Global Suburbanisms researchers including Ute Lehrer, Deborah Cowen, Stefan Kipfer, Bryan Miller, Elvin Wyly, Doug Young, Per Roe, Markus Moos, Jan Nijman, Jill Grant, Michael Ekers, and Nick Phelps will participate in two panel sessions organized by Roger Keil at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Seattle, Washington, on 13 April […]
Tag Archives: Dissemination
Forthcoming book by McGee and de Castro- "Inclusion, Collaboration and Urban Governance"
"Inclusion, collaboration and urban governance: Challenges in metropolitan regions of Brazil and Canada" - Terry McGee (MCRI Advisory Board Member) & Erika de Castro Metropolitan governance in Brazil has not kept pace with the country's urbanization. Today, in Brazil's 26 metropolitan regions more than 20 million people live in informal settlements (favelas) where housing, infrastructure […]
Tower Renewal Seminar: March 1, 2011 at York University
Douglas Young will be presenting at this upcoming workshop at York University. "Transforming Urban Landscapes: Community Perspectives" Tower Renewal Seminar: March 1, 2011 at York University Community Walking Tour: March 2, 2011 The Faculty of Environmental Studies and the City Institute at York University (CITY) are co-sponsoring a two-day event on civic engagement in urban […]
Roger Keil to give a talk on Global Suburbanism to Lambda Alpha International
On Wednsday, January 12, 2011, Roger Keil will give a talk to the Lambda Alpha International dinner meeting on "Global Suburbanism and the Challenge of 21st Century Urbanization". From the LAI: "Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small, that we can never get away from the sprawl!': Global Suburbanism and the Challenge of 21st […]
The MCRI is mentioned in Curb Magazine
The MCRI "Global Suburbanisms" project was mentioned in Curb Magazine (Volume 1, Issue 2, 2010). The article is by Rob Sheilds "Thinking like a Region: Place-based Policy" and on pages 4-5. This is a publication from the City-Region Studies Centre at the University of Alberta.
Douglas Young's presentation to the National Housing Research Committee
Douglas Young (York University) has been invited to give a presentation at the National Housing Research Committee (NHRC) at the Albert at Bay Suite Hotel in Ottawa, Canada on Wednesday November 17, 2010. His presentation will be entitled "Suburban/Housing-Focused Research at York University's City Institute". His presentation will be part of the "Suburban Residential Development: Current Research Results, Gaps and Implications" […]
Article by Roger Keil in Derive magazine
This piece by Roger Keil for the Austrian urban magazine Derive (http://www.derive.at/) appeared in their October issue which was also their 10-year anniversary issue. It was titled "Understanding Urban Research". Roger's piece, unfortunately only available in German at this point, argues that global suburbanization is an important trend that should be at the centre of […]
Will Poppe's presentation on Tower Renewal to students in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
Will Poppe (Postdoctoral Fellow) gave a presentation on Tower Renewal in ENVS 3222 3.0 Urban and Regional Infrastructures: A Critical Introduction. Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University.
Roger Keil's presentation at Tower Neighborhood Renewal Symposium
Roger Keil (York University) will give a presentation at the Tower Neighborhood Renewal Symposium (Hart House, University of Toronto) on Monday November 8, 2010. He is presenting as part of the "Social Inclusion and Community Engagement" panel and the presentation is entitled "To see the forest for the trees: Toronto towers in a world of suburbs". Will […]
Ute Lehrer's presentation to first year Masters students in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
Ute Lehrer (Faculty of Environmental Studies) gave a presentation about the MCRI to first year MES students in the Faculty of Environmental Studies's Research Day.
