Just as white flight was rooted in xenophobia and racism, gentrification relies on displacement and neglect of marginalized people. At the heart of both is the suppression of alternative narratives.
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![Karl Nerenberg](http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/thumbnail/category_pictures/Karl.jpg "Karl Nerenberg joins rabble to cover news for the rest of us from Parliament Hill. Karl has been a journalist for over 25 years including eight years as the producer of the CBC show The House. He has written scripts for documentary films and long-form television reports for such shows as Le Point and Actuel on Radio Canada television and The Journal on CBC-TV. Karl also founded and, for five years, edited the magazine Federations: What's new in federalism worldwide.
Karl has been awarded a Gemini award, a Best International Documentary Series award (from "la communauté des televisions francophones"), a CBC Radio Award for Best New Series (C'est la vie) among others. As a broadcaster, Mr. Nerenberg produced and directed television series and documentaries in a wide range of genres and on a great variety of subjects -- from civil war in Central America, to the crisis in South Africa's Apartheid system.
Karl works in both English and French, and can be reached at karl@rabble.ca")
Cities Grow Ontario What influences Voters in the inner suburbs?
Oct 3 2011 - 6:00am
Oct 3 2011 - 8:00am
Location
University of Toronto | Scarborough Campus Management Building | Room MW170
Scarborough
Canada
43° 46' 22.6524" N, 79° 15' 27.3924" W
See map: Google Maps
Moderator: Jane Farrow
Five researchers and practitioners reflect on the 2010/2011 elections and voting trends in the inner suburbs that are transforming our political landscape.
Panel:
- Alan Walks, Professor | University of Toronto | Cities Centre
- Trish Hennessy, Director of Strategic Issues | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Professor | Ryerson University
- Dave Meslin, Civic Affairs Advocate
- Israt Ahmed, Community Planner | Social Planning Toronto
Contact name:
Deborah Cowen
Contact email:
November 9, 2010 |
From Dakar to Cairo to Cape Town, Africa's large cities are in trouble, wracked by a host of problems from a lack of clean water and sanitation to bad government and high unemployment.
The city is a sweatshop
Mar 19 2010 - 12:30pm
Mar 20 2010 - 8:00pm
Location
Multiple, see below
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 40' 12.8388" N, 79° 23' 12.318" W
See map: Google Maps
Featuring:
Adil Charkaoui - Migrant Justice Advocate
Lee Maracle - Poet and Author
Clayton Thomas-Mueller - Defenders of the Land
Uzma Shakir - Atkinson Economic Justice Fellow
Sakura Saunders - Media Activist
and many others...
Hidden behind skyscraper towers and corporate greed is a city built on the foundations of stolen land, exploitation of immigrant labor and denial of basic services to those living without full status or in poverty - Toronto. A sweatshop city.
Massive changes to the immigration and refugee system, coupled with renewed Immigration raids have created an even more precarious situation in Toronto, home to thousands of people living without full status.
The Globe and Mail Open House Festival
May 8 2009 - 1:51pm
May 10 2009 - 1:51pm
Location
The Great Hall
7 Hart House Circle
Toronto, ON Canada
43° 39' 47.4012" N, 79° 23' 36.9384" W
See map: Google Maps
Join us for an extraordinary weekend of words and ideas in support of PEN Canada and Frontier College. The Globe and Mail Open House Festival will bring together the very best writers and thinkers from Canada and around the world for a unique program of readings and discussions that will provoke, entertain and enlighten.
Featuring:
