Robert WJ

I am an urban planner @Gladki_Planning. I like housing/employment lands. I like maps.

[Robert WJ @RobertWalterJ]

I’m now posting on Bluesky: https://t.co/OmeQbLur0B
If you’re there too, come say hi.

[TUC Podcast Host 🐂✒️ / GTA New Housing Consultant @benmyers29]

MMAH briefing

[Robert WJ @RobertWalterJ]

@jasontsang @CityPlanTO Map 35 could do with an update though.

[Robert WJ @RobertWalterJ]

@311Toronto Sink hole developing quickly at Brandon Avenue West of Lansdowne. West side of intersection with St Clarens Ave in Westbound Lane.

[Robert WJ @RobertWalterJ]

@311Toronto street light detached and hanging by a cable. 1st lamp north of Dupont Street on the east side of Symington Avenue.

[ULI Toronto @ULIToronto]

Now @RobertWalterJ, @Gladki_Planning and Deirdre McCorkindale, The Chatham Kent Black Historical Society join Natasha to explore the implications of this colonial history on the future of infrastructure, private land development, and the public realm

[Gladki Planning Associates @Gladki_Planning]

We are honoured that our project, #ReimaginingtheMall, has been selected for a @CIP_ICU Award for Planning Excellence. We are thrilled to have worked with such an excellent team that included @DTAHtoronto, @urbmetrics, @citymississauga, and @regionofpeel Public Health.

[Audra Burch @abscribe]

The central question we tried to answer, what was lost when Greenwood burned in a fury of hate and flames. Worked with an all-star graphics team. @yparshina @singhvianjali via @NYTimes https://t.co/qFvEXnU0CW

[The Leadership Conference @civilrightsorg]

“Greenwood represented all the best of what was possible for Black people in America – and for all the people. No one cared about us for almost 100 years. We, and our history, have been forgotten, washed away. This Congress must recognize us and our history.” #Tulsa100

[The Leadership Conference @civilrightsorg]

“I am a survivor of the Tulsa race massacre. Two weeks ago, I celebrated my 107th birthday. Today, I’m visiting Washington, DC for the first time in my life. I’m here seeking justice, and I'm asking my country to acknowledge what happened in Tulsa in 1921.”

–Viola Fletcher

[James Wattie @jameswattie]

#BREAKING: Anyone in Ontario 30+ should be able to book a vaccine appointment starting May 17th.

For 18+, May 24th*

*"based on current understanding of vaccine deliveries"

[Kerry W. @bigdisneyfan]

@PHealthGnome @l_stone https://t.co/HFqDmYog3P Is where these restrictions are posted. There are also links on this page to other restrictions.

[University Health Network @UHN]

UHN Critical Care Physician @DrKaliBarrett spoke with @CBC about who is most impacted by COVID-19.

[University Health Network @UHN]

"To me, what COVID has exposed is that the pre-existing condition has been chronic neglect."

Dr. Andrew Boozary (@drandrewb), UHN's Exec. Director of Population Health and Social Medicine, was interviewed by @NewsHour.

[Robert WJ @RobertWalterJ]

@nlamontagne Agreex1,000... beyond early building material and nuisance bylaws.. from zoning's earliest development it was seen as tool for social control.. for all sorts of varying (and some unsavory) objectives.

[Uju Anya @UjuAnya]

My child got sent to Zoom detention for not paying attention in Zoom 4th grade. Email said here’s the link to access the room to serve detention.

I swear I’m trying so hard to take this life seriously.

[Robert WJ @RobertWalterJ]

The story of precarious land titles held by Black owners is similar to that of Black communities in Nova Scotia.
https://t.co/gFhJaQf2n9

[Robert WJ @RobertWalterJ]

Really interesting story. About half of black owned land in the US is held as 'heirs property'. It's a historic and precarious form of ownership.

How Jacob Loud's Land Was Lost https://t.co/MAvhC2yAYO via @nprone

[Robert WJ @RobertWalterJ]

We can't achieve equity without probing the tools that we use as planners. We can't achieve brighter futures without understanding our past. A worthy exercise for all planners, please put in the effort and ask questions.

[Gladki Planning Associates @Gladki_Planning]

Building on our team’s previous discussions on zoning, today’s lunch & learn focused on land use planning and race in Canada. Planner @RobertWalterJ led us through a wide-ranging discussion of how planning policy is entwined in larger systems of exclusion and segregation.

[The Local Magazine (Archived Account) @TheLocal_TO]

Here’s our latest. https://t.co/aCLtUBw5SS