"Skyscrapers in the Subdivision," a new article on NextCity compares the changes confronting suburbia in Montgomery Country, Maryland and York Region, Ontario. MCRI primary investigator Roger Keil and Greater Toronto Suburban Working Group co-ordinator Sean Hertel are featured in author Amanda Kolson-Hurley's tour of the fast-growing, diverse suburb of Markham. It’s tempting to view Keil […]
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Roger Keil & Sean Hertel Talk About Fixing the GTA
Roger Keil was among the contributors to the Globe & Mail's compilation of 14 ideas for improving the GTA in 2014 and used the opportunity to talk about the need to bring urbanites and suburbanites together. My proposal for 2014 is to make a leap forward and try to create councils and roundtables and begin […]
Huffington Post considers A Suburban Revolution
Huffington Post columnist writer Hassan Arif talks about the Suburban Revolution conference in his Oct. 7 article. Arif writes about how preconceptions of suburbs are being shattered and discusses key events at the conference, including the release of the Roundtable Report of the Greater Toronto Suburban Working Group and the gala screening of HIGHRISE: Out […]
Roundtable Report shows suburbs aren't substandard
York Region Media Group reporter Sean Pearce was among those who attended the launch of the Roundtable Report of the Greater Toronto Working Group. In his Oct. 2 article, he talks to co-authors Sean Hertel and Roger Keil about the changing perception of GTA suburbs.
Toronto Star op-ed reveals the city's suburban future
MCRI members Roger Keil and Sean Hertel published an opinion piece, "Look for Toronto’s urban future in the booming suburbs," in the Sept. 25 edition of the Toronto Star, just ahead of the launch of the Suburban Revolution conference and the release of the Roundtable Report of the Greater Toronto Suburban Working Group.
Collaborative Greater Toronto Suburban Working Group Launches Roundtable Report
The Greater Toronto Suburban Working Working Group's Roundtable Report was launched today at the Suburban Revolution conference at York University. Co-authors Sean Hertel and Roger Keil unveiled the report that includes 10 essays about the changing face of the Greater Toronto Area from academics, community members and practitioners, working together to address the challenges facing […]
MCRI Project team publishes new article "Peripheries, suburbanisms and change in sub-Saharan African cities".
Alan Mabin, Siân Butcher and Robin Bloch, as part of the MCRI project team, have recently published a new article in Social Dynamics: A journal of African studies. It is entitled "Peripheries, suburbanisms and change in sub-Saharan African cities". Below is a link to the the article and the abstract: Abstract The paper reports on developments in […]
Insight on transit from student participants of MCRI workshop featured in Huffington Post
A recent presentation given by FES grad students at a City of Toronto transit event was featured in the Huffington Post. The students had participated in a Critical Planning Workshop in Montpellier, France as part of the MCRI “Global Suburbanisms” project.
FES students present at City Hall on their experience at the MCRI workshop in Montpellier, France.
April 30, 2013 - The graduate students from the York's Critical Planning Workshop presented at Toronto's City Hall as part of the "Inside the Planners Studio" event. The students shared their insights on how Montpellier is dealing with planning in regards to growth pressures, transportation issues and governance.
Spacing covers Roger Keil at Chief Planner's Roundtable
On April 2, MCRI's principal investigator, Roger Keil, was among the academics, professionals and city staff participating in Toronto's Chief Planner Roundtable session on "Next Generation Suburbs." Spacing magazine's article on the roundtable notes that "With too many great lines and comments to list, [Keil] silenced the crowd and left moderator Keesmaat impressed. He even […]
