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Leading Urban Change: Accelerating housing solutions
This executive learning experience is tailored for mid- to senior-level leaders across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, and aims to empower participants with the essential skills and tools to drive equitable urban transformation at local, regional, and national levels.
The course runs from November 18-December 16. Apply by November 14.
City Research Insights
This policy brief series translates academic research into impactful solutions. The School of Cities seeks to leverage our extraordinary community of urbanists and urban-oriented researchers to create a rich, multidisciplinary community of urban faculty, researchers, and students across disciplines and perspectives.
Call for proposals: UCG 4.0 (2025-26): Inequality, data, and democracy
We invite proposals from U of T faculty for our 4th round of UCG, with grants of up to $250, 000 and a focus on inequality, data, and democracy.
Leading Social Justice Collective
The Leading Social Justice Collective (LSJC) is a three month professional development program co-hosted by United Way Greater Toronto and the School of Cities. The program equips private, public and… Read more
Equitable Development Data Insight Training
About the program: The Equitable Development Data Insight Training Initiative (EDDIT) helps organizationsrefine their narratives and leverage data so that they can make the best possible case fortheir equitable development… Read more
Reports
This selection of reports are based on research and projects undertaken by School of Cities faculty, researchers, postdoctroal fellows and/or affiliated faculty, or have been funded in part or in… Read more
highlights
Matti Siemiatycki in CBC News | Toronto police cracking down on ‘blocking the box’ at intersections
Matti Siemiatycki in CBC News | United Way planning 10 new Toronto community service hubs in 10 years
Essential Spaces
Mapping the real estate geography of non-profits and community agencies across the Greater Toronto Area
Carolyn Whitzman in Global News | Immigration cuts could impact housing market ‘soon’ experts say
Upcoming Events see all
Knowledge Café: Housing experiences of American Indian/Alaska Native people
Housing Experiences of American Indian/Alaska Native people living in urban settings across the United States
“Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis”
Join us as Carolyn Whitzman discusses her recently published book, Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis. Home Truths addresses Canada’s housing crisis from all sides, including exploring what adequate housing… Read more
Mitchell Cohen on “Rhythms of Change”
Daniels Corporation CEO and socially-conscious real estate developer Mitchell Cohen discusses his new book “Rhythms of Change.”
Feminist City 5.0: Cities as Safe Havens
Explore how to redesign urban environments and institutions to ensure equitable and sustainable access to safety and housing for members of our most vulnerable populations
Knowledge Café: Cities and spatial inequality
In this talk, Dr. Tom Kemeny will outline the problem of cities and spatial inequality across multiple dimensions, including incomes, social mobility, wealth, and housing. He argues for an explanation centered on two major forces: epochal technological innovation, and fundamental changes in land supply.
2nd Annual State of Canada’s Cities Summit
The 2nd annual State of Canada’s Cities Summit is centered around infrastructure investment for thriving communities and a prosperous future for all Canadians.
The School of Cities is a unique multidisciplinary hub for urban research, education, and engagement creating new and just ways for cities and their residents to thrive. Based at the University of Toronto and in a fast-growing, culturally diverse, and economically dynamic urban region, the School of Cities supports leading scholars, practitioners, and community members spanning disciplines and lived experiences to co-create new understandings, policies, and practices.
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