How do you define a city?

In 2019, I drove back from my spring semester in London, Ontario, to my hometown Calgary, Alberta. Accompanying me…

About the Course: ‘Seeing Like a City’

The world is now urban.

What makes a city a city?

Has anyone outside of this course really thought about what makes a city a city? I’m in this course and if it…

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…

To be or not to be Leslie Knope

Prior to this course, most of my understanding of municipal governments came from watching Parks and…

Ontario’s Next Top Model: Regional Governance Edition

Public service woes be gone

In the wake of last week’s assigned readings and lecture material, a strange, if not unfamiliar, sensation…

Regional Government, who?

Whenever I hear the term “region”, the first image that pops up is Peel Regional Police.

Power Brokers, Power Through Brokerage, and Municipal Government