The City Seminar: "Unearthing the Other Stories" - November 6

The City Seminar: "Unearthing the Other Stories: Political Spaces and Everyday Life at the Intersections of Cities, Gender and Nature" Date: November 6, 2015 Time: 12:30pm to 2:30pm Location: Room 140, HNES Building Panelists include Professor Gerda Wekerle, Professor Liette Gilbert, Donald Leffers, and Professor Ellie Perkins. The seminar will take place on Friday November […]

New Article Featuring Alison Bain

Published on Wednesday October 21st,2015 the article titled "Organized Research Unit welcome new and returning directors" features our current acting Director Alison Bain. Spend some times and take a look at the York University's Daily News article.

Darren Patrick in Bologna

Darren Patrick, a resident at the CITY Institute PhD Student competing his doctorates degree through the Faculty of Environment Studies shares his experience in Bologna on the latest evocation threatens to whitewash the red city's political legacy. Please take some time to review Darren Patrick and his experience. Darren Patrick is an academic, transnational activist, a member of Laboratorio […]

Alternate Routes Journal: Conference & Call for Papers

Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research The goal of this conference is to explore how sub/urban and regional austerity measures have altered fiscal arrangements, social services provisioning, labour-management relations, socio-political and electoral landscapes. Alternate Routes and the City Institute at York University (CITY) are seeking critical submissions that advance or challenge theoretical approaches, […]

Student Move T.O Transportation Survey

More Information ...? The Student Move Transportation Survey Symposium took place on Monday September 21, 2015 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm. The survey will be rolling out within the next upcoming months. For more on the Symposium on Student Transportation Please check out the Student Move T.O Official website. . _____________________________ Please join us for a […]

Global Suburban Infrastructure Presentations

Between June 14th - 16th, 2015  a Global Suburban Infrastructure Workshop took place at the University of Waterloo. Panelists included Pierre Filion, Roger Keil, Jean Andrey, and Clarence Woudsma. Please take some time to watch the entire workshop presentation upload online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz2Q7gETX3o&index=6&list=PLZn5DvgmoJ1MZaLjWV2Ivtrofex-WX8LW

City Institute: Career Development Workshop in Urban Studies

We invite applicants for a 2-day career development workshop for early career urban studies scholars to be held on Thursday, November 12th and Friday November 13th, 2015, at York University. The workshop is an opportunity to consider the career development issues of most relevance to those contemplating a job search in urban studies and related […]