Glyn Bowerman

3 weeks ago | spacing.ca | Glyn Bowerman

In this episode, with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pick of former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson as Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, we reached out to longtime urban affairs writer Frances Bula to learn about Robertson’s housing legacy, and how he might approach his new job. And we speak to Howard Tam, a city builder and founder of Eat More Scarborough food tours about the variety and quality of cuisine there, and how the people of Scarborough are taking back their own story.

Mar 28, 2025 | spacing.ca | John Lorinc |Glyn Bowerman |Albert Koehl

In the face of the relentless ratcheting up of the Trump administration’s economic assault on Canada, we’ve seen basically three types of government responses: almost immediate and very specific retaliatory tariffs, long-term and somewhat diffuse pledges to bolster Canada’s internal economy (i.e., maybe an east-west pipeline, ending inter-provincial trade barriers) and localized gestures that feel more demonstrative than substantial.

Mar 17, 2025 | spacing.ca | Glyn Bowerman |Erika Hennebury |Hannah Fleisher |John Lorinc

In case you missed it: democracy is being usurped! At least, that’s what some of the loudest right-wing voices in Toronto are warning us. And it’s not because of American boots marching over the border to steal our northern riches.

Oct 15, 2024 | spacing.ca | Glyn Bowerman

We’re pleased to bring you another season of The Overhead, and we begin by checking back on a topic we’ve been tracking from the start: community land trusts. This time, we’re focusing specifically on the “community” aspect of land trusts. We’ve spoken about the benefits of removing certain land from the market, preserving it as affordable housing in perpetuity. But how do land trusts help longstanding cultural communities so they can continue to call their neigbourhoods home?

May 30, 2024 | spacing.ca | Glyn Bowerman

Wildfire season has already begun in Canada. Due to climate change, we are seeing more frequent and devastating fires. They choke the air, the decimate the landscape, and they displace people from their homes. So we have to fight them with everything we’ve got. Neal McLoughlin is superintendent of the Predictive Services Unit at BC Wildfire Service.