Fizza Qasim is a 2026 academic intern at Pedestrian Space. Based in Toronto and currently an urban planning master’s student at Toronto Metropolitan University, she did her academic internship with a focus on Scarborough’s hydro corridors, the public green space running beneath transmission towers, which are some of the most underutilized spaces in the city.
View her first video clip from Scarborough here:
“The video was my research paper.”
Fizza’s inquiry and research explored the reality that while projects like the 16 km Meadoway are beginning to transform these corridors into parks, trails, and urban farms, a critical question remains: are these spaces actually serving the communities around them?
Some background on the project here:
Full video coming soon!
“The video was my research paper,” Fizza reflected in this video chat where we talked about her process of making the video, learning video creation skills, and also translating the findings and content of her research into a video.
Watch our talk below: