Dave Meslin
David Meslin is a Canadian community organizer and activist, active in Toronto.[1][2][3][4][5]
Life and career
[edit]Meslin is the founder of the Toronto Public Space Committee, Cycle Toronto (formerly the Toronto Cyclists Union), City Idol, the Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto, and the magazine Spacing.[1]
He delivered the convocation address at Carleton College in 2012.[6] In 2019, Meslin published the book Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up. A review in the Literary Review of Canada by David Berlin described the book as "a primer best suited for the activist at heart."[2][4] In 2022, he was the subject of the documentary The Billboard Squad.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Vanessa. "From Spacing magazine to flying kites sky high, Dave Meslin is involved in this city, and thinks you should be, too". National Post.
- ^ a b Berlin, David. "Not-So-Modest Proposals". Literary Review of Canada.
- ^ Raz, Guy. "What's The Antidote To Political Apathy?". NPR.
- ^ a b May, Elizabeth. "Better Voters". Literary Review of Canada.
- ^ a b Merali, Farrah. "A Toronto man's 15-year journey to rid the city of suspected illegal billboards". CBC.
- ^ "Toronto-Based Activist and "Community Choreographer" to Deliver Carleton Convocation".