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 reality", explores the relevancy of Martin Luther King's message to challenges in contemporary Canadian society such as racial inequality and poverty. View the article.
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) will present “The death and life of 'transit city': Searching for sustainable transportation in Toronto's suburbs." Roger Keil and Sara Macdonald (York University) will discuss “Boundaries, metabolisms, landscape: […]
Carl James (Faculty of Education) was recently featured in a Toronto Star article on school suspension rates for black and aboriginal students. The article draws on a TDSB 2006 survey that shows black and aboriginal students were suspended at much higher rates than students of other backgrounds. James suggests that school administrators may not be not […]
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 at the Institute of Human Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt since April 2008. He received his Ph.D. at the Institute of Geography at the University of Bremen, and has also studied at […]
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 15th Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the 21st Century A Suburban Revolution? An international conference on bringing the fringe to the centre of global urban research and practice The City Institute at York University (CITY) York University | Keele Campus | Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 26-28, 2013 GLOBAL SUBURBS We […]
The CITY Institute and the York Centre for Asian Research jointly present “Disasters, Climate Risk, and Exclusionary Modernity in Manila″ with Kenneth Cardenas (Department of Geography, York University) as part of the Urban Asia lecture series. This event will be held on Thursday, March 28th from 12:00- 2:00pm in room 626 York Research Tower In his talk, Kenneth Cardenas traces the role played […]
Roger Keil (FESs) was featured in a Y-File article on the recent York Research Gala on February 27th, 2013. The Research Gala celebrates research excellence in the York community. Keil was also the recipient of the President’s Research Excellence Award. View the article.
Laurence Parker (Department of Biology), was recently quoted in a Los Angeles Time article which compared wild bees and domesticated bees. The article examines the importance of wild bees both in terms of biodiversity and in terms of the pollination of major agricultural crops. View the article. The article was also covered by YFile.
We are pleased to announce that Roger Keil (FES) has be awarded the President's Research Excellence Award for his significant contributions to York University’s research community. Roger, the Director at CITY, is the Principle Investigator of the Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI), Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the 21st Century, has published 11 books and […]
Roger Keil (FES) was quoted in a recent York U article about the City of Toronto's Chief Planner, Jennifer Keesmaat. The article, "Livable City", the also notes the October edition of the CITY Seminar series, where Keesmaat was the featured speaker. View the article.