Anneke Smit
@annekesmit.bsky.social
Law prof. (Border + Midsize) Cities. RCE Detroit-Windsor, Centre for Cities (C4C) Housing Systems Innovation Lab.
RCE: https://s.wayne.edu/unrce/
C4C: windsorlawcities.ca
Housing: centreforcities.ca/housing-lab
RCE: https://s.wayne.edu/unrce/
C4C: windsorlawcities.ca
Housing: centreforcities.ca/housing-lab
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The fall of HBC got me thinking about all the empty spaces above & below ground in Toronto & what might become of them. Maybe shops, maybe places for culture. Discotheques in the PATH? A bar on the 6th floor of an old dep't store? Other countries go up and down just fine...my Star of Tor Ont column.
Shawn Micallef: Why the secret to unlocking Toronto’s retail future might be learning to go up and down stairs
North Americans don’t naturally go up or down when shopping. With exceptions, we’re a ground-floor kind of place.
www.thestar.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The fall of HBC got me thinking about all the empty spaces above & below ground in Toronto & what might become of them. Maybe shops, maybe places for culture. Discotheques in the PATH? A bar on the 6th floor of an old dep't store? Other countries go up and down just fine...my Star of Tor Ont column.
An honour to be present as a $37 million (!!) federal investment in housing and infrastructure for Lakeshore was announced this morning.
March 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
An honour to be present as a $37 million (!!) federal investment in housing and infrastructure for Lakeshore was announced this morning.
Reposted by Anneke Smit
Site of the 1945 ford strike blockade that eventually established the Rand formula in labour relations. A 1930 depression era project to get under the rail corridor. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_St...
March 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Site of the 1945 ford strike blockade that eventually established the Rand formula in labour relations. A 1930 depression era project to get under the rail corridor. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_St...
Our C4C Housing Lab team will be speaking next Thursday at this dialogue, on “Planning and the Housing Crisis in Windsor: at a Critical Juncture”. Join us.
March 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Our C4C Housing Lab team will be speaking next Thursday at this dialogue, on “Planning and the Housing Crisis in Windsor: at a Critical Juncture”. Join us.
Debate is good for democracy. *Most* of the parties running candidates in Windsor West and Windsor Tecumseh will be represented. Come out Wednesday at 7 if you can. There will be refreshments ☕️.
February 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Debate is good for democracy. *Most* of the parties running candidates in Windsor West and Windsor Tecumseh will be represented. Come out Wednesday at 7 if you can. There will be refreshments ☕️.
I support the focus on buying Canadian. But also in a border city: never has the connection between the 2 parts of this Canada-US urban region been more important. Proud of this cross-border Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE Detroit Windsor). Join tomorrow.
myinforum.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/m...
myinforum.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/m...
February 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I support the focus on buying Canadian. But also in a border city: never has the connection between the 2 parts of this Canada-US urban region been more important. Proud of this cross-border Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE Detroit Windsor). Join tomorrow.
myinforum.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/m...
myinforum.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/m...
Reposted by Anneke Smit
Every year since 1971, the people of Halifax have sent a Christmas Tree to the people of Boston as a thank you for Boston’s immediate aid in the aftermath of a devastating, deadly explosion in Halifax in 1917. 🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇸
February 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Every year since 1971, the people of Halifax have sent a Christmas Tree to the people of Boston as a thank you for Boston’s immediate aid in the aftermath of a devastating, deadly explosion in Halifax in 1917. 🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇸
Reposted by Anneke Smit
Some context here:
In the U.S. the tariffs are like one of 5 major political stories this weekend.
In Canada they are everything. Wall to wall coverage. The clicks on our tariff copy are setting records - never seen a reaction like this to a single-day news event.
In the U.S. the tariffs are like one of 5 major political stories this weekend.
In Canada they are everything. Wall to wall coverage. The clicks on our tariff copy are setting records - never seen a reaction like this to a single-day news event.
If you’re wondering how big of a deal this is for Canada, the public broadcaster has been live-streaming coverage almost non-stop for the past 11 hours.
February 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Some context here:
In the U.S. the tariffs are like one of 5 major political stories this weekend.
In Canada they are everything. Wall to wall coverage. The clicks on our tariff copy are setting records - never seen a reaction like this to a single-day news event.
In the U.S. the tariffs are like one of 5 major political stories this weekend.
In Canada they are everything. Wall to wall coverage. The clicks on our tariff copy are setting records - never seen a reaction like this to a single-day news event.
Canada-US relations look really different at the border. RCE Detroit-Windsor is a broad cross-border (UWindsor and Wayne State) community-facing collab working on a sustainable urban future for the border region. Happy to connect you with the people who know what you need to know about #borderlife.
Journalists! Windsor - Detroit is the key window into this conflict. People + trade. If you want smart cross border commentary contact the Regional Centre for Expertise, a new U Windsor & Wayne State effort. Good people. Good cities. Good friends. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
s.wayne.edu/unrce/
s.wayne.edu/unrce/
UNRCE
s.wayne.edu
February 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Canada-US relations look really different at the border. RCE Detroit-Windsor is a broad cross-border (UWindsor and Wayne State) community-facing collab working on a sustainable urban future for the border region. Happy to connect you with the people who know what you need to know about #borderlife.
Nice to see you all here.
February 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Nice to see you all here.