CITY: Two Analytic Windows into China's Intergenerational Bus Seat Conflicts

Event: Two Analytic Windows into China's Intergenerational Bus Seat Conflicts Date: January 20th, 2016 Time: 2:30pm - 4:30pm Location: Sociology Common Room, 2101 Vari Hall, York University    Please join Professor Katherine Bischoping from the Department of Sociology and Zhipeng Gao from the Graduate Program in Psychology will be presenting on "Two Analytic Windows into China's Intergenerational Bus […]

The City Seminar: Seeing like a Speculator: Making Real Estate in Fin-de-siecle Paris" - January 8

The City Seminar: Seeing like a Speculator: Making Real Estate in Fin-de-siecle Paris Date: Friday January 8th, 2016 Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm NEW LOCATION: Room 626, Kaneff Tower, York University    Alexia Yates is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at York University. She is an urban historian and a historian of economic life in modern Europe. […]

Metro Morning News: Featuring Professor Carl James

Listen now to Professor Carl James' audio podcast on Black Youth in Peel now from Metro Morning News on the CBC.   Professor Carl James is a Professor in the Graduate Program in Sociology at York University and is the Director for the York Centre for Education and Community. Moreover is he associated with CITY, The City […]

SSHRC’s Impact Award: Professors Susan McGrath and Stephen Gaetz

York University Professors Susan McGrath and Stephen Gaetz have been recognized by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Professors McGrath and Gaetz are the recipients of the SSHRC’s prestigious Impact Awards. Click here to read the entire article featuring both professors and providing background on their research. The annual Impact Awards […]

Lecture with Ute Lehrer "Urbanism, Public Space and the Condominiums: Between Dark Age and the Good Society

                                    The international graduate PhD program “The World in the City,” run by a consortium of universities from Berlin, New York, and Toronto, is having its annual meeting in Toronto November 19-21, 2015. The topic of the meeting […]

The City Seminar: "Queer Worlding in the Urban Age" - December 4

The City Seminar: Queer worldings in the urban age Date: Friday December 4th, 2015 Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm NEW LOCATION: Room 305, York Lanes, York University    Please join the City Institute at York University (CITY) to welcome Natalie Oswin, on "Queer worldings in the urban age". Natalie is an urban social geographer and an Associate Professor […]

New Article Featuring Dr. Stephen Gaetz

Published on Sunday October 25, 2015 the The Star published an article featuring Dr. Stephan Gaetz. Titled "Youth homelessness not just a downtown Toronto issue" speaks on the growing issue of homelessness outside the Toronto boundary. Dr. Gaetz is a faculty member at the City Institute (CITY) and the Faculty of Education at York University. […]

The City Seminar: "Unearthing the Other Stories" - November 6

The City Seminar: "Unearthing the Other Stories: Political Spaces and Everyday Life at the Intersections of Cities, Gender and Nature" Date: November 6, 2015 Time: 12:30pm to 2:30pm Location: Room 140, HNES Building Panelists include Professor Gerda Wekerle, Professor Liette Gilbert, Donald Leffers, and Professor Ellie Perkins. The seminar will take place on Friday November […]

New Article Featuring Alison Bain

Published on Wednesday October 21st,2015 the article titled "Organized Research Unit welcome new and returning directors" features our current acting Director Alison Bain. Spend some times and take a look at the York University's Daily News article.

Darren Patrick in Bologna

Darren Patrick, a resident at the CITY Institute PhD Student competing his doctorates degree through the Faculty of Environment Studies shares his experience in Bologna on the latest evocation threatens to whitewash the red city's political legacy. Please take some time to review Darren Patrick and his experience. Darren Patrick is an academic, transnational activist, a member of Laboratorio […]