A fantastic turnout at the Social Justice in the City event on March 14, 2014. In this day-long event, CITY featured panels and workshops on how engagement with artist-activists in the city might speak to modes of academic activism and production that promote urban social justice. Narmeen Hashim, Linda Peake, Selma James, Gokburu Tanyildiz, and Simon […]
CITY presents “Engaging Scholars: Critical Urbanism at York University” – Thursday, April 3, 2014 A half day of presentations by York PhD students on critical urban studies, Full Abstracts Here Location: 305 York Lanes Please RSVP to city@yorku.ca Agenda 1 - 1.10pm Introduction: Linda Peake (Director) and Claire Major (City PhD Candidate, Geography) 1.10 - […]
Professor Carl James discusses the mental health of marginalized youth affected by violence, poverty, and racism in a recent YFile article. Click Here for the full article.
Simon Black discusses the NDP position on the minimum wage in Canada. Andrea Horwath’s stance on the minimum wage suggests that Ontario’s New Democrats are no longer on the side of some of the most vulnerable workers in our economy, writes Simon Black. Full Story Here.
Professor Stephen Gaetz comments on homeless in Canada and says homeless youth are thrust into adult roles before their time and the transition is often traumatic. Full Story Here.
“The Enabling City and Goethe-Institut co-publish a new tool kit”. CITY’s pop-up democracy panel in 2012 got credited in being instrumental for Chiara Camponeschi's second edition of Enabling City. Full Document Available Here
February 17 - The “Re-imagining our Cities” event on February 7 with the federal NDP party and Matthew Kellway were featured in a Toronto Star article. Full Story Here. (Source: The Toronto Star)