On April 27, 2012 Katerina Cizek (National Film Board) gave a presentation entitled "The search for the urban species" as part of the TEDexStouffvile series. In her presentation she mentions the MCRI "Global Suburbanisms" project and shares humorous and beautiful stories about her film documentary work in search of the urban species.
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Rob Shields and Nick Phelps featured in International Journal of Cultural Studies special issue, "Creative Suburbia".
A recent a special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Studies entitled "Creative Suburbia" features articles by MCRI researchers Rob Shields and Nick Phelps. If you are interested in viewing the articles, they are available at http://ics.sagepub.com/content/current.
New Tower Renewal website launched
In March 2011, Laura Taylor (FES) and Douglas Young (Dept. of Social Sciences, MRCI Researcher) collaborated with several other researchers on the topic of urban revitalization and more specifically, tower renewal. A Tower Renewal website has recently been launched to share the research and ideas generated from the two-day conference held at York University.
New Publication: "The development of master-planned communities in Chinese suburbs" by Shen & Wu
"The development of master-planned communities in Chinese suburbs: A case study of Shanghai's Thames Town", by Jie Shen (Cardiff University) and Fulong Wu (University College, London), published in Urban Geography, explores the emergence of residential enclaves in China and seeks to understand how these enclaves, often associated with the consumption of luxury housing, are developed […]
"Global Suburbanisms" MCRI welcomes new Research Administrator
We are pleased to welcome Sarah Khan, who has joined the City Institute at York University as our new Research Administrator. Sarah is a York University graduate holding an undergraduate degree in Law & Society and Anthropology, and holds a graduate certificate in Forensic Studies from Mount Royal University. She previously worked for the City […]
New Publication: "Governing Suburbia", by Ekers, Hamel and Keil
"Governing Suburbia: Modalities and Mechanisms of Suburban Governance", by Michael Ekers (University of Toronto), Pierre Hamel (Université de Montréal) and Roger Keil (York University), published in Regional Studies, traces the major modalities of suburban governance through a literature review. The authors find evidence for three distinct but complementary modalities: the state, capital accumulation and private […]
"Global Suburbanisms" bids farewell to Research Administrator Judy Patla
Judy Patla will be ending her time at CITY as our Research Administrator on January 31, 2012. Judy has been an invaluable asset to our team. We will miss her and wish her all the best with her future endeavours! As of February 1st, please send all inquires related to the MCRI "Global Suburbanisms to […]
Video of Douglas Young's presentation to North York Modernist Architecture Forum
Video of the November 3, 2011 North York Modernist Architecture Forum, including Douglas Young's presentation, "Planning and the Modern Suburbs" is now available to watch online.
Roger Keil quoted in Grid article about changing ideas in the Greater Toronto Area suburbs
In "How the 905 stole our urbanist mojo", Edward Keenan contrasts Toronto's turn away from the ideals of progressive urbanism under Mayor Rob Ford, with the newfound embrace of traditionally "suburban" communities in the Greater Toronto Area like Markham for landscapes that are focused on "places for people, not for cars." CITY Institute director and […]
Roger Keil discusses GTA's changing suburbs on Metro Morning
Roger Keil (York University) appeared on CBC's Metro Morning today to discuss Edward Keenan's article on the changing suburbs of the Greater Toronto Area, published in yesterday's edition of The Grid.
