Sean La PrairieinUrban Policy at Munk (Winter 2022)Some Thoughts On Youth Community Theatre And Its Policy RelevancyLast week’s civil society lecture was quite engaging. It was neat to get some perspective on what Toronto’s largest and most influential…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Sean La PrairieinUrban Policy at Munk (Winter 2022)Bedford Park NIMBY LeagueBeing a full, complete, and only somewhat dramatized account of a neighbourhood battle without honour or humanityFeb 8, 2022Feb 8, 2022
Sean La PrairieWhat I Talk About When I Talk About FundingThinking about the federal-municipal relationship, I was drawn back to a recurring topic — the TCHC. As most anyone could tell you…Feb 8, 2022Feb 8, 2022
Sean La PrairieinUrban Policy at Munk (Winter 2022)Legibility, North York, and Civic VirtueAs a kid, I did a lot of swimming at Douglas Snow Aquatic Centre in North York. It was a great pool, but there wasn’t really a lot of…Feb 1, 20221Feb 1, 20221
Sean La PrairieinUrban Policy at Munk (Winter 2022)Power Brokers, Power Through Brokerage, and Municipal GovernmentThrough last week’s readings and discussions, I thought there was an lot of interesting discussions about municipal powers. But behind…Jan 25, 2022Jan 25, 2022
Sean La PrairieinUrban Policy at Munk (Winter 2022)What are cities (for)?There are, Aristotle argues, four way to go about trying to define something — roughly what it’s made of, how it’s arranged, how it was…Jan 14, 2022Jan 14, 2022