CITY welcomes Bernd Belina (Department of Human Geography, Goethe-University) as the next guest speaker in the CITY Seminar lecture series.聽 Bernd聽has taught and researched at the Institute of Human Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt since April 2008. He received his Ph.D. at the Institute of Geography at the University of Bremen, and has also studied at […]
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 15th Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the聽21st Century聽 A Suburban Revolution? An international conference on bringing the fringe to the centre of global urban research and practice The City Institute at 91亚色 (CITY) 91亚色 | Keele Campus | Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 26-28, 2013 GLOBAL SUBURBS We […]
The CITY Institute and the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research jointly present 鈥淒isasters, Climate Risk, and Exclusionary Modernity in Manila鈥 with 聽Kenneth Cardenas聽(Department of Geography, 91亚色) as part of the Urban Asia lecture series. This event will be held on聽Thursday, March 28th聽from聽12:00- 2:00pm聽in room聽626 91亚色 Research Tower In his talk,聽Kenneth Cardenas聽traces the role played […]
Roger Keil (FESs) was featured in a Y-File article on the recent 91亚色 Research Gala on February 27th, 2013. The Research Gala celebrates research excellence in the 91亚色 community. Keil was also the recipient of the President鈥檚 Research Excellence Award. View the article.
Laurence Parker (Department of Biology), was recently quoted in a Los Angeles Time article which compared wild bees and domesticated bees. The article examines the importance of wild bees both in terms of biodiversity and in terms of the pollination of major agricultural crops. View the article. The article was also covered by YFile.
We are pleased to announce that Roger Keil (FES) has be awarded the President's Research Excellence Award for his聽significant contributions to 91亚色鈥檚 research community. Roger, the Director at CITY, is the Principle Investigator of the Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI),聽Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the 21st Century, has published 11 books and […]
Roger Keil (FES) was quoted in a recent 91亚色 U article about the City of Toronto's Chief Planner, Jennifer Keesmaat. The article, "Livable City", the also notes the October edition of the CITY Seminar series, where Keesmaat was the featured speaker. View the article.
The next lecture in the CITY Seminar series welcomes聽Jean Paul Addie (PhD Candidate, Geography 91亚色) who will be presenting "Flying high (in the competitive sky): The role of airports in an age of globalized regionalism." This event will be held on聽Friday March 1st,聽from聽12:30-2:00pm in room 519, 91亚色 Research Tower.聽 Jean-Paul Addie is a PhD […]
Last week, CITY research fellow and resident PhD student Simon Black spoke to聽CHRY 105.5's News Now about his new urban studies course, Hip Hop and the City.聽The course explores topics and themes in urban studies through the lens of hip聽hop culture. Listen to the full 聽interview.聽 Follow Simon on twitter @_SimonBlack
A collaborative research project between CITY and聽Goethe University in Frankfurt was recently feature in a Globe and Mail article, "City鈥 or 鈥榯own鈥? Richmond Hill debates what鈥檚 in a name." The article discusses聽the current聽debate in Richmond Hill regarding a potential change in the municipality's name from聽town聽to聽city, and聽references findings from the research project on a case study […]