    1911

    Courtesy of City of Toronto Archives
    Fonds 1244, Item 3098

Books

Gray, Charlotte. The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master, and the Trial that Shocked a Country. HarperCollins Canada, 2013.

Factories

Sources

City of Toronto. “Neighbourhood Profile Data: Profile for Fort York-Liberty Village,” 2016.
City of Toronto. “Neighbourhood Profile Data: Profile for Harbourfront-CityPlace,” 2016.
Hernandez, Catherine. Scarborough. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2017.
Lorinc, John. “How Restrictive Contracts and Bigotry Lingered in Toronto Real Estate.” Toronto Star, 2017.
McLean, Steve. “Concord’s CityPlace: End in Sight for 25-Year Development Odyssey.” Real Estate News EXchange, 2021.
Statistics Canada. “Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census: Toronto, City (CSD) – Ontario,” 2016.

Images

  • Peter MacCallum
    Massey Ferguson South Plant - second floor of Building 3, looking east toward Strachan Avenue
    1986

    Courtesy of City of Toronto Archives
    Fonds 1581, Series 461, Item 7

Books

Hernandez, Catherine. Scarborough. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2017.

Workers’ Housing

Sources

City of Toronto. “Fair Wage Policy,” n.d.
Neighbourhood Guide: Toronto & the GTA. “Topham Park,” n.d.
P., John. “Local History & Genealogy: Remembering the First Labour Day in Toronto: September 3: Snapshots in History.” Toronto Public Library, 2018.

Images

Books

Garner, Hugh. Cabbagetown: A Classic Novel of the Depression in Canada. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1978.

Supplementary Resources

Books

Akler, Howard. Splitsville. Coach House Books, 2018.
Aldrich, Margret. The Little Free Library Book. Coffee House Press, 2015.
Arthur, Eric. Toronto: No Mean City. University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Atwood, Margaret. Cat’s Eye. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1988.
Atwood, Margaret. The Blind Assassin. McClelland & Stewart, 2000.
Barbour, Dale. Undressed Toronto: From the Swimming Hole to Sunnyside, How a City Learned to Love the Beach, 1850–1935. University of Manitoba Press, 2021.
Bezmozgis, David. Natasha And Other Stories. HarperCollins, 2004.
Bolduc, Denise, Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, Rebeka Tabobondung, and Brian Wright-McLeod. Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place. Coach House Books, 2021.
Bonnell, Jennifer L. Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don River Valley. University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Brand, Dionne. The Unpublished City. Book*hug, 2017.
Brand, Dionne. What We All Long For. Knopf Canada, 2005.
Bunch, Adam. The Toronto Book of Love. Dundurn Press, 2021.
Bunch, Adam. The Toronto Book of the Dead. Dundurn Press, 2017.
Carmichael, Curtis. Butterflies in the Trenches: The Hood, an Epic Bike Ride, and Finding Inspiration. Synergy Books, 2021.
Choy, Wayson. Not Yet: A Memoir of Living and Almost Dying. Doubleday Canada, 2009.
Clark, C.S. Of Toronto the Good: The Queen City of Canada as it is. The Toronto Publishing Company, 1898.
Clarke, Austin. In This City. Toronto: Exile Editions, 1992.
Cronenberg, Cassandra. Down the Street. Quattro Books, 2014.
Davies, Robertson. Fifth Business. Penguin Canada, 2001.
Disney, Random House. Turning Red: The Graphic Novel. Random House Children’s Books, 2022.
Donaldson, Emily. Best Canadian Essays 2019. Biblioasis, 2019.
Dovercourt, Jonny. Any Night of the Week: A DIY History of Toronto Music, 1957-2001. Coach House Books, 2019.
Ellis, Sarah, and Nancy Vo. As Glenn as Can Be. Groundwood Books, 2022.
Finucan, Stephen. Foreigners. Penguin Canada, 2009.
Fiorito, Joe. Union Station: Love, Madness, Sex and Survival on the Streets of the New Toronto. McClelland & Stewart, 2007.
Fiortio, Joe. City Poems. Exile Editions, 2018.
Foster, Cecil. They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada. Biblioasis, 2019.

