The 'Global Suburbanisms' MCRI has launched a YouTube channel to share our research and work with a wider audience! Visit it regularly to watch talks and presentations given by our researchers and partners and get a first-hand look at our activities - like the graduate summer school held in Leipzig, Germany.
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"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 […]
The Highrise is Re-imagined in NFB's "One Millionth Tower" Documentary
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB), one of the partner organizations participating in the "Global Suburbanisms" MCRI, has launched a new interactive documentary, One Millionth Tower, to critical acclaim. It features examples of tower revitalization from around the world, and lets you visit highrise neighbourhoods in more than 200 countries. One Millionth Tower re-imagines […]
Roger Keil featured in Yorkregion.com
Roger Keil was featured in an article from yorkregion.com about his recent presentation at a panel discussion entitled “Infrastructure, Growth and the Shape of the Suburbs” in Vaughan on October 4th. “Take responsibility for your urbanity,” urged Roger Keil, a professor at York University and director of its City Institute. He spoke of how little […]
New Governance Publication by Jamie Peck
Jamie Peck's new article, "Neoliberal Suburbanism: Frontier Space", has been published in Urban Geography. The research for the paper was supported by the "Global Suburbanisms" Major Collaborative Research Initiative under the Governance project, and an earlier draft was presented at the Suburban Governance Workshop held in Leipzig in the summer of 2011. From the abstract: […]
Roger Keil to speak on infrastructure challenges in York Region on October 4
Roger Keil is scheduled to speak at "Infrastructure, Growth and the Shape of the Suburbs; York Region's Infrastructure Challenges in the Next 20 Years" on Tuesday, October 4. This speaker series and panel discussion is hosted by Sustainable Vaughan, the Vaughan Citizen newspaper, and Human Endeavor. Other speakers at the event include Eric Miller (Director, […]
Leipzig Graduate Summer School Featured in Yfile
As part of the MCRI "Global Suburbanisms" research project, we held a graduate summer school in Leipzig, Germany in the summer of 2011. The students' experience in the course was featured in a Y-File article today written by MES students Josh Neubauer and Gwen Potter. Click to read the full article: “York University MES students […]
Roger Keil and Ute Lehrer discuss "Global Suburbanisms" MCRI CBC's Metro Morning
Roger Keil and Ute Lehrer were on CBC Radio's Metro Morningshow with Matt Galloway discussing the "Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the 21st century" research project. Roger was talking about the scope, content and research program of the project. Ute was talking about a recent graduate summer school course that was part of […]
Doug Young's March 1 talk on tower renewal available to watch online
Take a few minutes to watch the talk Doug Young gave at the Tower Renewal Workshop held this past March at York University, now posted to the new Global Suburbanisms YouTube channel: The talk has been divided into 3 parts:
Roger Keil gave a presentation at the "Spatiality and Justice" workshop in Montreal
Roger Keil gave a paper entitled "The Rise of the Suburbs and the Challenge of Metropolitan Governance" at the Spatiality and Justice Interdisciplinary Investigations on a Political Philosophy of the City workshop in Montreal from May 5-7, 2011. This workshop addresses an area of study that has been surprisingly under-examined by theorists: the city. What […]
