Esmond Lee 李春錦

phd candidate, critical geography • community artist • architect
#ScarbTO

[Esmond Lee 李春錦 @esmondlee]

I wrote about my artistic practice ✨

[Human Geography @HGJournal]

Online first and open access: Resisting detached abstraction and universality: The politics and practices of artmaking in the racialized suburbs of Scarborough, Toronto - Esmond Lee, 2026 https://t.co/olHlylQcD0
“This essay reflects on artistic practices as contextually grounded research inseparable from socio-political action through four temporary, limited and site-specific artistic interventions in Scarborough, Toronto's racialized suburb. Drawing from Flyvbjerg's long advocacy for phronesis in critical social sciences, phronetic approach is a problem-driven theoretical methodology that allows scholars, practitioners and activists rooted in the desire for political transformations and social practice to better participate in contested geographies of settler-colonial capitalist sub/urbanization.”

[Human Geography @HGJournal]

Online first and open access: Resisting detached abstraction and universality: The politics and practices of artmaking in the racialized suburbs of Scarborough, Toronto - Esmond Lee, 2026 https://t.co/olHlylQcD0
“This essay reflects on artistic practices as contextually grounded research inseparable from socio-political action through four temporary, limited and site-specific artistic interventions in Scarborough, Toronto's racialized suburb. Drawing from Flyvbjerg's long advocacy for phronesis in critical social sciences, phronetic approach is a problem-driven theoretical methodology that allows scholars, practitioners and activists rooted in the desire for political transformations and social practice to better participate in contested geographies of settler-colonial capitalist sub/urbanization.”

[Esmond Lee 李春錦 @esmondlee]

Buffalo always feels like home ✨🐺

[Esmond Lee 李春錦 @esmondlee]

Scarborough is wild

[TTCriders @ttcriders]

Public wi-fi should be expanded, not cut!

The backroom deal made with Rogers under the previous mayor & TTC Board is not in riders' best interests:

"According to the briefing note, continuing to offer public internet access "was not included in the TTC's agreement with Rogers."

[Ranu Basu @BasuRanu]

Humbled to share this inspiring conversation with Dr. Aleida Guevara.

[Esmond Lee 李春錦 @esmondlee]

The standalone Service Ontario near me has shut down and the next nearest one is inside this Staples. Uniforms are branded with both Staples and Service Ontario logos.

[Rams @ramenrams]

Worst person you know is somewhere saying “I’m passionate about uplifting communities”

[Tamanisha J John @TamanishaJohn]

It is probably closer to 50 police officers in riot gear that York University sent in to clear the encampment — after releasing a statement yesterday which lied about wanting to “establish dialogue with the [*STUDENTS*] in the encampment.”

[AbdouMaliq Simone @XazaarAdjame]

And how many starchitect firms will drop their drawers to get into the action especially in the collapse of the Saudi Line. And under the auspices of a smart 15 minute city. Again innovation=plunder.

[Esmond Lee 李春錦 @esmondlee]

Revitalization for whom? An important book that challenges the "successes" of Regent Park and Lawrence Heights redevelopment #topoli

Check out my review for @ERSjournal https://t.co/41WIOt1ZU2

[Ethnic and Racial Studies @ERSjournal]

#ERSBookReviews 📚

Rosa’s book reveals how #marginalized communities in #Toronto mobilize and contest planners’ and police officers’ (re)production of #race and #class #hierarchies under neoliberal urban revitalization.

Read @esmondlee's review here: https://t.co/TyKW38KZAS

[Luisa Sotomayor @LuisaSotomayorA]

#Toronto is in a housing crisis, and crisis talk can confuse. Here, we debunk the dominant discourse of market housing supply and point to new openings through which housing may come to serve diverse social needs, not land rent imperatives. Open access via @Radical_Housing

[Esmond Lee 李春錦 @esmondlee]

urban renewal, revitalization, community building, etc etc

[Lana Tatour @Lana_Tatour]

“A house on the beach is not a dream”: An Israeli real estate company specialising in Jewish settlements in the West Bank is planning for the day after. This is beyond aspirational, their staff is already working on plans.

[Momen El-Husseiny @MomenElHusseiny]

[New Cities project] Israeli architects & planners started rendering images & visuals for “sustainable new city” in Gaza comprising of 6 colonial settlements. The atrocious complicit involvement of experts is no less occupying as the armed machines; both are mutually-constitutive

[Esmond Lee 李春錦 @esmondlee]

I'll be presenting my ongoing research and art on migration and settlement in Toronto's suburbs at this event✨#ScarbTO

[Women's College Hospital @WCHospital]

On November 8 we are hosting our first in a series of annual public events supported this year by @CIHR_IRSC. Join us as we discuss ways to make our cities healthier and better places to live for everyone
#UrbanHealth

Learn more: https://t.co/zd5tgj6zgQ

[Esmond Lee 李春錦 @esmondlee]

#ScarbTO✨

[Esmond Lee 李春錦 @esmondlee]

This is kind of random but I'll be hosting the entertainment part of this event 😅🤷‍♂️

[City of Toronto 🇨🇦 @cityoftoronto]

This year, the iconic Scarborough Civic Centre marks its 50th anniversary! 🎉

Join the celebrations on Sunday, October 1, at 1 p.m. at 150 Borough Dr., Scarborough. To find out more, visit: https://t.co/eJFRxqSe4e #ScarboroughCC50

[Esmond Lee 李春錦 @esmondlee]

Last week to check out my curation of these great artists whose processes and outcomes challenge and resist the binary construct of "newcomer". Thanks to @DMG_UTSC for giving me the freedom and support to realize this project.

[Doris McCarthy Gallery @DMG_UTSC]

Last week! Visit 'Persisting Multiplicities' in the @UTSC Instructional Centre Vitrines before September 30. Works by Mariana Bolaños, Fei Ji & Dana Prieto address migration, diasporic realities & the complexities of the newcomer experience. More info: https://t.co/S8pjEsVhXd