CITY Co-Sponsoring Urban Music Conference at York on June 1st
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…
SUBURBSTALK – April 4

On Thursday April 4, the CITY Institute presents the next in its series of SUBURBSTALKS.
Anna Kramer (University of Waterloo) and Christian Mettke (Darmstadt University of Technology)…
Apr. 3rd CITY Seminar – Bernd Belina presents “Policing Sub/Urban Space”.

CITY welcomes Bernd Belina (Department of Human Geography, Goethe-University) as the next guest speaker in the CITY Seminar lecture series.
Bernd has taught and researched…
Mar. 28th- Urban Asia Series- Kenneth Cardenas presents “Disasters, Climate Risk, and Exclusionary Modernity in Manila”
The CITY Institute and the York Centre for Asian Research jointly present “Disasters, Climate Risk, and Exclusionary Modernity in Manila″ with Kenneth Cardenas (Department…
Mar. 1st CITY Seminar – Jean- Paul Addie presents “Flying high (in the competitive sky): The role of airports in an age of globalized regionalism.”

The next lecture in the CITY Seminar series welcomes Jean Paul Addie (PhD Candidate, Geography York University) who will be presenting “Flying high (in the competitive …
Feb. 1st – CITY Seminar – Casino City?

As part of the City Institute’s “City Seminar Series”, this seminar entitled “Casino City?” will feature a panel that will critically address the current…
Jan. 31st – Urban Asia Series – Karen Coelho presents “Precarious Work and Persistent Poverty in a Resettlement Site: A Study of Kannagi Nagar, Chennai.”
The CITY Institute and the York Centre for Asian Research jointly present “Precarious Work and Persistent Poverty in a Resettlement Site: A Study of Kannagi Nagar, Chennai″ …
Jan 30th- “What We Talk About When We Talk About City Building” with John Lorinc

The CITY Institute in partnership with the Department of Geography at York University and the Geography Alumni Association present “What We Talk About When We Talk About City…
Jan. 22nd- Talking about Places to Grow with Michael Logan and Norma Forest

The CITY Institute and Faculty of Environmental Studies welcome Michael Logan and Norah Forrest, from the Ontario Growth Secretariat, to York University for a talk on the province’s…
Jan. 14th SUBURBSTALK- Dr. Alex Schafran presents “The Strange Case of the Bay Area”.

As part of the SUBURBSTALK series, Dr. Alex Schafran (Paris School of International Affairs) presents “The Strange Case of the Bay Area”. This event will be held on Monday,…


