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Life in Toronto’s ‘Third City’: new article by Simon Black published in Toronto Star

An article by the CITY Institute’s resident PhD student, Simon Black, appeared in today’s Toronto Star:

For years, Toronto avoided the street violence that plagued

May 4th: CITY jointly presents “Cultural Diversity and the Global City of Toronto: Dionne Brand’s What We All Long For” a talk by Melanie Pooch

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Melanie Pooch (PhD Student, Graduate Program “Formations of the Global”, University of Mannheim, Germany) will be presenting “Cultural Diversity and the …

Publication of “Reshaping Toronto’s Waterfront”, edited by Gene Desfor and Jennifer Laidley

From the release:

Toronto’s waterfront continues to be a leading edge of change in the city as policymakers, planners, and developers envision it as a space of promise and a prime

Simon Black in the Toronto Star

April 28th – Simon Black (Political Science, Resident PhD Student) had an opinion piece in the Toronto Star about the role urban youth play in the upcoming federal election.…

“In-between Infrastructure” Available

May 9th – A new publication “In-Between Infrastructure: Urban Connectivity in an Age of Vulnerability” from a City Institute research project is now available…

April 28th CITYTALKS: Claire Major presents “Tap her cool, but give ‘er” and other contradictions of working on site in Fort McMurray, Alberta”

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Claire Major (PhD candidate, Department of Geography, York University) will be presenting “Tap her cool, but give ‘er” and other contradictions of working …