We would like to congratulate Dr. Linda Peake for receiving the 2023 AAG Lifetime Achievement Honors award for her scholarly contributions to feminist and urban geographies and for a career dedicated to extending equity, diversity, and inclusion at her institution (91亚色, Canada) and across the discipline of geography. Linda Peake鈥檚 four decades of scholarship […]
The City Institute at 91亚色 will be joining Ernst & Young LLP (鈥淓Y鈥) in a one-hour engagement session provided by Professor Mahtot Gebresselassie which will be related to regional transit fare and service integration. EY has been engaged by the Ministry of Transportation (鈥淢TO鈥) as the third-party consultant with responsibilities that include analyzing transit […]
The CITY Institute is pleased to announce its partnership with Black Diasporas. Black Diasporas is a geolocated oral narrative repository聽that was piloted in NYC and initially executed in Naarm-Melbourne (Australia). The team is working towards producing a similar project with聽Black聽people in聽Tkaronto-Toronto. The Naarm-Melbourne (Australia)聽was made by 75聽Black聽people from Australia including, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, designers, journalists, doctors, […]
The Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals (APBP) awarded聽Darnel聽Harris聽as聽Young Professional of the Year (Non-profit).聽 This award recognizes "..the achievements of pedestrian and bicycle professionals made in the last twelve months in the private, public, research, and nonprofit sectors and one young professional under the age of 30." (APBP)聽 Darnel聽Harris聽is visiting scholar at the聽City Institute at […]
Repost from YFile The International Planning History Society (IPHS), dedicated to the enhancement of interdisciplinary studies in urban and regional planning history, has recognized Department of Sociology Urban Studies Professors Douglas Young and the late Lisa Drummond with an award for the book they edited together. The book titled, Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms: Critical Reflections from a Global Perspective (Toronto: University of Toronto […]
The symposium was the final dissemination event of research results from the Partnership Development Grant StudentMoveTO: From Insight to Action on Transportation for Post-secondary Students in the GTHA (2018-21). This 3-year SSHRC funded research and partnership program, led by Toronto Metropolitan University Professor Raktim Mitra, focused on an improved understanding of the travel behaviour of 600,000 post-secondary […]
Cycling Without Age is a global micromobility movement that makes seniors feel welcome again in their own communities鈥攁nd CITY Institute Research fellow Darnel Harris is bringing it to Northwest Toronto! Darnel Harris鈥 (MES, 2015) ongoing applied research on eliminating sustainable micromobility barriers is rooted in the local mobility struggles faced by residents and businesses in […]
On April 20th, 2022,聽the City Institute held its聽Annual General Meeting聽(AGM). 聽The聽City Director, Prof. Linda Peake,聽reported to the Council of Affiliates on聽the successful fundraising activities in which the City Institute had engaged to support the new annual聽Graduate Professional Training Program, which includes the聽City Institute Fortnight Fridays聽(CIFF) in which faculty members present on a topic of professional […]
Dean Alice J. Hovorka presented five awards to members of the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC), recognizing their significant contributions within the Faculty. City Institute Executive member Prof. Luisa Sotomayor received the Dean鈥檚 Service Award. Prof. Sotomayor's nomination notes her invaluable role in serving the 91亚色 community and beyond. Prof. Sotomayor鈥檚 breadth […]
Repost from YFile Jessica Parish, a master鈥檚 and PhD graduate of Political Science at 91亚色, is a recipient of the European Union鈥檚 Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship. Nearly 12,000 proposals from researchers around the world were assessed in the competition. Parish was one of 1,638 scholars to receive an award. Commencing in March 2022, this project will be based at the Centre for […]