Roger Keil on Ebola in Maclean's Magazine
Roger Keil on Ebola in Maclean's Magazine
From yFile: Roger Keil, a York University political science professor who co-authored an in-depth study of how SARS affected Toronto as a city, says he sees some parallels with the new threat, most specifically, how it, too, has emerged from a region of the world that North Americans don’t spend much time thinking about…. He […]
Event: Massive Convergence with Jennifer Keesmaat
Event: Massive Convergence with Jennifer Keesmaat
CITY invites you to attend a talk by Jennifer Keesmaat Friday, 24 October 2014 Vari Lecture Hall C 3:00 p.m. The York Geography Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series, in conjunction with the Canadian Association of Geographers - Ontario Division and the City Institute, present "Massive Convergence," a talk by City of Toronto Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat. […]
Event Series: Celebrating Feminist Interdisciplinary Urban Research
Event Series: Celebrating Feminist Interdisciplinary Urban Research
YORK UNIVERSITY SHOWCASES LEADING-EDGE FEMINIST URBAN RESEARCH IN A SERIES OF EVENTS IN EARLY NOVEMBER 2014 Watch for detailed descriptions of these events in forthcoming announcements and on posters around campus. SERIES A: NOVEMBER 3 1. POLS 4404/5504 UNDERGRADUATE-GRADUATE STUDENT ONLY EVENT WITH DR. FARANAK MIRAFTAB. Dr. Faranak Miraftab (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) will make a special visit to […]
Graduate Student Session with Professor Nazgol Bagheri (Nov 5)
Graduate Student Session with Professor Nazgol Bagheri (Nov 5)
The City Institute would like to invite interested graduate students to attend a session with Nazgol Bagheri (University of Texas at San Antonio) Wednesday November 5, 2014 2:00 to 4:00 pm Room 749, Kaneff Tower Crossing disciplinary boundaries, including feminist and transnational studies, Professor Bagheri's work focuses on Iranian women’s presence and preferences in Tehran public spaces […]
Message from CITY Director Linda Peake
Message from CITY Director Linda Peake
Dear City Institute members, Another academic year is upon us and I have been tardy in sending out a message. At the same time I wanted to wait until the Executive had voted on the new governance document for The City Institute as it sets us upon a somewhat new path in terms of organizing […]
CITY Open House (Oct 23)
CITY Open House (Oct 23)
We would like to invite you to an open house at the City Institute at York University (CITY). Thursday October 23, 2014 5:00 to 6:00pm pm 7th Floor Lounge, Kaneff Tower York University As a research centre, the City Institute at York University brings together the university’s urban scholars, both faculty and graduate students from […]
New book explores urban forests and green space
New book explores urban forests and green space
CITY member L. Anders Sandberg has released a new book co-edited with PhD students from York's Faculty of Environmental Studies as well as from the University of Toronto. The new book titled Urban Forests, Trees, and Greenspace: A Political Ecology Perspective explores urban forests, trees, and green space with a political ecology lens. From the editor: Urban forests, […]