Roger Keil and Matt Kellway contribute op-ed piece to Toronto Star, "Conservative budget at odds with urban Canadian realities"

Roger Keil (FES) and Matt Kellway (NDP MP for Beaches-East York) collaborated on an op-ed piece in the April 12th issue of the Toronto Star. The article, "Conservative budget at odds with urban Canadian realities", comments on the federal budget and its position on urban centers, in which 80% of all Canadians live. Read the […]

Press Release: "Re-imagining Our Cities" - April 13, 2012

NDP AND CITY INSTITUTE TO HOST SUMMIT ADDRESSING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FOR TORONTO Friday April 13, 2012 The latest federal budget focuses heavily on resource extraction, but has no plan for Canada’s urban centres – where 80 percent of Canadians actually live. Join NDP MP Matthew Kellway (Beaches-East York), Roger Keil, Director of The City […]

April 21: "Future of Cities" Tour at Das Haus

The CITY institute and the Goethe Institute jointly present the "Future of Cities" Tour at Das Haus, on Saturday, April 21 from 2:00-3:00m. This event will be held at the Das Haus Pavilion at Exhibition Place. The series, "The Future of Cities" examines some distinct aspects of new urban environments: the emergence of new global […]

CITY welcomes new Research Administrator, Sarah Khan.

CITY is pleased to welcome Sarah Khan as the new Research Administrator for the institute. Sarah has her Bachelor of Arts from York and majored in Anthropology and Law & Society. She most recently worked for the City of Burlington in their Transportation Services and Parks and Recreation departments.

George Fallis contributes op-ed to Toronto Star, "Ontario doesn’t need three new campuses"

George Fallis (Economics) has an op-ed article in the March 05 issue of the Toronto Star on the province’s plans for three new universities campuses. View the article.

Simon Black contributes op-ed to Toronto Star, "Ontario’s poor need to make some noise"

Simon Black (Political Science) has an op-ed in the March 2nd issue of the Toronto Star. The article considers the impact of recent government reports on Ontario’s low income populations. View the article.

March 30 City Seminar - Shawn Micallef presents “How to fall in love with your city, while avoiding a culture war”

Shawn Micallef  (Spacing Magazine)  presents “How to fall in love with your city, while avoiding a culture war” as part of the City Seminar Series. This event will be held on Friday, March 30th in room 140, HNES Building from 2:30 to 4:00 pm. Everyone is welcome. Listen to an audio recording of the presentation. […]

March 9th- Book Launch for “Lumpencity: Discourses of Marginality / Marginalizing Discourses”, co-edited by Markus Kip

Markus Kip, graduate student with CITY, and will be promoting the launch of the new book “Lumpencity: Discourses of Marginality / Marginalizing Discourses". Markus was a co-editor of this publication, which was a follow up to to a conference with the same held in March 2009. This event will be held on Friday, March 9th […]

Roger Keil appears on GlobalNews discussing density and public transit in North York

Roger Keil (FES)  appeared on GlobalNews discussing density and public transit planning in North York. The interview request was made in response to the recent release of 2011 Census information and this map showing density by census tract. Watch the full story.

George Fallis quoted in recent Toronto Star article, "Teaching-only universities would cut education costs, author says."

George Fallis (Department of Economics, York University) was quoted in a Toronto Star article about universities that focus solely on teaching and the costs associated with them. Read the full article. Read the Y-File article.