Where are Toronto’s “third places”?
A look at Toronto’s social scene through the lens of sociologist Ray Oldenburg shows that it is evidently lacking in communal, inexpensive, and welcoming spaces.
Juliette is a fourth-year history BA student at York, passionate about geopolitics, and your average trivia nerd. She aspires to follow a masters in data and political journalism, and to one day work for a company like Politico. Last year she went on academic exchange to UniBo in Italy, which sparked her passion for European relations and a caffeine dependence.
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