Exciting course offered by the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change in FALL 2024

EU/GEOG 3620: City Challenges, City Opportunities in a 21st Century Toronto Description: This course will be offered in partnership with the City of Toronto and all 8 Toronto-area universities and colleges. Its purpose is to introduce pertinent social, environmental, economic and political challenges faced by communities in the city of Toronto and learn about possible […]

Our First Event of 2024

Dear City members, This spring, we are bringing City Institute to the community for important conversations! Access to Post-Secondary Education: For whom? For what? April 9th, 5:30-7:30 PM Urban Indigenous Education Centre, 16 Phin Ave, Toronto, ON M4L 3T2 Join us for an evening discussion about current debates and programs aimed at reducing barriers to access in […]

CITY welcomes new coordinator: Ushieja De Zoysa

Dear City members, We are pleased to announce that Ushieja De Zoysa is the new ORU (organized research unit) coordinator of the CITY Institute at York University. Ushieja De Zoysa is a graduate from the Faculty of Science at York University. She comes to CITY with 4 years of research administration experience working with a high-profile […]

Introducing the New Director of the City Institute Luisa Sotomayor

Dear colleagues, students, and esteemed community members, It is with great pleasure that I warmly welcome each of you as the new Director of The City Institute at York University (CITY). Since its establishment in 2006, CITY has been at the forefront of facilitating critical, interdisciplinary, and collaborative research on urban matters on a global […]

Seminar by Prof. Christian Anderson. "Without Guarantees: A parallax view of everyday life and place-based urban political economy."

Join us for our monthly seminar series on Tuesday 14th of March! Leveraging insights from feminist geography and diverse economies and cultural studies traditions, this talk will trace the contours of underrecognized but entrenched and consequential forms of labor, value, narrative, and social infrastructure—together amounting to an expanded sphere of social reproduction—in urban space. This […]

Prof. Vidya Shah receives the 2022 OISE Mentor of the Year Award

CITY's Faculty Affiliate and former member of CITY's Executive Committee, Prof. Vidya Shah received the 2022 Mentor of the Year award. The following note was extracted from the post published by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (the full post can be found here). The 2022 winners of the OISE Leaders and Legends awards […]

City Institute Director Prof. Linda Peake was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has elected Prof. Linda Peake, Director of the City Institute, as one of the 2022 RSC Fellows.  In the announcement, RSC President Jeremy McNeil says "The Royal Society of Canada is delighted to welcome this outstanding cohort of artists, scholars and scientists. These individuals are recognised for their exceptional contributions to […]

City Institute Director Prof. Linda Peake receives 2022 EUC Dean's Research Excellence Award

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 Director Prof. Linda Peake received the Dean’s Research Excellence Award. This award recognizes and celebrates researchers in EUC who make significant contributions to their field of scholarly work […]

City Institute Executive member Prof. Luisa Sotomayor receives 2022 EUC Dean's Service Award

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’s Service Award. Prof. Sotomayor's nomination notes her invaluable role in serving the York University community and beyond. Prof. Sotomayor’s breadth […]

Young Urban Scholar Spotlight: Elijah Leotaud, 2021 DARE winner

Elijah Leotaud, a fourth year student majoring in Sociology and Urban Studies, is one of the 54 Dean's Award for Research Excellence (DARE) winners. The DARE award offers Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in research projects under the supervision and guidance of a faculty member. Elijah's […]