Black Public Joy
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- Hardcover
264 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2026
Summary
An essay on restriction, resistance, and reclaiming space, Black Public Joy is essential reading for all politically engaged Canadians wanting to learn more about anti-Black racism in Canada.
During a crucial moment in Black life in North America, Jay Pitter has been engaging directly and passionately in the protest movement around police violence, and through the lens of her work as a placemaker, highlighting all the ways in which Black life is restricted in the realm of pub…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780771051913 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0771051913 |
| Author: | Jay Pitter |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart Inc. |
| Imprint: | McClelland & Stewart Inc. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 145mm |
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”[A] powerful argument for how claiming joy can contribute to social equity.”—Anthony Milton, Toronto Life
About The Author
Jay Pitter
JAY PITTER, MES, is an award-winning placemaker whose practice mitigates growing divides in cities across North America. She spearheads institutional city-building projects specializing in public space design and policy, forgotten densities, mobility equity, gender-responsive design, inclusive public engagement, and healing fraught sites. What distinguishes Pitter is her multidisciplinary approach, located at the nexus of urban design and social equity, which translates community insights and aspirations into the built environment.
Pitter also makes significant contributions to urbanism theory and discourse. She has developed an equitable planning certificate course with the University of Detroit Mercy’s School of Architecture and taught a graduate level urban planning course at Ryerson University, among others. Jay also delivers keynote addresses for entities such as the United Nations Women and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is the co-editor of Subdivided- City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity, and her forthcoming book, Where We Live, will be published in 2021. Pitter is currently the John Bousfield Distinguished Visitor in Planning at the University of Toronto.
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