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Feeling the City: Getting at the Historical Sights and Sounds of Downtown | Daniel Ross
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Historian of city politics and urban life. Toronto History Walking Tour. Feeling the City: Getting at the Historical Sights and Sounds of Downtown. Also posted at ActiveHistory.ca. Like most of us humans 80% in Canada, more than 50% worldwide. About my interest in Toronto’s Yonge Street. My dissertation follows some of the big public debates over the future of downtown that took place in Toronto in the 1960s and 1970s. Where did cars and pedestrians fit in? How should private development be managed?
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Private Parts in Public Places | Daniel Ross
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Historian of city politics and urban life. Toronto History Walking Tour. Private Parts in Public Places. Is a seminar series at the University of Leicester, organized by graduate students in the School of History. Since I arrived in Leicester in September, they’ve hosted speakers on everything from local Leicester history to witchhunts to strategies for getting by in grad school. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Dgrdgr (at) yorku...
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Active History | Daniel Ross
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Historian of city politics and urban life. Toronto History Walking Tour. I’m Public Outreach Coordinator and a contributing editor at ActiveHistory.ca. Over the years I’ve published a number of opinion or research pieces on the site, and worked with dozens of authors in an editorial capacity. Follow the links below to read my contributions from the past few years. May 26, 2016. “ What does Canadian history look like? Active History at the 2016 CHA. June 29, 2015. “ The Die-In: A Short History. October 6,...
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CV | Daniel Ross
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Historian of city politics and urban life. Toronto History Walking Tour. For a .pdf version, click here. 2010-present: Doctoral Candidate,. History, York University. 2010: Master of Arts,. History, York University. History, University of Toronto. And Public Outreach Coordinator. 2009-2015: French Managing Editor. Of the academic journal. Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation. 2014: Honorary Visiting Fellow,. Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester, UK. Panic on Love St...
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Urban Transformations: An Avenue For Academic Work in the Community | Daniel Ross
https://historiandanielross.com/2014/07/27/urban-transformations-an-avenue-for-academic-work-in-the-community
Historian of city politics and urban life. Toronto History Walking Tour. Urban Transformations: An Avenue For Academic Work in the Community. A former streetcar maintenance/storage facility now adapted into a vibrant centre for the community) to academics and urbanists, seeking to bring them together to promote a greater understanding of urban life along St. Clair Avenue West, while placing its story in the contexts of Toronto, Canada and urban change worldwide. Detail of the St. Clair interactive map.
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“When Sex Dominated Yonge Street”: My piece in Spacing Magazine’s Fall 2014 issue | Daniel Ross
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Historian of city politics and urban life. Toronto History Walking Tour. 8220;When Sex Dominated Yonge Street”: My piece in Spacing Magazine’s Fall 2014 issue. I’ve written for Spacing Magazine once before, but this is my first feature article. It’s about Toronto debating the massage parlours, strip clubs, and other sex shops that sprung up on Yonge in the 1970s. Pick up a copy of Spacing’s Fall 2014 issue (you can do that here. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Dgrdgr (at) yorku.ca.
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The Die-in: A Short History from the 1960s to Today | Daniel Ross
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Historian of city politics and urban life. Toronto History Walking Tour. The Die-in: A Short History from the 1960s to Today. Originally posted on ActiveHistory.ca. Cycle Toronto die-in, June 2015. Jesse Milns. Le Monde à bicyclette die-in, 1976. Luc Vallières. Le Monde à bicyclette. One thing that immediately struck me was how well-organized the die-ins were. Everyone had assigned places and roles, there were cues and timings, and measures were put in place to protect participants from over-zealous ...
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Here and Now | Daniel Ross
https://historiandanielross.com/2014/06/21/here-and-now
Historian of city politics and urban life. Toronto History Walking Tour. Active historians spend a lot of time discussing the best ways to get their research out to a larger audience. So it’s always a pleasure when the public and media express an interest in our work. On June 20th I biked down to the iconic CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) building in downtown Toronto for an interview on the popular afternoon show Here and Now. Project. Thanks Gill and team! You can listen to the interview here.
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2014 World Congress of Environmental History | Daniel Ross
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Historian of city politics and urban life. Toronto History Walking Tour. 2014 World Congress of Environmental History. As I work through my own research on the history of downtown Toronto, opportunities like this, when I can discuss my work with people working on similar projects, are invaluable. I always leave with some new ideas and a few pages of hastily scribbled notes. Ranjan Chakrabarti (Vidyasagar University, Jadavpur, India). Jaime Ruiz (University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, United States).