Reminder of the Robarts Lecture in Canadian Studies by Dr. Ethel Tungohan @tungohan.bsky.social! Refreshments and jazz performances to follow.
Date: Friday, Sept. 25
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Location: Room 519, Kaneff Tower
Register by Sept. 19 at robarts@yorku.ca!
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📣 Call for proposals!
Join us in Bogotá on August 21–22 for the Vertical Peripheries workshop, which explores high-rise housing and urban transformation at the margins.
🗓️ Deadline to apply: July 1
📍CIDER, Uniandes
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This spring marks a turning point for us at @yorkuniversity.bsky.social as @rkeil.bsky.social and Linda Peake retire after 30+ yrs shaping critical urban scholarship.
To honour them, we’re launching 2 endowment funds for early scholars💥. If you've been inspired by them: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
JOIN US! March 31, 12 PM -1:30 PM "Seeing Democracy Like a City" with CITY's 2025 Senior Visiting Scholar Ross Beveridge @uofglasgow.bsky.social
With @sergemont.bsky.social and Peggie Kohn @utsc.bsky.social
To register: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
TODAY! Join us at 11 AM EST for an online book talk with Jennifer Tucker @unm.bsky.social about #OutlawCapital. You can register here: yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The book is available for purchase through @anotherstoryto.bsky.social in Toronto.
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JOB OPPORTUNITY‼️ CITY and the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change at #YorkUniversity in #Toronto are accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow to work on climate justice and affordable housing. Apply by November 30. Details below: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
What we do:
Advance academic & collaborative research
Host conferences, workshops & seminars
Train future urban scholars
Welcome visiting researchers
Mobilize knowledge
Partner with communities 4 advocacy
Let’s connect! Stay tuned for updates on seminars, events & initiatives. #YorkU #UrbanResearch
💡We have six thematic research clusters:
1. Housing and Vertical Cities
2. Urban Climate Commons
3. Digital Cities and Governance
4. Re-Storying + Urban Narratives
5. Cities, Power and Citizenship
6. Urban Health, Mobility and Wellbeing
🌎 Our focus is on:
- Global urban studies
- Producing theoretically informed, empirical research
- Supporting community activism towards equitable cities
- Promoting dialogue and informing urban agendas
- Fostering a community of urban scholars & building global knowledge networks.
🌆 Hello world! We’re the City Institute at York University (CITY)—a hub for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary, and collaborative research on cities and urban/suburban life.🧵