Vancouver’s “hippie problem”
In the late 1960s Kitsilano was a centre for the Canadian counterculture. How did Vancouver respond?
How Did the Urban Reformers Change Toronto?
A review essay that asks: Is it time for a reassessment of the history of 1970s urban reform in Toronto?
Toronto Heritage Awards
I’m delighted to be nominated for Heritage Toronto’s 2015 Short Publication prize.
Exploring New Directions for Active History
Seven years in, it’s time to take stock of the Active History project. That’s the spirit behind the New Directions in Active History Conference, taking place next week (October 2-4) in London, ON.
The Die-in: A Short History from the 1960s to Today
When did playing dead become a way of speaking out? In this post, I present a short history of the die-in.
Creating Toronto: A Walking Tour
This year, I was pleased to be asked to lead a Heritage Toronto walking tour of downtown, entitled “Creating Toronto: The Story of the City in Seven Stops”.
Remaking and Reimagining the City
I’m excited to be presenting my research on the Toronto Eaton Centre for the first time at the annual meeting of the CHA in Ottawa.
Toronto vs. Montréal: A Short History
In this post, I look back at nearly two centuries of real (and imagined) rivalry between Canada’s two metropoles.
The king in a car park: Digging up Richard III
In this post, I take a look at Richard III´s extraordinary return to the public eye over the past two years: it’s a story about much more than archaeology and historical inquiry, as it turns out.
Private Parts in Public Places
New History Lab is a seminar series at the University of Leicester, organized by graduate students in the School of History.
Feeling the City: Getting at the Historical Sights and Sounds of Downtown
In today’s post, I want to talk about how the “feel of the city” has come up in my own research, why it matters, and what one innovative UK project is doing to record and interpret it.
“When Sex Dominated Yonge Street”: My piece in Spacing Magazine’s Fall 2014 issue
My article in the latest issue of Spacing takes a look at 1970s debates over vice on Yonge Street. Check it out!
Stop the Smut! Citizen Activism and Toronto’s Sin Strip, 1972-1973
This Friday, October 3rd, I’ll be taking part in a panel on vice and citizen activism at a conference in Montréal. The only thing is…I’m in the UK.
Across the pond
This fall, the view from my window looks a bit different. Until December, I’ll be an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Urban History in Leicester, UK.
