York University
The City Institute at York University (CITY)
To facilitate critical and collaborative research; and provide new knowledge and innovative approaches to comprehending and addressing the complexity of the "new city".
In addition, CITY encourages and facilitates participation in public policy and community activism as an essential form of knowledge mobilization. Our researchers have long-standing relationships with community groups, NGOs, Aboriginal nations, and policymakers both in Canada and internationally.
CITY also plays a vital role in developing Canada’s next generation of leaders and thinkers, with graduate students playing a central role in the life of the Institute and participating fully in its research activities.
The Toronto Community Housing Company
The City of Vaughan Economic & Technology Development Department
Black Creek West Community Action Plan Coordinating Committee
Parc Downsview Park
Smart Commute North Toronto Vaughan
The Toronto Region Conservation Authority
The Toronto Environmental Alliance
Councillor Sandra Yeung Racco, City of Vaughan
Canadian Auto Workers
Lionel D. Feldman Consulting Ltd.
University of Denver
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Bologna
Museum of the City of Bologna
Laboratoire, Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
University of Miami
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Planning, urban design, infrastructure, suburbanization, the city and health, urban and regional politics and governance, the urban environment, migration and settlement, globalization and world cities, citizenship and civil society, education, law, transportation, and the city in literature, film and art.
The City Institute is the home of several funded research projects. Among projects held by researchers associated with CITY are for example: The changing waterfront; the condominium boom; Metropolitan governance in Toronto, Montreal, Paris and Frankfurt; SARS and the global city; Social Sustainability; Homelessness and TB; Infrastructure in the ‘In-Between City’.
CITY also runs several events throughout the year. The annual seminar series is very successful and attracts important local, national and international speakers. The Institute also holds international conferences, workshops and talks, and participants include professors, students, community members and representatives from the public and private sector.
The Institute produces an occasional paper series on pertinent urban topics. These working papers or internal literature reviews are available for download by the public from our website.
Director: Roger Keil
CITY Executive Members (2009-2010): Roger Keil, Warren Crichlow, William Jenkins, Lisa Drummond, Heather McLean and Sara Macdonald.
The City Institute has more than 100 faculty members and hundreds more graduate students, from numerous faculties and departments at York University including Environmental Studies, Sociology, Social Work, Geography, Humanities, Social Science, Education, Economics, Political Science, the Schulich School of Business, History and Psychology.
Selected urban researchers: Uzo Anucha, Ranu Basu, Jon Caulfield, Gene Desfor, Don Dippo, Lisa Drummond, George Fallis, Stephen Gaetz, William Jenkins, Roger Keil, Stephan Kipfer, Ute Lehrer, Lucia Lo, Brian Massam, Susan McGrath, Karen Murray, Linda Peake, Valerie Preston, Barbara Rahder, Gerda Wekerle, and Douglas Young.
Selected graduate students: Jean-Paul Addie, Ahmed Allahwala, Simon Black, Rob Fiedler, Ryan James, Markus Kip, Punam Khosla, Claire Major, Heather McLean, and Ann Marie Murnaghan.
Selected Fields of research: urban environmental policy, urban sustainability, urban and regional planning, immigrant settlement patterns, homelessness, urban design, housing policy, access to affordable housing, education, gentrification, the re-development of deindustrialized spaces, waterfront development, urban politics and governance, social planning and urban citizenship.
York University Links:
York Research Portal, Knowledge Mobilization, Visible City Project and Archive, The Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York Centre for Asian Research, Institute for Innovation in Sustainability, Urban Studies Program, Urban and Regional Area of Concentration in the Faculty of Environmental Studies Bachelors program, Planning Stream in the Faculty of Environmental Studies Masters program, Department of Geography, Department of Poltical Science
Others Links:
City of Toronto, Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Regional Municipality of York, York Region Human Services Planning Coalition, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, The International Network for Urban Research and Action, The Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation, Canadian Urban Institute, The Maytree Foundation, Gothe-Institut City and Urban Space Dossier, Active 18 Community Association, Urban Strategies Inc., Planning Action, The Mayor of Toronto's Roundtables, Toronto Environmental Alliance, Ontario Professional Planners Institute, Canadian Institute of Planners, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, The Neptis Foundation, The Pembina Institute, The Conference Board of Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Public Infrastructure and Renewal.
Contact information
4700 Keele St.
York Research Tower, Keele Campus#7th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
4700 Keele St.
York Research Tower, Keele Campus#7th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
