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Climate Displacement & Cities
CIDRARC, hosted by the School of Cities, is a global network addressing climate-induced displacement and urban adaptation. It explores migration, risk management, and urban habitability through case studies from cities worldwide. The project highlights challenges cities face, including local and international displacement, which strains infrastructure and exacerbates poverty and inequality.
Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project (MUCP/IMUCP)
The Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project (MUCP) / International Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project (IMUCP) is a full-year academic course open to undergraduate students in their final year from all U of… Read more
Multidisciplinary Urban Graduate Seminar (MUGS)
The School of Cities works in partnership with other faculties, schools and departments at the University of Toronto to offer a series of seminars for graduate students enrolled in Masters… Read more
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.
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
Carolyn Whitzman in Maclean’s | How To Fix Canada’s Housing Crisis
Urban data visualization workshop at National Taiwan University
Summary of the workshop, maps we created, and links to learning material
Locating Labour in Municipal Operations
This blog highlights the invisible labour behind municipal infrastructure, focusing on workers in landscaping, garbage collection, and public works. It critiques their overlooked roles, leading to underfunding and inefficiency, and calls for more research and better planning to support these workers and improve maintenance.
Karen Chapple on CBC | Halifax remains ‘Canadian comeback city’ for downtown activity
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School of Cities and Urban Studies Community Exhibition 2025
Join the School of Cities for the year-end showcase of the 2024/2025 Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project (MUCP), International Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project (IMUCP), Graduate Fellows and other School of Cities initiatives.
Entangled ecologies of land, caste, and cattle in India’s agrarian-urban frontier
This talk will examine the shifting ecologies of land, caste, and cattle in and around India’s Millennial City – Gurgaon and analyze how agro-pastoralists navigate the massive overhauling of their lives and livelihoods.
Knowledge Café: Lessons from Germany’s housing market and policy
In this talk, Alexander Reisenbichler will present key findings from his forthcoming book, Through the Roof: Housing, Capitalism, and the State in America and Germany, focusing on Germany’s policy responses to the country’s affordability crisis, including recent legislative measures and public protests in Berlin.
Homecoming, Exchange, + Regenerative Encounters: Immersive screening + fabulation cartography workshop
Homecoming, Exchange, + Regenerative Encounters is an exploration of people, place, and the stories that connect us across generations.
Embodied Greenhouse Gas Symposium 2025
Join the Centre for the Sustainable Built Environment for its first Embodied GHG Symposium on May 7th at Rotman School of Management.
Homecoming, Exchange, + Regenerative Encounters: Exhibition opening & listening party
Join us for the opening of the Homecoming, Exchange, + Regenerative Encounters exhibit at Top Top Projects
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