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Postdoctoral fellowship in Climate Change, Housing and Equity in Urban Canada

Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) seeks to appoint a 12 month full-time post-doctoral fellow to work on a project at the intersection of climate change, housing, and poverty reduction in Ontario and British Columbia. This represents an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively between academic, […]

High-rise living, public space, and COVID-19 in the Greater Toronto Area

Visit the official Website: HighRiseLiving.ca Overview High-rise buildings have long been a significant form in urban development. But this form of living comes with its own challenges and the COVID-19 pandemic of the last two years has magnified some of the problems for life in close proximity. ​ Recent events disrupted and altered the everyday […]

Graduate Student Exchange Program at the University of Germany

GRADUATE STUDENT EXCHANGE 2024-2025 The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, in cooperation with the City Institute and the Graduate Program in Geography, offer one or two study abroad opportunities to spend one or two semesters during the 2024-5 academic year at the Department of Human Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany). While there is no […]

City Seminar: Problematising cycling equity: City-wide networks and differentiated infrastructures in Mexico City and Toronto

The City Institute at York University is excited to host Thomas van Laake, a Manchester University doctoral researcher with many years of professional and research experience in planning and research of cycling infrastructure in Mexico City, Bogota, Manchester and Toronto. Thomas will present a comparative analysis of equity-seeking bicycle planning in Mexico City and Toronto. […]

Exciting course offered by the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change in FALL 2024

EU/GEOG 3620: City Challenges, City Opportunities in a 21st Century Toronto Description: This course will be offered in partnership with the City of Toronto and all 8 Toronto-area universities and colleges. Its purpose is to introduce pertinent social, environmental, economic and political challenges faced by communities in the city of Toronto and learn about possible […]

Our First Event of 2024

Dear City members, This spring, we are bringing City Institute to the community for important conversations! Access to Post-Secondary Education: For whom? For what? April 9th, 5:30-7:30 PM Urban Indigenous Education Centre, 16 Phin Ave, Toronto, ON M4L 3T2 Join us for an evening discussion about current debates and programs aimed at reducing barriers to access in […]

CITY welcomes new coordinator: Ushieja De Zoysa

Dear City members, We are pleased to announce that Ushieja De Zoysa is the new ORU (organized research unit) coordinator of the CITY Institute at York University. Ushieja De Zoysa is a graduate from the Faculty of Science at York University. She comes to CITY with 4 years of research administration experience working with a high-profile […]

Introducing the New Director of the City Institute Luisa Sotomayor

Dear colleagues, students, and esteemed community members, It is with great pleasure that I warmly welcome each of you as the new Director of The City Institute at York University (CITY). Since its establishment in 2006, CITY has been at the forefront of facilitating critical, interdisciplinary, and collaborative research on urban matters on a global […]