Jay Pitter established a career as a public funder and then a communications and public engagement director before earning a graduate degree at York University’s Faculty of Environmental Studies. Her passion for inclusive city-building informs her writing for Spacing, CBC Radio and the Toronto Star. Pitter has spearheaded noteworthy community-engagement projects with organizations such as the Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, Toronto Police Service, the City of Toronto and the Toronto District School Board, among others.

Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity

How do we build cities where we aren’t just living within the same urban space, but living together? Through compelling storytelling and analysis, Subdivided’s contributors – a wide range of place-makers, academics, activists and journalists –unpack issues ranging from transit equity and trust-based policing to holistic mental health, dignified affordable housing and inclusive municipal governance. Ultimately, Subdivided aims to provoke the tough but pressing conversations required to build a truly connected and just city.