Friedman, Avi. Neighbourhood: Designing a Liveable Community. Véhicule Press, 2018.
Fulford, Robert. Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto. MacFarlane, Walter & Ross, 1995.
Garner, Hugh. Cabbagetown: A Classic Novel of the Depression in Canada. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1978.
Govier, Katherine. Fables of Brunswick Avenue. HarperCollins, 1985.
Graham, Laurie D. Fast Commute. McClelland & Stewart, 2022.
Gray, Charlotte. The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master, and the Trial that Shocked a Country. HarperCollins Canada, 2013.
Haritaworn, Jinthana, Ghaida Moussa, and Syrus Ware. Marvellous Grounds: Queer of Colour Histories of Toronto. Between the Lines, 2018.
Harris, Richards. Unplanned Suburbs: Toronto’s American Tragedy 1900 to 1950. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Helwig, Maggie. Girls Fall Down. Coach House Books, 2008.
Hernandez, Catherine. Scarborough. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2017.
Hopkinson, Nalo. The Chaos. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2012.
Kraler, Kurt, Matthew Blackett, and Philip Evans. The Signs That Define Toronto. 2022.
Leclair, Didier. Toronto, I Love You. Mawenzi House, 2022.
Lee, Dennis. Civil Elegies and Other Poems. Anansi, 1994.
Li, Na. Kensington Market: Collective Memory, Public History, and Toronto’s Urban Landscape. University of Toronto Press, 2015.
Liss, Sarah. Army of Lovers: A Community History of Will Munro. Coach House Books, 2013.
Loo, Jason. Pitiful Human Lizard: Far from Legendary. Chapterhouse Comics, 2016.
Lorinc, John, Ed Jackson, Jane Farrow, Maureen Fitzgerald, Rahim Thawer, Rebecca Sheffield, Stephanie Chambers, Tatum Taylor, Tim McCaskell. Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer. Coach House Books, 2017.
Lorinc, John, Holly Martelle, Michael McClelland, and Tatum Taylor. The Ward Uncovered: The Archaeology of Everyday Life. Coach House Books, 2018.
Lorinc, John, Michael McClelland, Ellen Scheinberg, and Tatum Taylor. The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto’s First Immigrant Neighbourhood. Coach House Books, 2015.
Loucks, Don, and Leslie Valpy. Modest Hopes: Homes and Stories of Toronto’s Workers from the 1820s to the 1920s. Dundurn Press, 2021.
MacCallum, Pete, and Rebecca Diederichs. Peter MacCallum: Material World : Photographs: Interiors, 1986-2004, Concrete Industries, 1998-2004. YYZ Books, 2004.
Maclear, Kyo, and Francesca Sanna. If You Were a City. Chronicle Books LLC, 2022.
Mays, John Bentley. Emerald City: Toronto Visited. Penguin Group (Canada), 1994.
McBride, Jason, and Alana Wilcox. UTOpia: Towards a New Toronto. Coach House Books, 2005.
Méndez, Yamile Saied, and Jaime Kim. Where Are You From? HarperCollins, 2019.

Meslin, Dave, Christina Palassio, and Alana Wilcox. Local Motion: The Art of Civic Engagement in Toronto. Coach House Books, 2010.
Micallef, Shawn. Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto. Coach House Books, 2010.
Monk, Philip. Is Toronto Burning? Three Years in the Making (and Unmaking) of the Toronto Art Scene. Black Dog Publishing Limited, 2016.
Moses, Daniel David. Coyote City: A Play in Two Acts. Willaims-Wallace, 1990.
Munsch, Robert N. Jonathan Cleaned Up – Then He Heard a Sound, Or Blackberry Subway Jam. Annick Press Limited, 1981.
O’Malley, Bryan Lee. Scott Pilgrim. Vol. 2, Vs. the World. Oni Press, 2005.
Ondaatje, Michael. In the Skin of a Lion. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1987.
Palassio, Christina and Alana Wilcox. The Edible City: Toronto’s Food from Farm to Fork. Coach House Books, 2009.
Pirbhai, Mariam. Isolated Incident. Mawenzi House, 2022.
Redhill, Michael. Consolation. Doubleday Canada, 2006.
Reid-Benta, Zalika. Frying Plantain. House of Anansi Press Incorporated, 2019.
Richler, Mordecai. The Incomparable Atuk. McClelland & Stewart. 1971.
Saunders, Doug. Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World. Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2010.
Sharp, Rosalie. Rifke: An Improbable Life. ECW Press, 2007.
Sim, David. Building Density for Everyday Life. Island Press, 2019.
Slaughter, Pamela M. and Robert D. Galway. Baby Point: The Place Where We Live. Blurb Books, 2013.
Smyth, William J. Toronto, the Belfast of Canada: The Orange Order and the Shaping of Municipal Culture. University of Toronto Press, 2015.
Springirth, Kenneth C. Toronto Streetcars Serve the City. Fonthill Media, 2013.
Stewart, Graeme, Ivan Saleff, Lewis Poplak, Alfred Holden, and Uno Prii. Concrete Toronto: The Modern Suburbs. 2007.
Taylor, Drew Hayden. Cottagers and Indians. Talonbooks, 2019.
Vassanji, M.G. No New Land. McClelland & Stewart, 1991.
Vermont, Kira and Julie McLaughlin. Why We Live Where We Live. Owlkids Books, 2014.
Wilcox, Alana, Christina Palassio, and Jonny Dovercourt. GreenTOpia: Towards a Sustainable Toronto. Coach House Books, 2007.
Wilcox, Alana, Christina Palassio, and Jonny Dovercourt. The State of the Arts: Living With Culture in Toronto. Coach House Books, 2006.
Young, Phyllis Brett. The Torontonians. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2007.

