The Greater Toronto Suburban Working Working Group's Roundtable Report was launched today at the Suburban Revolution conference at York University. Co-authors Sean Hertel and Roger Keil unveiled the report that includes 10 essays about the changing face of the Greater Toronto Area from academics, community members and practitioners, working together to address the challenges facing […]
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Roger Keil quoted in a Globe and Mail article on Brampton's diversity and growth
Roger Keil (FES) was recently quoted in a Globe and Mail article that examines cultural diversity and population growth in city of Brampton. The article, "How Brampton demonstrates the new vision of Canada", comments on the opportunities and challenges created by the current demographic trends in the city. Read the full article.
Tony Coombes, friend and supporter of the Global Suburbanisms MCRI, passes away.
Researchers and staff at the Global Suburbanisms MCRI are saddened to learn of the loss of the great urbanist Tony Coombes. Tony, through the Neptis Foundation, was a great supporter and partner in various MCRI events and projects. He will be missed. COOMBES, Anthony Christopher: Born July 17, 1937 to Frederick (Ben) and Enid Coombes in […]
MCRI Project team publishes new article "Peripheries, suburbanisms and change in sub-Saharan African cities".
Alan Mabin, Siân Butcher and Robin Bloch, as part of the MCRI project team, have recently published a new article in Social Dynamics: A journal of African studies. It is entitled "Peripheries, suburbanisms and change in sub-Saharan African cities". Below is a link to the the article and the abstract: Abstract The paper reports on developments in […]
Insight on transit from student participants of MCRI workshop featured in Huffington Post
A recent presentation given by FES grad students at a City of Toronto transit event was featured in the Huffington Post. The students had participated in a Critical Planning Workshop in Montpellier, France as part of the MCRI “Global Suburbanisms” project.
FES students present at City Hall on their experience at the MCRI workshop in Montpellier, France.
April 30, 2013 - The graduate students from the York's Critical Planning Workshop presented at Toronto's City Hall as part of the "Inside the Planners Studio" event. The students shared their insights on how Montpellier is dealing with planning in regards to growth pressures, transportation issues and governance.
Spacing covers Roger Keil at Chief Planner's Roundtable
On April 2, MCRI's principal investigator, Roger Keil, was among the academics, professionals and city staff participating in Toronto's Chief Planner Roundtable session on "Next Generation Suburbs." Spacing magazine's article on the roundtable notes that "With too many great lines and comments to list, [Keil] silenced the crowd and left moderator Keesmaat impressed. He even […]
HIGHRISE recognized with Urban Leadership Award
Congratulations go to Katerina Cizek, director of the National Film Board-produced HIGHRISE, which was recognized among seven groups and individuals as a recipient of the 2013 Urban Leadership Award. The unique multi-media documentary - also part of the Global Suburbanisms research project - received the Global City and Innovation award for using "the documentary process to drive social […]
Roger Keil receives York U President's Research Excellence Award
We are pleased to announce that Roger Keil (FES) has be awarded the President's Research Excellence Award for his significant contributions to York University’s research community. Roger is the Principle Investigator of the Global Suburbanisms MCRI, has published 11 books and more than 150 articles, and was the editor of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, […]
New research on decentralization and regional planning in China
Global Suburbanisms researchers Yi Li and Fulong Wu have published The emergence of centrally initiated regional plan in China: A case study of Yangtze River Delta Regional Plan, appearing in the July 2013 edition of Habitat International. From the abstract: "China has recently seen the proliferation of regional plans. This paper tries to understand the development […]
