dr david j roberts

Prof and Director of the Urban Studies Program @ the University of Toronto. I study: refugee services, race, social justice, mega events, soccer, pirates, & p3s

[Malcontent News @MalcontentmentT]

Hot Take: Over 5M World Cup tickets have been sold. These were likely bought by scalpers, brokers, and ticket agencies to resell for a profit.

The World Cup will be a financial disaster for many US host cities. The secondary ticket market is going to get absolutely crushed, and it couldn't happen to a nicer group of people.

[dr david j roberts @kingofva]

GOMS

[dr david j roberts @kingofva]

GOMS

[World Baseball Classic @WBCBaseball]

JULIO RODRÍGUEZ HOME RUN ROBBERY! #WorldBaseballClassic

[The End of Sport (@endofsportpod.bsky.social) @EndofSportPod]

Migration and Racial Capitalism

Vital new convo with the amazing @HarshaWalia on the connections between migration, racial capitalism, and the role of sports mega events in normalizing surveillance and militarization.

https://t.co/rUXXhsmdci

[CathyCrowe @cathycrowe.bsky.social 🇨🇦 @cathyacrowe]

#FIFAWorldCup trumps #toronto chronic shelter emerg.
'Exhibition Place respite centre for homeless Torontonians to close before end of winter season due to FIFA World Cup booking.'
@MayorOliviaChow

https://t.co/9fIle2Qq2z @TorontoStar

[Doug Johnson Hatlem @djjohnso]

INTEL*: Toronto is closing Better Living Centre as makeshift homeless shelter (prev. reported) to set it up as HQ for FIFA for Toronto’s portion of the World Cup (prev unreported).

*yes, still get occasionally

@cathyacrowe @GraphicMatt @ChrisYphoto @_VictoriaGibson @CBCLorenda

[dr david j roberts @kingofva]

More Bobo

[CathyCrowe @cathycrowe.bsky.social 🇨🇦 @cathyacrowe]

What does @cityoftoronto do when all 7 warming centres 100% full and numbers in shelter system overall peak at 9499 Jan 19? #homeless #urban #sheltershortfall

@CityNewsTO @CP24 @CBCToronto @globalnewsto @CTVToronto @TorontoStar @globeandmail @BenSpurr

https://t.co/FLxHDiFGQb

[dr david j roberts @kingofva]

Never any doubt 😬

[Seattle Mariners @Mariners]

⚾ REPOST TO WIN ⚾

We’re giving away a signed Josh Naylor baseball and all you need to do is hit that repost button to enter.

[dr david j roberts @kingofva]

Juuuuuuuuuullllllllio!

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

In 2025, a postal code remains a better predictor of health outcomes than a genetic code.

[dr david j roberts @kingofva]

GOMS! LFG

[dr david j roberts @kingofva]

Extend. Him.

[dr david j roberts @kingofva]

GOMS

[dr david j roberts @kingofva]

GOMS

[dr david j roberts @kingofva]

He is him

[Josh Matlow @JoshMatlow]

A lesson for Metrolinx: Building new transit stations during a housing affordability crisis. How to do it and how not to do it.

[CityNews Toronto @CityNewsTO]

Toronto hospital housing model "a gift" to residents as ER visits reduced by half. https://t.co/BmAAmK0ffd