Roger Keil (FES) was recently quoted in a Globe and Mail article that examines cultural diversity and population growth in Brampton. The article, "How Brampton demonstrates the new vision of Canada", comments on the opportunities and challenges created by the current demographic trends in the city. Read the full article.
The CITY Institute is saddened to learn of the loss of the great urbanist Tony Coombes. Tony, through the Neptis Foundation, was a great supporter and partner in various CITY events and projects. He will be missed. COOMBES, Anthony Christopher: Born July 17, 1937 to Frederick (Ben) and Enid Coombes in Sydney, Australia, Tony passed […]
The recent conference Peforming Diaspora 2013: The History of Urban Music in Toronto, co-sponsored by CITY, was featured in the latest edition of YFile. The first annual conference was held on June 1st and featured the the “scholarship of budding Canadian hip hop academic alongside the oral histories of Toronto’s pioneering Hip Hop practitioners in order […]
Roger Keil (FES) was featured on Radio Canada International discussing the recently held conference, "The World in the City: Metropolitanism and Globalization from the 19th Century to the Present". This year's conference, co-presented by York University, CITY, and the University of Toronto, examined the theme of "Empire, City and Nature". Read and listen to the […]