John van Nostrand (founding principal of planningAlliance)聽 presents "Planning and Unplanning Toronto" as part of the City Seminar Series. This event will be held on Friday, March 2nd in 305 91亚色 Lanes from 12:30pm-2pm. Everyone is welcome. Download poster. Listen to an audio recording of the presentation. Roger Keil (Director, CITY Institute) John van Nostrand […]
The City Institute is co-sponsoring a presentation with the Neptis Foundation, the Cities Centre at the University of Toronto, the Toronto Society of Architects and the City of Vaughan. "Populating the New Transit Corridors: Vancouver's Recent Experience along the Cambie Cooridor of the Canada Line" will feature a presentation by Jim Bailey (Vancouver) and Ron […]
February 1 - The City Institute staff and students participated in Research Month, which celebrates the achievements and diversity of 91亚色鈥檚 research community. This event was put on by the Office of the Vice President Research and Innovation at 91亚色. From left to right: Nishanthan […]
Markus Kip (CITY Graduate Student) is one of the editors of a recent聽book entitled 鈥淟umpencity: Discourses of Marginality / Marginalizing Discourses", published by Red Quill Books. This publication was a follow up to a conference by the same held in March 2009. For more information on the publication,聽 please visit the publisher's website.
On Thursday, February 16th please join us to hear聽Adaoma C. Patterson, (Specialist at the Peel Region Poverty Strategy) present 鈥淒oes Poverty Exist in Peel Region?鈥 as part of the "SUBURBSTALKS" seminar series. The talk will take place between 12:00 and 1:30pm in 305 91亚色 Lanes. Everyone is welcome. Download Poster. Download the Presentation. Download the […]
Carl James (Director, Centre for Education & Community at 91亚色), presents 鈥淕rowing up in the suburbs: The hidden costs of social mobility for the children of immigrant parents鈥 as part of the City Seminar series. The event will be held on Friday, February 3rd in 305 91亚色 Lanes from 12:30pm-2pm. Everyone is welcome. Download […]
Pamela Blais was a guest speaker in the Faculty of Environmental Studies as part of two graduate courses (Planning Theory and Ecological Economics). Pamela Blais (Principal of Metropole Consultants Ltd.) spoke about her new book "Perverse Cities" where she demonstrates how sprawl is built on hidden subsidies.聽 The speaker was introduced by Eric Miller (University […]
In聽鈥淗ow the 905 stole our urbanist mojo鈥, Edward Keenan contrasts Toronto鈥檚 turn away from the ideals of progressive urbanism under Mayor Rob Ford, with the newfound embrace of traditionally 鈥渟uburban鈥 communities in the Greater Toronto Area like Markham for landscapes that are focused on 鈥減laces for people, not for cars.鈥澛燙ITY Institute director and 鈥淕lobal Suburbanisms鈥 […]
Roger Keil (Director, CITY Institute) will be participating in a panel discussion presented by the Hart House Social Justice Commitee, entitled聽"Global Austerity, Access to the City and Citizenship". This event will be held Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 from 4:00-6:00pm in the Hart House Debate Room located at 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto.聽RVSP is […]
The Faculty of Environmental Studies at 91亚色 and the CITY institute jointly present a seminar by Stefan Kipfer (FES) entitled 鈥楪hetto or not鈥 is the (only) question: Comparative research on the re-鈥檆olonization鈥 of space in Paris and Toronto鈥 This talk will give insight into an ongoing comparative research project on place-based strategies to territorialize social […]