York University
The City Institute at York University (CITY)
Established in 2006, the City Institute at York University (CITY) engages in leading-edge research and critical analyses of the city, in all of its parts and manifestations. In addition to contributing to the knowledge base of academics, policymakers and civil society, the Institute seeks to open new intellectual and political spaces in which counter-discourses may be created to challenge received wisdom as the city of the 21st century takes shape. 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.
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 Director's Message tab gives PDF access to full text speeches made at the launch of the City Institute in 2006.
- The News tab gives PDF access to full text journal and newspaper articles written by or profiling City Institute members. Articles are arranged in chronological order from 2003.
- The Events tab gives access to audio recordings of the 2007/08 CITY Seminar Series. There is also PDF access to PowerPoint presentations given at past events.
- The Projects tab gives access to research projects being carried out by Institute members. There is PDF access to select final project papers.
- The Documents tab gives PDF access to brochures and posters about many research projects conducted by City Institute scholars.
- The Publications tab gives bibliographic citations for research publications by City Institute members. The citations are divided by year, with the citations in alphabetical order by author. There is a PDF link to order priced publications available from external publishers. In addition, there are links to the urban research journals edited by York researchers, including the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
- Works in the Institute's Occasional Paper Series have full text PDF access. They are found in a subsection of the Publications Page entitled Occasional Paper Series.
Contact information
4700 Keele St. #Room 228 York L
Toronto , Ontario M3J 1P3
4700 Keele St. #Room 228 York L
Toronto , Ontario M3J 1P3
Professor Roger Keil, Director
Sara Macdonald, Coordinator
