David Gordon

Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Queen's Univ. Urbanist, Teacher, Author, Cyclist. Research on suburbs, capital cities, planning histories.

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

Canada is a suburban nation. The Canadian Suburbs Atlas provides new neighbourhood maps & data for all 41 Census Metropolitan Areas. Thanks @UofTCities @CanUrbanism
Report available here:
https://t.co/aaG4YnJ2vn
Maps, data & Google Earth available here:
https://t.co/R5zBvjJGOG

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

It is sad that the USA is no longer Canada's friend or ally. Although I was a loyal @Dell customer for over 30 years, spending over $50K, I will no longer buy American tech & will recommend the same to @QueensU. My new desktop is from Taiwan. #ByeAmerica @MichaelDell

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

@EricLDaugh @JustinTrudeau @RonDeSantis My family were one of those that visited Florida in 2024, adding $10,000 to the American economy before the USA stopped being Canada's friend & ally. We cancelled our American vacation last month & went to the Caribbean instead; never to return to FL #ByeAmerica

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

As a former @FulbrightPrgrm Senior Scholar, it saddens me to see that the USA is no longer Canada's friend or ally. Although we enjoyed a lovely #Florida holiday last year, we will not return. We cancelled our American vacation and will visit the Caribbean instead. #ByeAmerica

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

Calgary looks to prezoning to open up old shopping malls to housing /via @globeandmail https://t.co/O5dKXyKSDU

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

@jwhiteyvr @QueensSURP @john_s_andrew Great to see you all again!

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

See this Instagram post by @queensucareers https://t.co/U6VrimnedN

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

How Canada became a suburban nation: our research on @CMHC_ca lead role in changing the design of post-war neighbourhoods. Free copies from Journal of Urban Design for the first 100 downloads:
https://t.co/yC1nYIbB49

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

The second article in Sunday’s @LP_LaPresse discussed the suburbs as the key to elections: 2/2
https://t.co/q0123FFSC6

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

Our team’s research on Canada as a suburban nation and Québec’s suburbs was extensively featured in a two-article portfolio in Sunday’s @LP_LaPresse : 1/2
https://t.co/j5kA1WGp8F
This article includes a link to our interactive map
https://t.co/OE9cfIU1nb

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

Charming article by Nancy Dorrance in this weekend's @globeandmail about the Grenville Park Co-operative Housing Association, a Kingston neighbourhood designed by Stanley Lash along Garden Suburb lines.
Read the on-line version for more pictures:
https://t.co/wrelVraUro

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

Thought-provoking article on development charges in today's @globeandmail , quoting Professor @asancton
https://t.co/fOJsdtOt1n
For the research behind the article see
https://t.co/09QYjxDRB5

[Canadian Planning & Policy (CPP-APC) @CPP_APC]

Latest article by @asancton explores the origins of #developmentcharges and critically assesses the claim that "growth should pay for growth" https://t.co/LBr8WdWdV4

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

Excellent front page feature on the potential for affordable housing on under-utilized federal lands in @globeandmail
Good research behind the story:
https://t.co/UCITTrKGOh

The on-line version is even better for case studies:
https://t.co/jDwgh6cfA5

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

How to redevelop the suburbs: Promising options from @CanUrbanism Urbanizing Suburbia caucus in a Y magazine article co-authored with @alex_taranu and Miranda Brintnell

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

Glad you enjoyed the book. More background and the original plans in the book's web site:
https://t.co/rUi6mhJQhX

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

Just wrapped up reading @ProfDavidGordon’s Town and Crown. Learned so much about Ottawa-Gatineau’s planning history. Cannot recommend enough.

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

Capstone refereed article on how Canada became a suburban nation so quickly after WW2, citing the influence of the 1944 Curtis Report and the post-war activism of @CMHC_ca and the Community Planning Association of Canada. https://t.co/GXvumRL75u

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

Our five years of archival research on how Canada became a suburban nation, cited in this article, can be accessed from the links in this op-ed:
https://t.co/MpVYbkDbuF

[The Rundown @therundowntvo]

Home front: Why housing became part of Canada’s war effort https://t.co/Ak13nGvV8J — by @Karen_L_Black

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

This articles summarizes five years of archival and census research by our team, with links to the refereed journal articles.

[The Conversation Canada @ConversationCA]

Canada is a suburban nation because of post-Second World War government policy https://t.co/1rvs6Kuwum

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

Proposed co-op project featured by @shawnmicallef in @TorontoStar looks good & has long-term potential. Note that co-ops in St. Lawrence (1970s) and Bathurst Quay (1980s) are still affordable today, while subsidized private rentals of the era are not.
https://t.co/bpcLAex38r

[David Gordon @ProfDavidGordon]

Glad to hear that Planning Canadian Communities remains useful for your course. The book's website is available to everybody and contains many valuable resources
https://t.co/WPi0W93SNI

[Brian Killin @Thepowerdresser]

@ProfDavidGordon @UofTCities @CanUrbanism What an excellent resource! Best wishes for the new year from a guy who ordered many copies of your text on Community Planning over the years for my students…

[David Fleischer @Fleischmarket]

@alexbozikovic @alex_taranu @ProfDavidGordon @CanUrbanism I kind of wanted to pull out Professor Gordon, like the Marshall McLuhan bit from Annie Hal, to explain to @JohnIbbitson how his data was being mis-portrayed but really, the development in VMC between 2019 and 2023 undermines the article off the top.
https://t.co/v5vL4K4WwQ