Online Articles

Akimbo. “Call for Expressions of Interest: Public Artwork for Overlea Boulevard and Bridge Renewal, Toronto,” 2023.‘
Amad, Ali. “Life in Moss Park.” Toronto Life, 2021.
Ball, Jason. “Once Upon a City: Allan Gardens’ Rich History of Revolution.” CBC News, 2021.
Barc, Agatha. “The History of Casa Loma in Toronto.” blogTO, 2022.
Bateman, Chris. “A Brief History of Garrison Creek, Lost but Not Forgotten.” blogTO, 2012.
CBC News. “‘Concrete and Grey’ No More: How Mural Artists Are Beautifying Scarborough’s ‘Golden Mile,’” 2022.
City of Toronto. “Bridging the Don: The Prince Edward Viaduct,” n.d.
Dimatteo, Enzo. “Hidden Toronto: Prince Edward Viaduct Public Lavatory.” NOW Toronto, 2021.
Doss, Suresh. “This Afghan Lunch Spot Is a Hidden Gem Tucked Away in a Meat Store.” CBC News, 2022.
Draaisma, Muriel. “Encampment Residents Say Permanent Housing, Not Brute Force, Is Solution to Homelessness.” CBC News, 2021.
Elpa, Anne Marie, and Karon Liu. “Toronto’s Little Manila Is a Culinary Destination. A Look at Three of the Area’s Most Popular Restaurants.” Toronto Star, 2021.
Eskenazi, Marc Philippe. “What to Do About Your Noisy Neighbors.” The New Yorker, 2023.
Hauen, Jack. “10 Things You Don’t Know about the Bloor St. Viaduct as It Turns 100.” Toronto Star, 2018.
Kadinsky, Sergey. “Garrison Creek, Toronto.” Hidden Waters Blog, 2016.
Knegt, Peter. “Long Live The Beaver: A Celebration of Toronto’s Most Beloved Queer Space.” CBC Arts, 2020.
Levy, Joel. “Vintage Photographs of the Construction of the Bloor Street Viaduct.” Toronto Guardian, 2018.
Lost Rivers. “Garrison Creek,” n.d.
Mathieu, Emily. “Knocking on One Door at a Time.” Toronto Star, 2022.
McLaughlin, Amara . “Drake Throws Swanky Andy Warhol-Themed Party for 31st Birthday in Toronto.” CBC News, 2014.
Romanska, Anastasiya. “The History of the Baby Point Neighbourhood in Toronto.” blogTO, 2021.
Sienkiewicz, Alexandra. “Here Are Your Biggest Complaints about Living in Toronto Condos.” CBC, 2017.
Taruc, Marivel. “Capturing the ‘vibe of Toronto’ Key for Queen West Artist.” CBC News, 2014.
Teitel, Emma. “As the Queer Community Spreads out, Can the Gay Village Remain Vital?” Toronto Star, 2017.

Journal Articles

Anderson, Doug, and Alexandra Flynn. “Rethinking ‘Duty’: The City of Toronto, a Stretch of the Humber River, and Indigenous-Municipal Relationships.” Alberta Law Review 58, no. 1 (2020): 107-32.
Bain, Alison L. “Constructing Contemporary Artistic Identities in Toronto Neighbourhoods.” The Canadian Geographer 47, no. 3 (2003): 303-317.
Bain, Alison L., William Payne, and Jaclyn Isen. “Rendering a Neighbourhood Queer.” Social & Cultural Geography 16, no. 4 (2015): 424-443.
Bauder, Harald and Angelica Suorineni. Toronto’s Little India: A Brief Neighborhood History. Ryerson University. 2010.
Bongolan, Benjamin. “Planning Exclusion: The Filipino Community and the Lawrence Heights Social Development Plan.” Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University MES Major Papers (2020), 1-51.
Bonnell, Jennifer L. “Remembering the Don” In Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don River Valley, University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Catney, Gemma, Diane Frost, and Leona Vaughn. “Residents’ Perspectives on Defining Neighbourhood: Mental Mapping as a Tool for Participatory Neighbourhood Research.” Qualitative Research 19, no. 6 (2019): 735-752.
Chaskin, Robert J. Perspectives on Neighbourhood and Community: A Review of the Literature. Social Service Review 71, no. 4 (1997): 521-547.
Dennis, N. The Popularity of the Neighbourhood Community Idea. The Sociological Review 6, no. 2 (1958): 191-206.
Dickau, Joel, Jeffrey M. Pilcher, and Samantha K. Young. “If You Wanted Garlic, You had to Go to Kensington: Culinary Infastructure and Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Toronto’s Food Markets before Official Multiculturalism.” Food, Culture, & Society 24, no. 1 (2021): 31-48.
Forrest, Ray and Ade Kearns. “Social Cohesion, Social Capital and the Neighbourhood.” Urban Studies 38, no. 12 (2001): 2125-2143.
Fortier, Craig. “The Humber Is a Haunting: Settler Deathscapes, Indigenous Spectres, and the Memorialisation of a Canadian Heritage River.” Antipode 54, no. 1 (2022): 259–83.

