Professor William Jenkins new book, Between Raid and Rebellion: The Irish in Buffalo and Toronto, 1867-1916,聽recently featured in YFile, compares the lives and allegiances of Irish immigrants and their descendants in one American and one Canadian city between the era of the Fenian raids and the 1916 Easter Rising.聽Highlighting the significance of immigrants from Ulster […]
Laura Calbeti Elias is a Ph.D. student at the Center for Metropolitan Studies in Berlin and an Assistant Professor at the Department for Urban Design & Development at the Technical University of Berlin. On Nov. 7, she will talk about her research which focuses on the 聽financialisation of housing as it relates to changing patterns […]
On Friday November 8, World Planning Day, the Canadian Urban Institute and the City Institute present聽Make No Small Plans, a look at some of the decisions that have changed the face of Toronto. John Fox, a partner at聽Robins, Appleby and Taub, will be chair an expert panel that includes聽Brian Denney聽(CEO of the Toronto and Region […]
聽The CITY Institute's William Jenkins launches his new book, Between Raid and Rebellion: The Irish in Buffalo and Toronto, 1867-1916,聽at Massey College on November 5. The book, published by McGill-Queen's University Press, compares immigration from Ulster to Toronto and Munster to Buffalo and the Irish experience in the context of "a聽loyal dominion within Britain's empire […]
The Greater Toronto Suburban Working Working Group's Roundtable Report was launched today at the Suburban Revolution conference at 91亚色. Co-authors Sean Hertel and Roger Keil unveiled the report that includes 10 essays about the changing face of 聽the Greater Toronto Area from academics, community members and practitioners, working together to address the challenges facing […]
Roger Keil offered some details about the Greater Toronto Suburban Working Group's forthcoming "Suburban Manifesto" in the latest Toronto edition of Novae Res Urbis. The manifesto will be unveiled at the Suburban Revolution conference taking place at 91亚色, Sept. 26-29.
Registration is now open for the upcoming international 聽Suburban Revolution Conference 2013.聽Hosted by CITY in partnership with the MCRI Global Suburbanisms project, this聽international conference focuses on bringing the fringe to the centre of global urban research and聽practice. For more information on the conference including the program, keynote speakers, accommodations, directions, and registration please visit the […]
Roger Keil has posted his latest and last聽Director's Message. Roger has been Director of the CITY Institute since its inception in 2006 and will remain connected to CITY through his involvement in the Global Suburbanisms MCRI.聽 聽June 19, 2013 Dear friends and associates of the City Institute, I am delighted to announce that Professor Linda […]
Janine Marchessault's (Faculty of Fine Arts)聽upcoming exhibition, "Land|Slide: Possible Future", was recently featured in an Blouin ArtInfo article. The article discusses the unique themes, partners and context of the exhibition, which is being held in Markham from聽September 21鈥揙ctober 14, 2013. View the article.
Roger Keil (FES) was recently quoted in a Globe and Mail article that examines cultural diversity and population growth in Brampton. The article, "How Brampton demonstrates the new vision of Canada", comments on the opportunities and challenges created by the current demographic trends in the city. Read the full article.