At the City Institute we stand in compassion and solidarity with all Black, Indigenous and racialized communities who are grieving and rising up. We are angered and outraged by ongoing […]
In a recent CBC article, Visiting Scholar at the City Institute Darnel Harris (urban planner and executive director of Toronto-based mobility advocacy group Our Greenway) detailed the alternatives that exist […]
Professor Linda Peake, director of the City Institute and a member of the Urban Studies program and the graduate programs in Geography, Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies and Development Studies, […]
Professor William Jenkins (an active faculty member of the City Institute) recently presented an online lecture about the legacy of the Irish Famine in Buffalo for the Irish Heritage Trust and […]
On February 7th, 2020 the CITY Institute hosted its fifth CITY Seminar. The talk, "Racialization and Financialization of the Housing Market," was given by Dr. Nemoy Lewis, a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow […]
On January 24, 2020 CITY held its fourth CITY Seminar for the 2019-2020 term with a focus on a growing area of membership - the Urban Humanities. The talk, which […]
On January 29, 2019 the City Institute was asked to participate in the York University Organized Research Units (ORUs) open house where we shared details about our institute and our research […]
On November 29th, 2019 CITY hosted its third CITY Seminar for the 2019-2020 term. Our third seminar, "Knowledge and Sustainability in Smart Cities," featured a panel discussion with Dr. Natasha Tusikov […]
On November 13, 2019 Director Linda Peake and CITY's coordinator Francesca D'Amico-Cuthbert were invited to participate in YorkU’s first-ever Toronto City Hall reception where they met with Mayor John Tory, […]
Between November 4-18, 2019 the City Institute hosted the third (and final) two week visit with our Visiting Professor Kevin Ward (Professor of Human Geography and Director of cities@manchester at […]