Show Up Toronto - May 21, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Write On! is a cool project that supports people in prison through research and correspondence. They're looking for volunteers who...
Show Up Toronto - May 14, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Happy municipal election season! May 1st marked the first day candidates can actually register to run in this fall’s municipal...
Show Up Toronto Turns 1! - May 7, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, This week, Show Up Toronto turns 1 year old! Before I say anything else about it: please take the reader survey so I can get a...
Show Up Toronto - April 30, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Despite having spent my entire career making things on the internet, I often joke that computers were a mistake. They probably...
Show Up Toronto - April 23, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Happy belated Earth Day! There are a ton of environmental events this weekend, from community clean-ups to bike rides to a turtle...
Show Up Toronto - April 16, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Sometimes, life and extreme weather conditions conspire against your best-laid newsletter plans. At least this email is, by the...
Show Up Toronto - April 9, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Next Monday there are two federal byelections in Toronto - one in University-Rosedale to replace Chrystia Freeland, and another in...
Show Up Toronto - April 2, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Today I bring you two quick City of Toronto things: Toronto City Council's Confronting Anti-Black Racism Committee passed a...
Show Up Toronto - March 26, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Hundreds of students from across Ontario converged at Queen's Park this past Tuesday to defend their education, and it seems like...
Show Up Toronto - March 19, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, You may have noticed this newsletter is coming to you two days later than usual. This is because Show Up is switching to a...
Show Up Toronto - March 10, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, There was a big student protest last week at Queen's Park against the proposed OSAP cuts, where of course the cops showed up to...
Show Up Toronto - March 3, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Not much of a preamble this week, as I'm traveling for work. The war on Iran is horrifying and our complicity in it belies every...
Show Up Toronto - February 24, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, The Senate social affairs committee has recommended removing the immigration-related sections from the border bill that migrant...
Show Up Toronto - February 17, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Happy Lunar New Year and Ramadan Mubarak. I hope you enjoyed the long weekend if you you had the extra time off. The weather is...
Show Up Toronto - February 10, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Since I am usually in the business of bringing you bleak news, here's a slightly heartening story from last week: the Advocacy...
Show Up Toronto - February 3, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, A pile of you joined the newsletter after last week's email! Welcome! It is always lovely to know that something I've written is...
Show Up Toronto - January 27, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, I really thought I would be spending this newsletter talking about Carney's speech at Davos, widely and largely uncritically...
Show Up Toronto - January 20, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, The news continues to be a horror-show both abroad and at home, so I was a little bit cheered to see that the Supreme Court of...
Show Up Toronto - January 13, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, This past weekend there was a so-called "Canada First" rally at Nathan Philips Square promoted by a group of ideologues parroting...
Show Up Toronto - January 6, 2026
Hello friends and neighbours, Happy new year, and I hope you were able to get some rest the past few weeks. Unfortunately 2026 is already on notice, opening...