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 […]
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What Toronto Can Learn from Montpellier
You can now read A Metropole Among the Vineyards, the result of 11 students' work in the 2012 Critical Planning Workshop. The 100-page report looks at Montpellier, in the south of France, and considers what lessons can be learned when it comes to better planning Toronto's suburbs. As Ute Lehrer writes in her introduction: "With […]
CASA blog reviews Suburban Constellations
Suburban Constellations, released in September, gets reviewed in this blog post at the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Author Fabian Neuhaus discusses the scope and breadth of the essays in the book saying, "it does surprise the reader with raw concepts and very direct lines thought making for a joyful read. Further more it […]
Spacing praises the CITY Institute
If you didn't already have enough reasons to pick up the newest edition of Spacing, you can read about how the CITY Institute is one of "8 Amazing 'Real-World' Urbanism Laboratories": "York, while located in a decidely post-war suburban setting, has been pushing the boundaries of urban research and study with its CITY Institue at […]
Reviewing A Suburban Revolution
Jadaliyya.com's Deen Sharp's thoughts on the Suburban Revolution conference, Suburban Constellations and the challenges evaluating and grappling with suburbs and suburbanisms. "The conference and edited volume make it clear that getting out into and engaging with the urban peripheries is increasingly important to understand contemporary patterns and processes of social life. Whether, however, we can […]
The Flexible City Symposium 24/25 October 2013
"Cities over the world face complex and rapidly evolving challenges. Ranging from climate, to poverty, economic downturns and demographic shifts, cities now need to confront an unprecedented array of issues. Addressing them requires ingenuity and versatility, whether in policymaking, investment decisions or everyday livelihoods. At the Flexible City Symposium of the Oxford Programme for […]
Roger Keil talks Suburban Revolution on the radio
Global Suburbanisms primary investigator Roger Keil appeared on CIUT (89.5 FM)'s The Keenan Wire, with host Edward Keenan. He talked on the morning show about both the Global Suburbanisms research project and the Suburban Revolution conference that took place at York University on Sept. 26-28.
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.
