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Toronto/City Politics
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results21 Connexions Library2 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 6 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryCanadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 1 - May 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 The City and Radical Social Change  Roussopoulos, Dimitrios Book 1982 A collection of essays dealing with the dynamics of the new forces for social change in our urban milieu, discussing how new ideas are contributing to an urban insurgency which could lead to a new cit... Democracy loses out Diemer, Ulli Article 1978 The people can say what they want, they can vote how they want, but the bureaucrats make the decisions. Fighting Back: Urban Renewal in Trefann Court Fraser, Graham Book 1972 A detailed report on the conflict between city bureaucrats and residents of Trefann Court, a five-block area just east of downtown Toronto. Bent on tearing down as a step towards urban renewal, the pl... Google's 'Smart City of Surveillance' Faces New Resistance in Toronto Kofman, Ava Article 2018 A plan to develop 12 acres of the valuable waterfront just southeast of downtown Toronto
by the government agency Waterfront Toronto and Sidewalk Labs, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. ... How We Changed Toronto: The inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980 Sewell, John Book 2015 By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada's largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, high-rise apa... Inclusion or exclusion Diemer, Ulli Article 2008 People who advocate a vision of distinct communities that speak different languages, keep apart from each other, and communicate with the structures of the larger society only through interpreters, ar... Mackenzie: A political biography of William Lyon Mackenzie Sewell, John Book 2002 History has often dismissed William Lyon Mackenzie as a comical figure, or as the political hothead who bungled the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Former Toronto mayor John Sewell suggests he may act... Nexus: A magazine of land, corporate and community affairs Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Focusing on the financial, development, and real estate industries in the urban arena, primarily in Toronto. Published in the 1970s. Some copies are available in the Connexions Archive. Principles governing municipal/provincial financial relationships Article 1997 In past decades, provincial governments have generally recognized the separate nature of local government and have not acted unilaterally in the field of financial relationships, but have attempted to... The Real World of City Politics Lorimer, James Book 1970 A report about what is going on -- and what is going wrong -- in Canada's cities. Urban reneewal, public housing, downtown schools, citizen participation, highrise development, city politicians. Seven News Serial Publication (Periodical) 1970 Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in the area of Toronto east of downtown which at the time was known as Ward 7. Seven News was published from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no long... Sewell, John: Connexipedia Article Article Political activist and writer on municipal affairs. The mayor of Toronto, Canada from 1978 to 1980. (Born 1940). Toronto For Sale: the Destruction of a City Stein, David Lewis Book 1972 An account of how the Toronto City Council rezoned land to maximize land densities, favoring the interests of private developers over the public in the 1970s. Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History Palmer, Bryan D.; Heroux, Gaetan Book 2016 Toronto’s Poor reveals the long and too often forgotten history of poor people’s resistance. It details how the homeless, the unemployed, and the destitute have struggled to survive and secure food an... The Trouble With Co-ops Dineen, Janice Book 1974 The story of a pioneer co-operative housing project in downtown Toronto: Down Area Co-operative Homes, inc. (DACHI). Up Against City Hall Sewell, John Book 1972 John Sewell describes his early life and explains how he accidentally got involved in politics. He tells of his experiences in Trefann Court, and how this opened his eyes to the realities of civic pol... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesSeven News A community newspaper based in the 'Ward 7' area of Toronto: east of downtown, from Sherbourne Street to Logan Avenue, including Don Vale, Cabbagetown, Regent Park, Riverdale, St. Jamestown. Seven New... Who Runs This Town? Information on Toronto politicans and politics. Newsletter available. Sources LibraryBy the people, for the people? Diemer, Ulli 1980 A tiny group of appointed politicians is ignoring the what the people have said they want. Good Accounting is M.I.A City budget system is obsolete: daycare is as much a capital item as bridges Roberts, Wayne 2011 The author calls on Toronto's city hall to recognize that environmental and social programs are a kind of infrastructure in that they create stakeholders in the community. He advocates that the munici... Sewell, Howard returned, Stamm loses decisively Diemer, Ulli 1976 The difference between the campaigns of John Sewell and Janet Howard, on the one hand, and Garry Stamm, on the other, was apparent as soon as you walked across the street from the one headquarters to ... The Tiny Perfect Mayor Caulfield, Jon 1974 An analysis of Toronto city politics in the wake of the election of David Crombie as mayor in 1972. Toronto Council Moves to Protect City's Water from Pipeline Spills Sources News Release 2015 Toronto City Council's motion asking for emergency shut-off values on either side of the City of Toronto's major watercourses reflects increased resident pressure on the city to defend us all against ... Ward 7 NDP campaigns Diemer, Ulli 1978 After having avoided the civic arena since the 1969 municipal election, the Metro Toronto NDP is throwing itself into local politics in the 1978 municipal election. From the Connexions ArchivesCitizens for Local Democracy Newsletter 20, November 1997 Periodical profile published 1992 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1997 Fighting for democracy and against the Harris government. |
