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Escaping the institutional monoculture
How can we spread more diverse forms?
https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett/escaping-the-institutional-monoculture-88891acb9773

Escaping the institutional monoculture

How can we spread more diverse forms?

Medium

Doug Mirams 1h ago

You Have More Land Than You Think
Clever design creates more housing on small sites
https://www.southernurbanism.org/p/you-have-more-land-than-you-think

You Have More Land Than You Think

Clever design creates more housing on small sites

Southern Urbanism

Doug Mirams 1h ago

What policies would Americans support to help family caregivers? -- Pew Research
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2026/02/26/what-policies-would-americans-support-to-help-family-caregivers/

What policies would Americans support to help family caregivers?

Most Americans say they would support the U.S. government requiring employers to provide paid family leave, among other benefits. Views differ by party.

Pew Research Center

Doug Mirams 16h ago

Site of former abandoned KFC in Toronto is a step closer to becoming park
https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/03/site-former-abandoned-kfc-toronto-step-park/

Site of former abandoned KFC in Toronto is a step closer to becoming park

A long-awaited park at the corner of Queen Street West and Augusta Avenue is inching closer to reality after years of planning The City of Toronto i…

blogTO

Doug Mirams 22h ago

Durham named 2025 Intelligent Community of the Year

Durham Region has been named 2025 Intelligent Community of the Year by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), a recognition of innovation, workforce development and commitment to inclusion.

https://durhampost.ca/durham-named-2025-intelligent-community-of-the-year

Durham named 2025 Intelligent Community of the Year - Durham Post

Durham Region is celebrating a global achievement. The region has been named 2025 Intelligent Community of the Year

Durham Post

Doug Mirams 1d ago

“to whom did this new city truly belong?” — @cjoneswrites https://medium.com/p/why-this-is-one-of-edgar-degas-most-radical-paintings-f0079fa0c6ac

Why This is One of Edgar Degas’ Most Radical Paintings

A glimpse into the café reverie of 19th-century Paris

Medium

Doug Mirams 1d ago

Building a civic statecraft
To support civic renewal, government needs new capabilities
https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett/building-a-civic-statecraft-0fe73aba0d2e

Building a civic statecraft

To support civic renewal, government needs new capabilities

Medium

Doug Mirams 1d ago

Science Centre's 'hazardous' roof still fine while new TTC station next door rains indoors #fordnation https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/03/science-centres-roof-fine-while-new-ttc-station-rains-indoors/

Science Centre's 'hazardous' roof still fine while new TTC station next door rains indoors

It has been nearly two years since Doug Ford unceremoniously shuttered the Ontario Science Centre, citing vague concerns over the roof's future stabi…

blogTO

Doug Mirams 1d ago

HART hub opens in Whitby, another soon in Oshawa

Ontario is expanding access to mental health and addictions care with the launch of a new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (Hart) hub in Whitby.

https://durhampost.ca/hart-hub-opens-in-whitby-another-soon-in-oshawa

Hart hub opens in Whitby, another soon in Oshawa - Durham Post

Province supporting community safety and addiction recovery with 28 HART Hubs delivering care across Ontario

Durham Post

Doug Mirams 1d ago

Information Triage: A Librarian's Guide to the Current Threat Environment
Reliable information doesn't disappear in a crisis. It gets buried under everything that isn't.
https://cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/information-triage-a-librarians-guide