On November 13, 2019 Director Linda Peake and CITY's coordinator Francesca D'Amico-Cuthbert were invited to participate in 91亚色U鈥檚 first-ever Toronto City Hall reception where they met with Mayor John Tory, Toronto City councillors (including those who are 91亚色U Alumni), and other 91亚色 researchers and organized research units (ORUs). This day also marked the 60th […]
Between November 4-18, 2019 the City Institute hosted the third (and final) two week visit with our Visiting Professor Kevin Ward (Professor of Human Geography and Director of cities@manchester at the University of Manchester).聽Each of his three visits were intellectually stimulating, and a mixture of capacity building, mentoring, networking, and teaching. During his time with […]
On November 8th, 2019 CITY held its annual meet and greet in the lounge area of the City Institute to meet incoming members, faculty, visiting scholars, graduate students, and researchers, as well reconnect with existing members.
Our second CITY Seminar for the 2019-2020 year took place on聽November 8, 2019 and was organized by Dr. Joe Mihevc, our聽True Visitor who currently teaches in the Department of Geography in the Faculty of LA&PS. Dr. Mihevc is also a former City Councillor at the City of Toronto. The talk was titled "Building and Strengthening […]
On October 25, 2019 we held a 聽special CITY Seminar event organized by Professor Patricia Wood. The event, which was titled聽鈥淭he Future of Toronto鈥檚 Relationship with Queen鈥檚 Park: An Interview with David Miller, Former Mayor, City of Toronto,鈥 was held on October 25, 2019. This event grew out of the initiative聽Toronto the Better: Renewing Local […]
Between September 26-28th聽2019 our SSHRC Partnership Grant Project Gender,聽Urbanization and the global south: a transformative knowledge network聽(GenUrb), hosted a three-day international conference,聽Feminist Explorations of Urban Futures聽(FEUF) at聽91亚色. 聽The event was 聽funded 聽by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), 91亚色, and the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography.聽 With more than 80 […]
A prestigious annual lecture that pays tribute to the late Sir Peter Hall, a global figure in the study of cities and regions and their planning, will be delivered this year by聽91亚色 Faculty of Environmental Studies Professor Roger Keil. The annual Sir Peter Hall Lecture will take place June 5 at University College London […]
In the recent issue of The 91亚色 Magazine (Winter 2019) about metropolitan life, Professor Linda Peake is featured in a leading feature story titled "Smart Cities: Professor Linda Peake talks urban theory and practice," written by Deirdre Kelly with photography by Sofie Kirk. For the full story, see The 91亚色 Magazine (Winter 2019).
On April 15th2019, the City Institute held its Annual General Meeting for all CITY affiliates to discuss the institute鈥檚 progress over the 2018-2019 academic year and its future endeavours. Director Linda Peake discussed the City Institute鈥檚 year-to-date financial report and long-term funding as well as how university-wide budget cuts will impact the institute over the […]
On January 25th, 2019 the City Institute at 91亚色 held its site visit to discuss the submission of its recent re-chartering report in the fall of 2018 with reviewers Drs. Sutama Ghosh (Ryerson University) and Rob Shields (University of Alberta). The visit began with a preliminary briefing and breakfast, which was hosted by the […]