Kofi Hope

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Recent work

• Our city is in mourning over 8-year-old JahVai Roy. It’s natural to feel powerless. This is what we should do insteadOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 23, 2025
• Opinion | Ontario’s new affordable housing bill will cut development charges. Is that even effective?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 1, 2023
• Ontario’s new affordable housing bill will cut development charges. Is that even effective?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 1, 2023
• Opinion | You might hate politicians now, but you’ll miss democracy when it’s goneOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 1, 2022
• Opinion | Why Toronto’s left needs to be more like Doug FordOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 27, 2022
• Opinion | So many of us have benefitted from the housing market insanity, we’ll all have to make sacrifices to fix itOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 12, 2022
• Opinion | Convoy protesters talked a lot about freedom. But here’s the real threat to Canadians being freeOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 9, 2022
• Opinion | It’s easy to make anti-vaxxers pandemic villains, but they aren’t the only ones acting like they’re on ‘Squid Game’Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 30, 2021
• Opinion | Progressives keep missing the one ingredient that’s key to a winning recipe at election timeOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 25, 2021
• Opinion | Forget charity. If you really want to show solidarity with Indigenous people, you need to listen and followOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 16, 2021
• Kofi Hope: Forget charity. If you really want to show solidarity with Indigenous people, you need to listen and followOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 16, 2021
• Opinion | Canada spent massive amounts to help Second World War veterans find affordable housing. Doing the same post-COVID-19 for front-line workers would benefit the whole cityOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 12, 2021
• Opinion | City council ranks as the least-trusted institution among Toronto residents. Giving it more power may actually fix that problemOpinion · Toronto Star · May 8, 2021
• Opinion | Without spirituality, building back better post-COVID-19 doesn’t have a prayerOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 1, 2021
• Opinion | The attack was in Washington. But it means we need change at Toronto city hallOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 30, 2021
• Kofi Hope: The attack was in Washington. But it means we need change at Toronto city hallOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 30, 2021
• Opinion | The pandemic should be a wake-up call for global citizens and global cities alike — the world will reopen, but it needs to be betterOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 30, 2020
• Opinion | To solve gun violence, Toronto can’t keep fighting the same tired debateOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 28, 2020
• Waterfront Toronto may show exactly what the city’s northwest needs to rebuild after being hit hard by COVID-19Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 31, 2020
• Kofi Hope: Waterfront Toronto may show exactly what the city’s northwest needs to rebuild after being hit hard by COVID-19Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 31, 2020
• Bringing Toronto together means breaking down the systems that segregate its neighbourhoodsOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 26, 2020
• Bringing Toronto together means breaking down the systems that segregate its neighbourhoodsOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 26, 2020
• I’ve worked for years on anti-racism training. Here’s what I’ve learned about how Canadians can take the next stepsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 3, 2020
• Opinion | The path to victory for a progressive mayoral candidateOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 10, 2017