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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Roger Keil (FES) was featured in an October 05 Toronto Sun article, "Will province drag its feet on regional transit taxes?", in which he suggests that GTA residents would be willing to pay for better transportation. View the article.
Members and partners of the CITY institute recently received commendation for their work from the 2012 Heritage Toronto Awards. In the category of book, Gene Desfor and Jennefer Laidley (Faculty of Environmental Studies) received Honorable Mention for their 2011 publication "Reshaping Toronto's Waterfront". "This book draws on insights from a variety of academic disciplines […]
The recently held Transit Summit has received significant media coverage. September 25, Y-File - Transit Summit at York: A Call For Action September 28, OMNI News - Interview with Adam Vaughan and Roger Keil September 28, Toronto Star - James: TTC abandoned by city, province October 1, Torontoist.com - Experts Bemoan Gridlock Over Taxes at […]
The City Institute at York University (CITY) and the Faculty of Environmental Studies present: The City Seminar Jennifer Keesmaat Chief Planner, City of Toronto “Re-imagining Planning in Practice in Toronto” Friday October 5, 2012 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in room 140 HNES Building, York University. As the newly engaged Chief Planner for the […]
Janine Marchessault, an executive member at CITY, was recently awarded the Trudeau Fellowship prize from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. The prize celebrates outstanding research achievements, creativity and social commitment. Janine's commendation was featured in a recent Y-File article. View the article.
CITY and York University recently announced a new PhD Program in collaboration with other universities and institutions from Toronto, Berlin and New York. This announcement was featured in a recent Y-File article. View the article.
Shelley Hornstein (Faculty of Visual Arts) will be presenting as the Gillmor Visiting Lecturer at the University of Calgary Architecture Program within the Faculty of Environmental Design. Shelley will be presenting "Arcadia and Augments: The Space of Appearance in Recent Architecture" as part of the Design Matter Lecture Series. This lecture will be held in […]