Cancelled - City Seminar: Unearthing the Other Stories (March 6)

Yes, We Can Afford to Plan for Smarter Growth and Better Housing

MCRI researchers Markus Moos, Pierre Filion, Roger Keil, and Alan Walks collaborate with University of Waterloo researchers Jeff Casello, Laura Johnson, and Maxwell Hartt to look at a range of factors that are responsible for escalating housing prices in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Click here for the full Huffington Post article.    

Toronto City Walks

CITY invites you to attend our first Toronto City walks of the year. Started last year, City Walks are a great opportunity to meet new people who are interested in knowing more about the city we live in. This year will start with a dim sum lunch and, in the following months, park walks through […]

Roger Keil Awarded York Research Chair

Congratulations is in order for Roger Keil on being awarded a York Research Chair. From yFile: Ten emerging and established researchers from across the University have been appointed York Research Chairs. The appointments are the first in a new program established to build, support and intensify the world-renowned research under way at the University. “I […]

City Seminar: We don't have public spaces anymore

The City Institute at York University (CITY) presents: The City Seminar An interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present. Roza Tchoukaleyska Postdoctoral fellow, City Institute at York University   "We don't have public spaces anymore: The perceived failures of suburban high-rise revitalization programs in France"   Roza’s postdoctoral research considers the function and […]

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New Publication: Suburban Governance. A Global View

Pierre Hamel and Roger Keil have released their new assemblage of essays by leading scholars on suburban governance. For more information and to purchase the book, check it out on the publishers website. Here's some endorsements: “Suburban Governance is a landmark volume for the consolidation of global urban studies, making an important contribution to a new […]

Event: Remembering Stuart Hall

Articulating Inspiration: Remembering Stuart Hall December 5th  2014 Full day event: 10am - 4pm 2101 Vari Hall - The Sociology Common Room   On February 10, 2014 renowned cultural theorist and sociologist Stuart Hall passed away, leaving behind a three decade-long legacy of critical thought. In theorizing and re-conceptualizing the meanings of the social and […]

Call for Manuscripts and Proposals: Global Suburbanisms

A NEW BOOK SERIES WITH UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS ROGER KEIL (EDITOR) About the Series: Urbanization is at the core of the global economy today. Yet, crucially, suburbanization now dominates 21st century urban development. Suburbanization is defined as an increase in non-central city population and economic activity, as well as urban spatial expansion. It includes […]