The CITY institute is proud to co-sponsor and present Performing Diaspora 2013: The History of Urban Music in Toronto. This full day conference will feature the “scholarship…
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New @ CITY
The CITY Seminar series for the 2012-2013 academic year has concluded. Check out our past events
An Introduction to CITY
The City Institute at York University (CITY) brings together almost 100 of the university’s urban scholars and hundreds of graduate students from fields and faculties as diverse as planning, architecture, globalization, world cities, education, law, transportation and the arts. This interdisciplinary institute facilitates critical and collaborative research, providing new knowledge and innovative approaches to comprehending and addressing the complexity of the “new city”.
The Institute also plays a vital role in developing Canada’s next generation of leaders and thinkers, with graduate students playing a central role in the life of the Institute and CITY’s researchers have long-standing relationships with community groups, NGOs, Aboriginal nations, and policymakers.
CITY currently houses the Major Collaborative Research Initiative “Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the 21st Century”. Learn more about other CITY research projects here.
CITY frequently hosts events, including our City Seminar series: check the event archives for information and to access audio and video from past talks.
CITY News and Upcoming Events
May 17, 2013 2:26 pm : Events, News
May 15, 2013 4:22 pm : News
A recent presentation given by FES grad students at a City of Toronto transit event was featured in the Huffington Post. The students had participated in a Critical Planning Workshop…
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May 8, 2013 3:33 pm : News
April 30, 2013 – The graduate students from the York’s Critical Planning Workshop presented at Toronto’s City Hall as part of the “Inside the Planners …
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April 19, 2013 4:30 pm : News
On April 2, MCRI’s principal investigator, Roger Keil, was among the academics, professionals and city staff participating in Toronto’s Chief Planner Roundtable…
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April 4, 2013 5:31 pm : News
Simon Black (Political Science) contributed an op-ed piece to the April 3 edition of the Toronto Star. The article, “How Martin Luther King’s legacy speaks to our Canadian…
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