Jan. 11th CITY Seminar - Homelessness Research with presentations from Paula Goering, Stephen Gaetz and Valerie Tarasuk

The CITY Institute and the Canadian Homelessness Research Network jointly present a special CITY Seminar on Homelessness Research. Please join us for a snapshot of what’s new in homelessness research and how that research may be used to inform and support decisions that contribute to solutions. Paula Goering (Research Lead, At Home/Chez Soi, Mental Health […]

Media Coverage of Jennifer Keesmaat City Seminar

CITY welcomed Jennifer Keesmaat (Chief Planner, City of Toronto and FES alumni) at the October 5th City Seminar where she presented “Re-imagining Planning in Practice in Toronto”. See below for the media coverage this event received. October 3 | York University Y-File | Chief planner will look at public sector planning in shaping policy October 5 | […]

Ali Asgary featured in Toronto Star article on highrises and disaster response

Ali Asgary (School of Administrative Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies) was featured in a November 20 Toronto Star article, "Density Toronto: When disaster strikes, highrise neighbourhoods are a challenge for first responders". View the article. 

December 7th CITY Seminar- Margit Mayer presents "Contradictions in the Neoliberalization of the Urban".

CITY and the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies jointly present "Contradictions in the Neoliberalization of the Urban" with Margit Mayer (Department of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin). This event will be held Friday, December 7th from 12:30-2:00 pm in room 305, York Lanes. Margit Mayer teaches comparative and North American politics at the Freie Universität Berlin, […]

Nov. 30- CITY and the CCGES present "Urban cultures against right wing activism: Challenging the spatial hegemony of racism in East-German small towns" with Thomas Buerk.

CITY and the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies jointly present  "Urban cultures against right wing activism:  Challenging the spatial hegemony of racism in  East-German small towns" with Thomas Buerk (Critical Geography Berlin and HU Berlin). This event will be held on Friday, November 30th from 12:30 to 2:00 pm in room 749, York Research Tower. Thomas Buerk […]

Nov 29 - Urban Asia Series - Tania Ahmad presents "Socialities of Indignation: Denouncing Party Politicy in Karachi, Pakistan".

The CITY Institute and the York Centre for Asian Research jointly present “Socialities of Indignation: Denouncing Party Politicy in Karachi, Pakistan″ with Tania Ahmad (Department of Anthropology, York University) as part of the Urban Asia lecture series. This event will be held on Thursday, November 29 from 12:00-2:00pm in 626 York Research Tower. Tania is […]

CITY and the CCGES present "High-Modernism and Mass Utopia in Twentieth-Century Urban Planning" with Dietmar Schirmer

CITY and the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies present "High-Modernism and Mass Utopia in Twentieth-Century Urban Planning" with Dietmar Schirmer (Department of Political Science, University of Florida). This event will be held Friday, November 9th from 12:30 to 2:30 pm in room 280A York Lanes. Dietmar Schirmer,(Ph.D. in Political Science from Free University […]

CITY Institute & York Centre for Asian Research present Urban Asia lecture series

The CITY Institute and the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) present the Urban Asia series with five lectures from prominent researchers on major Asian cities. The presentations will be held on the last Thursday of the month from 12:00-2:00pm in room 626 of the York Research Tower. October 25 , 2012 | ALANA BOLAND […]

November 16th CITY Seminar - Cathy Molloy presents “Markham Museum: Growing with Markham”

Cathy Molloy (Director, Markham Museum) presents “Markham Museum: Growing with Markham”. This event will be held on Friday, November 16th in HNES 142 from 12:30-2:30pm. Cathy has been the Director of the Markham Museum since August 2008. She has a diverse education and work experience including archaeology and accounting. Starting her work career as an […]

Oct 25 - Urban Asia Series - Alana Boland presents "Both Spectacular and Mundane: The Greening of Urban China, 1990-2010".

The CITY Institute and the York Centre for Asian Research jointly present "Both Spectacular and Mundane: The Greening of Urban China, 1990-2010" with Prof. Alana Boland (Department of Geography, Program of Planning, University of Toronto). This event will be held on Thursday, October 25, 2012 from 12:00-2:00pm in 626 York Research Tower. Alana Boland is […]