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.
Tag Archives: Dissemination
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: […]
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 […]
Global Suburbanisms: An update on dissemination the first year
It has been a busy year for the MCRI researchers: Julie-Anne Boudreau gave a presentation titled "Thinking Metropole: Comparative Reflexions" at the Think Metropole Workshop in Johannesburg on March 4, 2011. She also co-authored "Understanding the causes of urban fragmentation in Hanoi: The case of New Urban Zones" with Danielle Labbé, which has been accepted […]
Roger Keil, Pierre Filion, Markus Moos to attend 2011 CPSA conference at Wilfrid Laurier University
Conference dates: May 16-May 18, 2011 Roger Keil will participate as a discussant in a roundtable on "The Author and his Critics" with author Warren Magnusson and discussants Zack Taylor and Andrew Sancton on May 18 from 3:15-4:45. Additional conference information. Program Abstracts
Roger Keil presents "A world of suburbs? Finding the heart of the urban century in the periphery"
Dr. Keil will give this presentation to members of the York Circle on Saturday, April 30 2011, as part of the twice-annual "Lunch & Lecture" series to highlight York research. "A World of Suburbs? Finding the Heart of the Urban Century in the Periphery" with York environmental studies Professor Roger Keil (right) will offer York […]
Sigrun Kabisch, Doug Young discuss shrinking cities, planning challenges with graduate students
Dr. Kabisch and Dr. Young presented on Leipzig's shrinking Grunau housing estate and the challenges of planning for decline and renewal in Toronto's inner suburbs with the students who will participate in the 2011 graduate summer school in Leipzig.
Alan Mabin presents "Scope and Dimensions of African Suburbanism" at York University
On April 8, 2011, Alan Mabin gave a talk at York University entitled "Scope and Dimensions of African Suburbanism". A copy of the paper from this presentation is available on the 03 site as well. An audio recording of the presentation is now available for download here.
Roger Keil comments in Czek Position article about NFB's "Out My Window"
The article, by Martina Čermáková, features the depiction of Prague’s Jižní Město neighbourhood in "Out My Window". The documentary flows from a year-long research on communities living in high-rise developments, drawing heavily from a collaboration with researchers at Toronto's City Institute at York University who have teamed up with colleagues from 12 countries to investigate […]
