| South Eglinton Davisville Residents’ Association (SEDRA) invites you to our 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM). When: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Event Start: 6:30pm, Starting with Annual General Meeting proceedings, with Town Hall & Special Guest Speakers/Panel to follow Event End: Between 8:30-9:00pm Where: Manor Rd United, 240 Manor Road East (at Forman) Featuring: Councillors Josh Matlow and Rachel Chernos Lin Keynote Speaker/Moderator: John Lorinc New This Year: All attendees will have the chance to win a door prize – one of John Lorinc’s books! All are welcome at the event – as well, current SEDRA members are able to vote during the AGM. In order to plan accordingly, we kindly ask you to RSVP by requesting free tickets through the below Eventbrite link. You are not required to bring a printout of your ticket to the event; it is only to anticipate attendance. To renew or enrol as a SEDRA Member for 2026 and take part in voting during the AGM, click here. |
Photo: Chair of Tall/Midrise Working Group Jeff Latto presents at previous AGM
Photo Credit: Charles Iscove
John Lorinc is a Toronto journalist and editor who writes about cities, planning, local history, business and climate change. He is a regular contributor to The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Spacing and Corporate Knights.
John is the author of five books, including No Jews Live Here: A Memoir, and has co-edited several editions of Coach House Books’ uTOpia series, among them, “The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto’s First Immigrant Neighbourhood,” and “Messy Cities: Why We Can’t Plan Everything.
“In preparation for the event, John has shared his list of notable planning/development moments from the past decade:
- late-2010s — Housing Now strategy adopted by former Mayor John Tory, now seeing construction
- 2019 — Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods, allowing laneway suites, garden suites, multiplexes, small apartment buildings on major streets and small-scale retail in neighbourhoods
- Early 2020s — Condo speculation boom, enabled by the pandemic and historically low interest rates
- MTSAs — enactment of provincial transit-oriented development policies in the form of intensification zones/secondary plans around rapid transit stations, along with (weak) inclusionary zoning policies
- Post-2023 — city’s decision to establish its own development agencies, advance co-op housing, incentivize rental construction and establish a small-scale rental acquisition fund
- 2025 – condo crash, and pivot by both the city and the development industry to purpose-built rental
For more reading, see John Lorinc: “In praise of ugly park trash bins”