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
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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

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
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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”

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


