As part of the SUBURBSTALK series, Dr. Alex Schafran (Paris School of International Affairs) presents "The Strange Case of the Bay Area". This event will be held on Monday, January 14th in Room 305 York Lanes from 1:30-3:00pm. Alex Schafran recently completed his PHD in City & Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. […]
Events
SUBURBTALKS- Seminar by Florian Koch
Dr. Florian Koch (Department of History and Social Sciences Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia) will be presenting "Urban planning and governance processes at the city fringe: The case of Barranquilla, Colombia" as part of SUBURBTALKS on Tuesday, June 26 from 2:00-3:00pm in Room 626 in the York Research Tower. Everyone in welcome. View the poster. […]
New website "Atlas of Suburbanisms" to be launched at the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting
A new website, designed by a team of researchers and students from the MCRI Universal Benchmarking sub-project, will be launched on May 30, 2012 at 12:00pm during the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting at Sir Wilfred Laurier University in room ARTS 2E7. Atlas of Suburbanisms showcases maps and data on 19 Canadian cities and provides analysis on the changing […]
Global Suburbanisms MCRI Project and CITY co-sponsor the launch of "Time and the Suburbs: The Politics of Built Environments and the Future of Dissent"
The City Institute and the Global Suburbanisms MCRI Project at York University are proud to co-sponsor the Toronto launch of Rohan Quinby's new book, Time and the Suburbs: The Politics of Built Environments and the Future of Dissent, (Winnipeg: Arbeiterring Publishing 2011). This event will be held on Satuday, June 2nd at 4:00pm, at Type Books […]
SUBURBSTALK: "Does poverty exist in Peel Region?"
On February 16, 2012,Adaoma Patterson gave a presentation on the question of whether poverty exists in Peel Region as part of our ongoing lecture series, SUBURBSTALKS. Click here to listen to a stream of Adaoma's talk. Click here to view Adaoma's presentation. Adaoma C. Patternson currently works for the Region of Peel, Human Services Department, […]
"One Millionth Tower" at the Gladstone Hotel
On December 6, 2011 the NFB documentary One Millionth Tower launched at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel with a screening and discussion. "Global Suburbanisms" principal investigator, Roger Keil, participated in a panel discussion about how we can build a better city at the event, along with highrise residents, ERA architects, representatives from the United Way, City of […]
Douglas Young speaks on the planning and the modern suburb on November 3 2011
Douglas Young (Assistant Professor, Urban Studies, York University) gave a talk on "Planning and the Modern Suburb: Then and Now" at the 2011 North York Modernist Architecture Forum, presented by the North York Community Preservation Panel in partnership with the City Institute oat York University (CITY). The event was held at the North York Civic […]
Suburban Governance Workshop held in Leipzig
From June 30 to July 3, 2011, researchers from the Governance group, the MCRI Advisory Board, and several international collaborators met at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig to hold a workshop on the theme of "Suburban Governance". In addition, the graduate summer school students and fifteen architecture and sociology students from […]
Sigrun Kabisch Presents "Shrinking Cities: New Thinking About Urban Development"
Dr. Sigrun Kabisch (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany) presented “Shrinking Cities: New Thinking About Urban Development” an event co-hosted by The Canadian Centre for German & European Studies (CCGES) and City Institute. 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, Room 305, York Lanes. Click here to view the poster. Click here to listen to […]
SUBURBSTALKS - Seminar by Alan Mabin
Alan Mabin (University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg) presented “Scope and Dimensions of African Suburbanism” as part of SUBURBS TALKS on April 8, 2011. Room 305 in York Lanes from 12:30 – 2pm. The presentation reported on the present state of African suburbanisation emphasizing the territory south of the Sahara, and based on an extensive review of secondary […]
