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David Gauntlett is Professor of Media and Communications at the School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster.

EVOKE is a ten-week crash course in changing the world. It is free to play and open to anyone, anywhere. The goal of the social network game is to help empower young people all over the world, and especially young people in Africa, to come up with creative solutions to our most urgent social problems.

The artistic collaborative Green Island team -- consisting of Imamura Yuichiro, Imakawa and Taguchi Ryo -- are keeping their fingers crossed that urban developers sit up and take notice of their digital landscape transformations...and maybe even go as far as to make them a reality.

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The new blockbuster James Cameron film Avatar has been drawing a lot of heat from across the ideological spectrum.

Architecture clearly illustrates the social, environmental, economic, and aesthetic costs of ignoring beauty. We are being torn out of ourselves by the loud gestures of people who want to seize our attention but give nothing in return.

The Futurists loved speed, noise, machines, pollution, and cities; they embraced the exciting new world that was then upon them rather than hypocritically enjoying the modern world’s comforts while loudly denouncing the forces that made them possible

It can’t be an accident that no one likes the Northern growth plan. It took a lot of work to produce a document with so little content. The major result seems to be that more and more Northerners are talking about seceding from Ontario

We have a chance at two structures that could attract development to the downtown. They sit on high ground in the city, offering a unique view of our past and our future. They are also incredibly sturdy -- based on the mass of water they had to support.This is exactly the time of visionary project that Bruce Mau has suggested Sudbury undertake. Redeveloping the towers would enhance our green reputation.

Create an idea that will make a positive change in your community. Enter it in our competition and get your friends to vote for it. The most popular ideas will have a chance at being funded with the $500,000 Aviva Community Fund.

While Sudbury, or imagery from Sudbury, surfaces frequently in the anthology, the poets come from all over the country -- from Fredericton to Vancouver. Only Roger Nash lives in Sudbury, although Margaret Christakos, who has published seven volumes and had a novel short-listed for the Trillium Book Award, did call Sudbury home before moving to Toronto. Her poem, Wellington, is about a hilly street in the hospital neighbourhood.

It’s not just more people using city spaces that makes Nuit Blanche interesting; it’s the way those people interact with those spaces that’s significant. Public spaces, private spaces and all the grey spaces in between have the potential to be transformed

Chictopia is a fashion destination website that answers the ultimate question: What looks good on you?What defines you? It is your body shape, your skin tone, your age, and your style preference. By connecting style seekers to trend setters that are similar in shape, size and taste, Chictopia offers the most valuable resource for style inspiration and shopping guidance.