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City Institute Members at 48th Urban Affairs Conference

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At this past year’s 2018 Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, a number of City Institute members (faculty members, graduate students, post-doctoral visitors and visiting scholars) presented their research. This year’s conference was held from April 4th through to the 7th in Toronto at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel. Below is a list of the presentations (listed by name – last name first, first name second) from City Institute members:

2018 UAA Annual Conference City Institute Member Presentations By Presenter (Last, First)

Asgary, Ali

  • Friday April 6 @ 9:40am, FR9.40.13 Improving Municipal Service Performance During and After Disasters

 Bain, Alison

  • Thursday April 5 @ 9:10am, TH9.10.09 Queer (Sub)Urban Activisms–Mini Track Sponsored by MCRI Global Suburbanism/Urban Studies at York University
  • Thursday April 5 @ 3:10pm, TH3.10.15 Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life
  • Friday April 6 @ 3:45pm, FR3.45.06 FILM SCREENING of Natura Urbana – the Brachen of Berlin

Chapariha, Mojgan

  • Saturday April 7 @ 10:30am, SA10.30.08 Sustainable Urban Design

Gururani, Shubhra

  • Thursday April 5 @ 1:30pm, TH1.30.16 Urbanizing Regions in the Global South: A Comparative Perspective

Hae, Laam

  • Thursday April 5 @ 1:30pm, TH1.30.10 A Feminist Urban Theory for Our Time: Rethinking Social Reproduction, the Urban and its Constitutive Outside

Hernandez-Cervantes, Tania

  • Thursday April 5 @ 3:10pm, TH3.10.05 Land, Property, and Land Conflicts: The Intersection of Urban and Rural

Keil, Roger

  • Friday April 6 @ 7:15am, FR7.15.07 From Global to Globalizing Cities: Theory, Methods, and Evidence
  • Friday April 6 @ 3:45pm, FR3.45.03 Remembering the Life and Work of Dr. Robert Young, Western University & FR3.45.06 FILM SCREENING of Natura Urbana – the Brachen of Berlin
  • Saturday April 7 @ 12:45pm, Tour 4: Toronto’s Western Suburbs: Looking at the Region from the Outside In (12:45pm-5:00pm)

Khatam, Azam

  • Friday April 6 @ 9:40am, FR9.40.00 Global Postsuburbia–Mini Track Sponsored by MCRI Global Suburbanism/Urban Studies at York University

Koleth, Elsa

  • Thursday April 5 @ 1:30pm, TH1.30.10 A Feminist Urban Theory for Our Time: Rethinking Social Reproduction, the Urban and its Constitutive Outside
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Parish,  Jessica

  • Thursday April 5 @ 9:10am, TH9.10.20 Land, Urbanization & Expropriation – I

Patrick,  Darren

  • Thursday April 5 @ 1:30pm, TH1.30.10 A Feminist Urban Theory for Our Time: Rethinking Social Reproduction, the Urban and its Constitutive Outside

Peake, Linda

  • Thursday April 5 @ 1:30pm, TH1.30.10 A Feminist Urban Theory for Our Time: Rethinking Social Reproduction, the Urban and its Constitutive Outside

Sotomayor, Luisa

  • Friday April 6 @ 11:10am, FR11.10.10 Enhancing Education and Urban Life

 Tanyildiz, Gökbörü

  • Thursday April 5 @ 1:30pm, TH1.30.10 A Feminist Urban Theory for Our Time: Rethinking Social Reproduction, the Urban and its Constitutive Outside

Treffers, Stefan

  • Friday April 6 @ 2:05pm, FR2.05.01 Planning for Community Participation

 Werkele, Gerda

  • Thursday April 5 @ 3:10pm, TH3.10.05 Land, Property, and Land Conflicts: The Intersection of Urban and Rural

Wood, Patricia

  • Thursday April 5 @ 9:10am, TH9.10.09 Queer (Sub)Urban Activisms–Mini Track Sponsored by MCRI Global Suburbanism/Urban Studies at York University