The 27th EDGE: Youth Art Show exhibition is on until May 13 (Youngplace, 180 Shaw St, TO). This event from Arts Etobicoke displays the work of 250+ students from 30+ schools, and this year features work on our theme of Belonging, Migration & Thriving. artsetobicoke.com/events/the-202…

.Ashique Ali T, a runner-up in our Grad Fellows knowledge mobilization comp used a comic strip to visually explore an interview with a bike-taxi worker from #NewDelhi & address the challenges stemming from the city’s deteriorating air quality! Learn more: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/learning-sofc/…

Hear Andrea Adams of St. Clare's Housing and Graig Uens of Batory Management discuss the possibilities for laneway housing in her neighbourhood, and see the newly constructed home in her own backyard!

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Do you live or work in TO's #Parkdale neighbourhood? Our Early Career Canadian Urban Leader Sam CS and his fellow members invite you to apply to join the Board of the Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust (@parkdaleland)! Learn more and apply now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

A key source of funds for some Toronto homeowners? Bank of Mom and Dad, says study | Read what ii director, Matti Siemiatycki has to say on this new trend in Toronto Star thestar.com/real-estate/a-…

Meet Jen Harmer, a runner-up in our Graduate Fellows knowledge mobilization competition. Her fibre art project visualizes the important role of the 235K #municipal workers who help power local govts across #ON & deliver the services citizens depend on: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/learning-sofc/…

Pt. 3 of ‘Nothing for us, without us’ looks at the services & connections that are lost when a community is broken up by anti-Black planning processes & practices & at cultural communities in CA offering space & opportunity for Black communities to thrive: youtu.be/90f_0djehSc?si…

Infrastructure Institute is now on LinkedIn! Be sure to follow to stay up to date on what is going on at ii! linkedin.com/company/infras…

Congrats to Ameer • أمير, runner-up in our 2023-24 Graduate Fellows competition! 🌟 He wrote a play to explore the multiple narratives of the Ontario Greenbelt and how it affects the residents of the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Learn more at: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/learning-sofc/…

💡My new open access paper with Karen Chapple in Urban Studies Journal is online!

We find that gentrification has significant exclusionary potential for low-income households’ neighborhood access, focusing on the “extreme” housing market contexts of NY and SF metros during the 2010s.

Meet Mathew Iantorno, 2nd place winner of our Graduate Fellows knowledge mobilization competition! His ArcGIS story map project explores how novel forms of streetside automation in #NA have yielded novel forms of hostile architecture. Learn more: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/learning-sofc/…

Our Downtown Recovery team has released #recovery trends from Mar. 2023-Feb. 2024. The median #rate of change is 9.3% - 50 downtowns are in an upward trajectory & just 14 are trending downwards. See the full review, and find out how your downtown is doing: downtownrecovery.com/charts/trends

SofC Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence + Rotman School prof Richard Florida most recent blog for SofC looks at how TO’s downtowns stack up among downtowns globally as places not just to work, but also to shop, go out, have fun, live and raise a family: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/how-torontos-d…

Doctoral students from anywhere in the world are invited to apply for our summer workshop on Urban Mixed Methods! Faculty present cutting-edge methods for qualitative & quantitative research, data collection, analysis, interpretation, visualization. schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/event/summer-w…

SofC’s Karen Chapple + City Building TMU Cherise Burda, co-authors of the Housing Supply Mix Strategy and researcher/member of the Task Force for Housing & Climate, wrote a blog post for the taskforce on building the right #housing supply in #Canada : housingandclimate.ca/2024/04/16/bui…

During his time with us Sam CS, our new Early Career Canadian Urban Leader, will be growing his thinking about and involvement in Community Land Trusts. Join this PNLT webinar to learn more about how CLTs are innovating and scaling up!

Or watch our new video! youtube.com/watch?v=dsWAfF…

When we build new market-rate housing in a neighborhood, what happens to existing residents? Check out my new article with Taesoo Song to find out. bit.ly/44ixks0 1/10

Apr. 26, 6 PM: Join CP Planning for a community launch of our doc on anti-Black racism in city planning, followed by leaders from Little Jamaica in conversation about visions to overcome systemic barriers & ensure that Black communities can thrive: eventbrite.ca/e/documentary-…

Today we launch Pt 2 of ‘Nothing for us, without us’, which looks at how an unwillingness to acknowledge anti-Black racism in Cdn. planning results in an illusion that systemic injustices don't exist & how real estate capitalism displaces Black communities youtube.com/watch?v=DDCLol…