Jay Pitter: After establishing a career in public funding and marketing communications, Jay Pitter earned a Masters in Environmental Studies at York University, where she investigated crime prevention through environmental design and urban place-making. She is also a writer and part-time professor.
John Lorinc: John Lorinc is a Toronto journalist who writes about urban affairs, politics, and business for publications such as Spacing magazine, the Globe and Mail and The Walrus. He is the author of The New City: How the Crisis in Canada's Urban Centres Is Reshaping The Nation (Penguin, 2006) and co-editor of The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood (Coach House, 2015).