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"Spatial justice, a proclaimed priority in many territorial policies, is a notion worthy of discussion and elaboration. It seems so obvious it has hardly been questioned. Yet it is as potentially fruitful as it is relatively unexplored. The objective of JSSJ journal is to provide an arena for research, debate and controversies around the idea. It builds on discussions started with the Spatial Justice conference held at the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre in March 2008, and is a response to the need felt to share thoughts about the relations between justice and space, beyond disciplinary, linguistic and cultural boundaries. JSSJ is edited mostly by geographers but aspires to become a meeting place for representatives of many disciplines of the social sciences (geography, planning, urbanism, urban sociology, history, philosophy, political science…). This bilingual journal published both in French and English in electronic form twice a year aims to become an arena of international debate in spatial justice, in an interdisciplinary perspective. It is open to any practitioner of the social sciences who wishes to contribute: theoretical approaches and empirical case studies are welcomed. We hope they will establish social sciences as grounded in reason, and therefore socially relevant".
For more information, visit http://www.jssj.org.
A coalition of social welfare organizations in Ontario is preparing a legal case compelling the federal and Ontario governments to provide affordable housing as a human right.
Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees Canadians' equality and rights to life, liberty and security. A court case now being prepared in Ontario will argue that affordable housing is a right under the Charter, which will force governments to provide it.
via Planetizen
Full Story: Charter challenge aims to force governments to create public housing