Freeman, Victoria. “Toronto Has No History!: Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, and Historical Memory in Canada’s Largest City.” Urban History Review 38, no. 2 (2010): 21-35.
Goheen, Peter G. “The Assertion of Middle-Class Claims to Public Space in Late Victorian Toronto.” Journal of Historical Geography 29, no. 1 (2003): 73-92.
Hackworth, Jason, and Josephine Rekers. “Ethnic Packaging and Gentrification: The Case of Four Neighborhoods in Toronto.” Urban Affairs Review (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) 41, no. 2 (2005): 211-36.
Harris, Richard. “A Working-Class Suburb for Immigrants, Toronto 1909-1913.” Geographical Review 81, no. 3 (1991): 318-332.
Horak, Martin. “Understanding Neighbourhood Revitalization in Toronto.” Paper presented at Canadian Political Science Association, Montreal, 2010.
Kingston, Sharon, Roger Mitchell, Paul Florin, and John Stevenson. “Sense of Community in Neighborhoods as a Multi-Level Construct.” Journal Community Psychology 27, no. 6 (1999): 681-694.
Kumbi, Sara. “Welcome to Moss Park: Neighbourhood Wellbeing Survey Report.” Community Leadership Development. IWIP 2012-2013
Lam, Sunny. “Retrofitting old industrial areas for the new economy, a case study of the leaside industrial district, borough of east York, Metropolitan Toronto.” University of Manitoba FGS – Electronic Theses and Practica (1996); 1-93.
Lombardo, Nicholas “White-Collar Workers and Neighbourhood Change: Jarvis Street in Toronto, 1880–1920”. Urban History Review / Revue d’histoire urbaine 43, no. 1 (2014) : 5-19.
McClelland, Michael. “Reassessing the Recent Past: Tower Neighborhood Renewal in Toronto.” APT Bulletin: Journal of Preservation Technology 42, no. 2–3 (2011): 9-14.
Millward, Andrew A., and Senna Sabir. “Benefits of a Forested Urban Park: What Is the Value of Allan Gardens to the City of Toronto, Canada?” Landscape and Urban Planning 100, no. 3 (2011): 177-88.
Murdie, Robert A. and Carlos Teixera. “Towards a Comfortable Neighbourhood and Appropriate Housing: Immigrant Experiences in Toronto.” CERIS Working Paper 10 (2004): 1-31

Nasar, Jack L. and David A. Julian. “The Psychological Sense of Community in the Neighborhood.” Journal of the American Planning Association 61, no. 2 (1995): 178-184.
Nash, Catherine J. “LGBT Neighbourhoods and ‘New Mobilities’: Towards Understanding Transformations in Sexual and Gendered Urban Landscapes.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 38, no. 3 (2014): 756–772.
Nash, Catherine Jean. “Queering Neighbourhoods: Politics and Practice in Toronto.” ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies 12 no. 2 (2015): 193-219.
Palusci, Oriana. “Nothing is what it appears to be: Bollywood/Hollywood, Little India, Toronto” Tangram Edizioni Scientifiche (2014).
Sheppard, Amanada J., Christina Salmon, Priya Balasubramaniam, Janet Parsons, Gita Singh, Amina Jabbar, Qamar Zaidi, et al. “Are Residents of Downtown Toronto Influenced by their Urban Neighbourhoods? Using Concept Mapping to Examine Neighbourhood Characteristics and their Perceived Impact on Self-Rated Mental Well-being.” International Journal of Health Geographics 11, no. 1 (2012): 31-31.
Toronto Public Health and the Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal. “A Healthy Toronto By Design Report: Toward Healthier Apartment Neighbourhoods.” (2012)
Udoh-Orok, Eno. “Tower Renewal: Community Development in Toronto’s Apartment Neighbourhood of Thorncliffe Park.” Ryerson University Major Research Paper (2018): 1-58.

Digital Frames

Images

Films

All films courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada

Toronto Boom Town
Dir. Leslie McFarlane
1951 | 10 min.

Farewell Oak Street
Dir. Grant McLean
1953 | 16 min.

City Limits
Dir. Laurence Hyde
1971 | 28 min.

Taxi
Dir. Barry Greenwald
1982 | 57 min.

World in a City
Dir. Brett Story
2016 | 13 min.

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