CITY Attends YorkU's First-Ever Toronto City Hall Reception

On November 13, 2019 Director Linda Peake and CITY's coordinator Francesca D'Amico-Cuthbert were invited to participate in YorkU’s first-ever Toronto City Hall reception where they met with Mayor John Tory, Toronto City councillors (including those who are YorkU Alumni), and other York University researchers and organized research units (ORUs). This day also marked the 60th […]

Kevin Ward Visit, 2019

Between November 4-18, 2019 the City Institute hosted the third (and final) two week visit with our Visiting Professor Kevin Ward (Professor of Human Geography and Director of cities@manchester at the University of Manchester). Each of his three visits were intellectually stimulating, and a mixture of capacity building, mentoring, networking, and teaching. During his time with […]

CITY Meet & Greet 2019

On November 8th, 2019 CITY held its annual meet and greet in the lounge area of the City Institute to meet incoming members, faculty, visiting scholars, graduate students, and researchers, as well reconnect with existing members.

Building and Strengthening the Relationships Between the City of Toronto and Universities

Our second CITY Seminar for the 2019-2020 year took place on November 8, 2019 and was organized by Dr. Joe Mihevc, our True Visitor who currently teaches in the Department of Geography in the Faculty of LA&PS. Dr. Mihevc is also a former City Councillor at the City of Toronto. The talk was titled "Building and Strengthening […]

CITY Interviews with David Miller

On October 25, 2019 we held a  special CITY Seminar event organized by Professor Patricia Wood. The event, which was titled “The Future of Toronto’s Relationship with Queen’s Park: An Interview with David Miller, Former Mayor, City of Toronto,” was held on October 25, 2019. This event grew out of the initiative Toronto the Better: Renewing Local […]

Feminist Explorations of Urban Futures International Conference

Between September 26-28th 2019 our SSHRC Partnership Grant Project Gender, Urbanization and the global south: a transformative knowledge network (GenUrb), hosted a three-day international conference, Feminist Explorations of Urban Futures (FEUF) at York University.  The event was  funded  by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), York University, and the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography.  With more than 80 […]

CITY Affiliate Faculty Member Roger Keil to deliver prestigious Sir Peter Hall Lecture

A prestigious annual lecture that pays tribute to the late Sir Peter Hall, a global figure in the study of cities and regions and their planning, will be delivered this year by York University Faculty of Environmental Studies Professor Roger Keil. The annual Sir Peter Hall Lecture will take place June 5 at University College London […]

CITY Director Linda Peake Featured in Winter 2019 Issue of York Magazine

In the recent issue of The York University Magazine (Winter 2019) about metropolitan life, Professor Linda Peake is featured in a leading feature story titled "Smart Cities: Professor Linda Peake talks urban theory and practice," written by Deirdre Kelly with photography by Sofie Kirk. For the full story, see The York University Magazine (Winter 2019).

CITY Holds its 2019 Annual General Meeting

On April 15th2019, the City Institute held its Annual General Meeting for all CITY affiliates to discuss the institute’s progress over the 2018-2019 academic year and its future endeavours. Director Linda Peake discussed the City Institute’s year-to-date financial report and long-term funding as well as how university-wide budget cuts will impact the institute over the […]

CITY Re-Chartering Site Visit A Success

On January 25th, 2019 the City Institute at York University held its site visit to discuss the submission of its recent re-chartering report in the fall of 2018 with reviewers Drs. Sutama Ghosh (Ryerson University) and Rob Shields (University of Alberta). The visit began with a preliminary briefing and breakfast, which was hosted by the […]