Mis/Representations & Counter-Narratives

ACADEMIC LITERATURE

Regent Park-Specific Articles

August, M. (2014). Challenging the Rhetoric of Stigmatization: The Benefits of Concentrated Poverty in Toronto’s Regent Park. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 46(6), 1317-1333.

August, M. (2016a). “It’s all about power and you have none:” The marginalization of tenant resistance to mixed-income social housing redevelopment in Toronto, Canada. Cities, 57, 25-32.

Bucerius, S.M., Thompson, S.K. and Berardi, L. (2017). “They’re Colonizing My Neighbourhood”: (Perceptions of) Social Mix in Canada. City & Community, 16(4), 486-505.

Jamil, U. (2015). Making Place: Muslims in the Neighbourhood. Contemporary Islam, 9(3), 321-335.

Kelly, S. (2013). The New Normal: The Figure of the Condo Owner in Toronto’s Regent Park. City & Community, 25(2), 173-194.

Laughlin, D.L., and Johnson, L.C. (2011). Defining and exploring public space: perspectives of young people from Regent Park, Toronto. Children’s Geographies, 9(3-4), 439-456.

Mele, C. (2019). The strategic uses of race to legitimize ‘social mix’ urban redevelopment. Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, 25(1), 27-40.

Purdy, S. (2003b). “Ripped off” by the System: Housing Policy, Poverty, and Territorial Stigmatization in Regent Park Housing Project, 1951-1991. Labour, 52, 45-108.

Purdy, S. (2004). By the People, for the People: Tenant Organizing in Toronto’s Regent Park Housing Project in the 1960s and 1970s. Journal of Urban History, 30(4), 519-548.

Purdy, S. (2005). Framing Regent Park: the National Film Board of Canada and the construction of ‘outcast spaces’ in the inner city, 1953 and 1994. Media, Culture & Society, 27(4), 523-549.

Thompson, S.K., Bucerius, S.M., and Luguya, M. (2013). Unintended Consequences of Neighbourhood Restructuring: Uncertainty, Disrupted Social Networks and Increased Fear of Violent Victimization among Young Adults. The British Journal of Criminology, 53(5), 924-941.

Urbanik, M. (2018). Drawing Boundaries or Drawing Weapons? Neighborhood Master Status as Suppressor of Gang Violence. Qualitative Sociology, 41, 497-519.

Urbanik, M. and Haggerty, K.D. (2018). ‘#It’sDangerous’: The Online World of Drug Dealers, Rappers and the Street Code. The British Journal of Criminology, 58(6), 1343-1360.

Urbanik, M., Thompson, S.K., Bucerius, S.M. (2017). ‘Before There Was Danger But There Was Rules. And Safety in Those Rules’: Effects of Neighbourhood Redevelopment on Criminal Structures. British Journal of Criminology, 57(2), 422-440.

Media Production & Mis/Representations

Dahya, N., and Jenson, J. (2015). Mis/Representations in School-Based Digital Media Production: An Ethnographic Exploration with Muslim Girls. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 9(2), 108-123.

Feltwell, T., Vines, J., Salt, K., Blythe, M., Kirman, B., Barnett, J., Brooker, P., Lawson, S. (2017). Counter-Discourse Activism on Social Media: The Case of Challenging “Poverty Porn” Television. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 26(3), 345-385.

Fleetwood, N.R. (2005). Mediating Youth: Community-Based Video Production and the Politics of Race and Authenticity. Social Text, 23(1), 83-109.

Kelly, D.M. (2006). Frame Work: Helping Youth Counter Their Misrepresentations in Media. Canadian Journal of Education, 29(1), 27-48.

Lugo-Ocando, J. (2019). Poverty in the news media: Continuities, ruptures, and change in the reporting socioeconomic inequality. Sociology Compass, 7(13), e12719.

Perez Portilla, K. (2018). Challenging Media (Mis)Representation: An Exploration of Available Models. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 7(2), 4-20.

Religion, Faith & Planning

FILM

Browne, C. & Zapparoli, J. (2019). Farewell Regent. Toronto, ON: Syncopated Productions.

Mossanen, M. & Ho, T. M. (2018). My Piece of the City. Toronto, ON: 100 Dragons Media.

Gibson, H. & Midnight Lamp Films. (2017). The Stairs. Toronto, ON: Midnight Lamp Films.

Weyman, B., Allder, M., Close Up Film Productions., National Film Board of Canada., & CBC Newsworld. (2010). Return to Regent Park. Toronto, ON: Close Up Films.

Davis, H., Lentin, M., Kelly, S., TVOntario., Industry Pictures., Shine Films., & National Film Board of Canada. (2010). Invisible city. Toronto, ON: National Film Board of Canada/Office national du film du Canada.

NEWS MEDIA

Each source in the news media section was found and gathered through the University of Toronto online library system. Each source has been cross-checked to find publicly accessible links (i.e. the online version of the article on the publisher's website). In some cases, links to the articles were not found available online. Links beginning with "http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/" are not available publicly, but should be available to any students of faculty through their institution's library system.

Adams, K. (2020, October 11). Canada’s Mustafa sings songs of love and loss in Toronto. Vancouver Free Press. Retrieved from https://www.straight.com/music/canadas-mustafa-sings-songs-of-love-and-loss-in-toronto

Ahearn, V. (2017, January 11). ‘The Stairs’ Regent Park Documentary wins $100,000 prize. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved from https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2017/01/11/the-stairs-regent-park-documentary-wins-100000-prize.html

Bascamurty, D. (2013, February 23). What’s it like growing up in Regent Park? Ask them. The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/whats-it-like-growing-up-in-regent-park-ask-them/article8986191/

DeMara, B. (1994, October 7). Rowlands 'a liar,' say Regent Park residents. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved from http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F437126893%3Faccountid%3D14771

DeMara, B. (1994, October 7). Rowlands taken to task for regent park remarks. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved from http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F437125839%3Faccountid%3D14771

Greenwood, H. (1995, September 6). 100 join Regent Park march to protest scuffle with police. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved from http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F437348696%3Faccountid%3D14771

Grewal, S. (2002, May 18). Regent Park 'ghetto kids' challenge stereotypes; students in Regent Park. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved from http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F438447760%3Faccountid%3D14771

Jones, F. (1987, June 26). Video shows the real regent park. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved from http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F435580156%3Faccountid%3D14771

Kivanc, J. (2016, July 6). #ShootForPeace giving kids a brighter picture: Weekly photo outings expose regent park youth to other focus. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved from https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/07/05/shootforpeace-aims-to-turn-streets-from-crime-to-art.html

Miller, M. (2019, October 2). There’s a new movie about Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood. Retrieved from https://www.blogto.com/film/2019/10/movie-toronto-regent-park-neighbourhood/

Vincent, M. (2016, November 25). A radical reimagination of black cinema: The regent park film festival plays host to an acclaimed program that looks beyond hollywood's dusty notions of diversity. The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/black-radical-imagination-program-explores-race-and-diversity-in-film/article33020495/

Vincent, M. (2017, November 16). Documentary looks at Regent Park community’s response to revitalization. The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/new-documentary-looks-at-regent-park-communitys-reaction-to-revitalization/article37003772/

Vincent, M. (2018, February 22). Review: My Piece of the City tells the story of Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood. The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/review-my-piece-of-the-city-takes-on-the-story-of-torontos-regent-park-neighbourhood/article38065538/