Simon Lewsen

Simon Lewsen does long-form journalism and criticism for The Globe and Mail and The Walrus, and he writes regularly on architecture and design for Azure, Designlines, and Globe Real Estate. He teaches writing at the University of Toronto.

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Hunger in a City of Plenty

In virtually every culture, people connect over food. To be deprived of food is to be alienated from social life.

Feature by Simon Lewsen

The Kids of Condoland

A baby boom’s coming to Toronto’s high-rise communities, but are they built for healthy family life?

Feature by Simon Lewsen

A Mental Health Crisis in Little Bangladesh

As a counsellor, Ahmed Haider saw the way lack of meaningful work affected his clients. Then he lost his job.