YORK UNIVERSITY Position Description -YUSA 2 Position Title: Research Administrator Department: The City Institute at York University (CITY) Term of Employment: Contract — one year Band Level / Rate of Pay: $19.87/hour Hours of Work: 23 hours per week (schedule to be determined once hired), 4 days per week Reports to: Anna Gordon, HR Business […]
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Student MoveTO
Hey York Students! Share your travel story by filling out StudentMoveTO and YorkU's survey! Get it done before December 8, when the survey closes. Check out our website (www.studentmoveto.ca) for more details and watch out for an email linking you to the survey. StudentMoveTO is an initiative started by the four presidents of the four […]
Urbanism, Public Space and the Condominium
Inhabited Futures/ Constructed Pasts The international graduate PhD program “The World in the City,” run by a consortium of universities from Berlin, New York, and Toronto, is having its annual meeting in Toronto November 19-21, 2015. The topic of the meeting […]
Symposium on Student Transportation
Please join us for a SYMPOSIUM ON STUDENT TRANSPORTATION Monday, September 21, 2015 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Registration at 3:30 p.m. Council Chamber, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West Getting here is standing in the way of being here. Together we can fix this. Join us on September 21st for an interactive symposium […]
MCRI Scholars Featured in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
MCRI researchers are featured in the most recent issue of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research: The Politics of Post-Suburban Densification in Canada and France Written by: Eric Charmes and Roger Keil Abstract This debate specifically focuses on densification as a particular dimension of (post-) suburbanization. In the introduction, we discuss densification, along with ‘compactness’ […]
Sprawling segregation or compact integration? The challenge of the suburbs
New research from Kirk Brewer and Jill Grant examines patterns in the mix of uses and building unit densities in suburban developments over time. Their findings outline how market forces, conflicting regulations, demographic shifts, and local conditions may undermine efforts to transform suburban areas in ways that would make them more compact and integrated. Their […]
Watch: Ute Lehrer on Waterfront Redevelopment (CTV News)
Professor Ute Lehrer speaks to CTV news about the speed of development in the Port Lands area of Toronto. Watch the video clip here.
CBC The Current Interview: Ute Lehrer on Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Spaces (POPS)
MCRI researcher Ute Lehrer speaks to Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC radio's The Current about the exclusive nature of privately owned publicly-accessible spaces (POPS). Listen to the interview here.
Mythical North American suburbs- Environment & Planning A
A special issue of Environment & Planning A, volume 47 (2015) is now in print with articles on San Francisco, Toronto, Miami, and the Piedmont urban region. North American suburbia in flux Guest Editorial- Jan Nijman The strange case of the Bay Area Richard Walker, Alex Schafran Using Toronto to explore three suburban stereotypes, and […]
CBC Metro Morning Interview: Transit Equity
CBC Metro Morning's Matt Galloway speaks with Professor Roger Keil about planning transit with social equity in mind. Listen to the interview here.
