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dr david j roberts
@kingofva
Prof and Director of the Urban Studies Program @ the University of Toronto. I study: refugee services, race, social justice, mega events, soccer, pirates, & p3s
Toronto Katılım Şubat 2009
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Migration and Racial Capitalism
Vital new convo with the amazing @HarshaWalia on the connections between migration, racial capitalism, and the role of sports mega events in normalizing surveillance and militarization.
open.spotify.com/episode/1p6JWT…
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#FIFAWorldCup trumps #toronto chronic shelter emerg.
'Exhibition Place respite centre for homeless Torontonians to close before end of winter season due to FIFA World Cup booking.'
@MayorOliviaChow
archive.ph/2Sq8U @TorontoStar
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INTEL*: Toronto is closing Better Living Centre as makeshift homeless shelter (prev. reported) to set it up as HQ for FIFA for Toronto’s portion of the World Cup (prev unreported).
*yes, still get occasionally
@cathyacrowe @GraphicMatt @ChrisYphoto @_VictoriaGibson @CBCLorenda
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What does @cityoftoronto do when all 7 warming centres 100% full and numbers in shelter system overall peak at 9499 Jan 19? #homeless #urban #sheltershortfall
@CityNewsTO @CP24 @CBCToronto @globalnewsto @CTVToronto @TorontoStar @globeandmail @BenSpurr
toronto.ca/city-governmen…
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⚾ REPOST TO WIN ⚾
We’re giving away a signed Josh Naylor baseball and all you need to do is hit that repost button to enter.
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In 2025, a postal code remains a better predictor of health outcomes than a genetic code.
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A lesson for Metrolinx: Building new transit stations during a housing affordability crisis. How to do it and how not to do it.
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Toronto hospital housing model "a gift" to residents as ER visits reduced by half. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/03/tor…
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This is horrifying & really frightening. What the media hasn’t reported yet is that these violent acts that target unhoused people are a growing trend. Many of the attackers are teenagers or even younger. Gov institutions & media regularly contribute… globalnews.ca/news/11425475/…
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