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Young people want large-scale systemic change but reject elite social-service pathways that manage inequity rather than challenging it.

Doomscrolling is over. Now, everyone is “monitoring the situation.”

In government, $100 million is not a shocking price tag for a large software project. The question I get all the time about this is, simply: Why?

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In era of DOGE, what can we learn from a different approach to tech and government

I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

During the 2025 election campaign, prime minister Mark Carney made a striking admission about Canada’s dependence on U.S. tech companies. The Canadian government was in the process of choosing a partn...

Hi pals, I'm not gonna lie, city council voting in favour of an even more oppressive bubble zone bylaw than was previously proposed last week was a huge...

Show Up Toronto is a hub and weekly newsletter of public organizing, mutual aid, and advocacy events from around the city.

Sameer Vasta is an epistolarian, anthropologist, urban explorer, and over-user of the discretionary comma.

Living well and fighting back in a time of terrors

The mayor enlisted an army of contractors to build a one-stop benefits platform. Two years and $100 million later, the website is a skeleton of what it…