March 2nd City Seminar: John van Nostrand presents "Planning and Unplanning Toronto"

John van Nostrand (founding principal of planningAlliance)  presents "Planning and Unplanning Toronto" as part of the City Seminar Series. This event will be held on Friday, March 2nd in 305 York Lanes from 12:30pm-2pm. Everyone is welcome. Download poster. Listen to an audio recording of the presentation. Roger Keil (Director, CITY Institute) John van Nostrand […]

February 22 - CITY co-sponsors "Populating the New Transit Corridors: Vancouver's Recent Experience along the Cambie Cooridor of the Canada Line"

The City Institute is co-sponsoring a presentation with the Neptis Foundation, the Cities Centre at the University of Toronto, the Toronto Society of Architects and the City of Vaughan. "Populating the New Transit Corridors: Vancouver's Recent Experience along the Cambie Cooridor of the Canada Line" will feature a presentation by Jim Bailey (Vancouver) and Ron […]

CITY staff and students participate in Research Month

February 1 - The City Institute staff and students participated in Research Month, which celebrates the achievements and diversity of York University’s research community. This event was put on by the Office of the Vice President Research and Innovation at York University.                 From left to right: Nishanthan […]

Markus Kip co-edits book entitled “Lumpencity: Discourses of Marginality / Marginalizing Discourses"

Markus Kip (CITY Graduate Student) is one of the editors of a recent book entitled “Lumpencity: Discourses of Marginality / Marginalizing Discourses", published by Red Quill Books. This publication was a follow up to a conference by the same held in March 2009. For more information on the publication,  please visit the publisher's website.

February 16th SUBURBSTALKS: Adaoma C. Patterson speaks on Poverty in the Region of Peel

On Thursday, February 16th please join us to hear Adaoma C. Patterson, (Specialist at the Peel Region Poverty Strategy) present “Does Poverty Exist in Peel Region?” as part of the "SUBURBSTALKS" seminar series. The talk will take place between 12:00 and 1:30pm in 305 York Lanes. Everyone is welcome. Download Poster. Download the Presentation. Download the […]

February 3rd City Seminar: “Growing up in the suburbs: The hidden costs of social mobility for the children of immigrant parents”

Carl James (Director, Centre for Education & Community at York University), presents “Growing up in the suburbs: The hidden costs of social mobility for the children of immigrant parents” as part of the City Seminar series. The event will be held on Friday, February 3rd in 305 York Lanes from 12:30pm-2pm. Everyone is welcome. Download […]

February 03- Pamela Blais presents to FES graduate class on her new book "Perverse Cities"

Pamela Blais was a guest speaker in the Faculty of Environmental Studies as part of two graduate courses (Planning Theory and Ecological Economics). Pamela Blais (Principal of Metropole Consultants Ltd.) spoke about her new book "Perverse Cities" where she demonstrates how sprawl is built on hidden subsidies.  The speaker was introduced by Eric Miller (University […]

Roger Keil quoted in Grid article about changing ideas in the Greater Toronto Area suburbs

In “How the 905 stole our urbanist mojo”, Edward Keenan contrasts Toronto’s turn away from the ideals of progressive urbanism under Mayor Rob Ford, with the newfound embrace of traditionally “suburban” communities in the Greater Toronto Area like Markham for landscapes that are focused on “places for people, not for cars.” CITY Institute director and “Global Suburbanisms” […]

January 31st- Roger Keil speaks in discussion panel, "Global Austerity, Access to the City and Citizenship".

Roger Keil (Director, CITY Institute) will be participating in a panel discussion presented by the Hart House Social Justice Commitee, entitled "Global Austerity, Access to the City and Citizenship". This event will be held Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 from 4:00-6:00pm in the Hart House Debate Room located at 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto. RVSP is […]

January 17th - Stefan Kipfer presents 'Ghetto or not' is not the (only) question: Comparative research on the re-"colonization" of space in Paris and Toronto"

The Faculty of Environmental Studies at York and the CITY institute jointly present a seminar by Stefan Kipfer (FES) entitled ‘Ghetto or not’ is the (only) question: Comparative research on the re-’colonization’ of space in Paris and Toronto” This talk will give insight into an ongoing comparative research project on place-based strategies to territorialize social […]