Mary Breen

Dec 18, 2023 | spacing.ca | Dylan Reid |Sean Marshall |Mary Breen

There’s no doubt Yonge-Dundas Square needs a new name. Whatever you think about the Henry Dundas controversy, the square’s current name sounds like placeholder, a purely descriptive moniker holding down the fort until something more memorable, with more character, more “there” there, comes along. Twenty years after the square was opened, it is high time it got a better name. And a process was in place to choose a new name.

Dec 13, 2023 | spacing.ca | Jamie Bradburn |Mary Breen

Holiday-themed window displays have long been part of our retail landscape. This story, originally published by Torontoist on December 23, 2015, touches upon the greatest Christmas window rivalry in 20th century Toronto, and how modern displays can be used to address social issues.

Aug 21, 2023 | spacing.ca | Andrea Gunraj |Shauna Brail |Shawn Micallef |Mary Breen

One of the first actions Toronto’s new Mayor Olivia Chow took was to declare intimate partner violence and all forms of gender-based violence a city-wide epidemic. She followed the path laid by the Renfrew County inquest into murders of Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Nathalie Warmerdam. That inquest led to the declaration of an intimate partner violence epidemic in the region and sparked declarations of abuse epidemics in over 30 other Ontario municipalities.

Mar 31, 2023 | theglobeandmail.com | Mary Breen