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zoy against genocide @zoydraft.bsky.social · 19d

I love seeing @luisasotomayor.bsky.social 's comments on the nature of 33 Charles's lawsuit against a charity. Seeing all the poverty in this neighbourhood sucks. Suing people who are helping, for things beyond their control is repulsive

www.cp24.com/local/toront...

‘A battle for who belongs’: Downtown Toronto condo suing charity next door for $2.3 million

A downtown Toronto condominium corporation is suing its next-door neighbour, a church and drop-in centre that has served unhoused, underhoused, and marginalized people since 1992.

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Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you for the shout out, zoi. Much appreciated! and kudos to @joannalavoie.bsky.social for her rigorous, excellent journalism.

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Technologists for Democracy @techfordemocracy.bsky.social · Sep 8

We had a great time at the panel last week and learned a lot!

#toronto #tech #politics
@luisasotomayor.bsky.social @vassb.bsky.social @ghadaa.bsky.social @paulafletcherto.bsky.social

Thorben Wieditz @twieditz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks to all who came out and joined us last night.

Special thanks to Luke Yates visiting us during his NA tour, Ghada Alsharif for moderating the panel discussion and Luisa Sotomayor for hosting us at the University of Toronto, and, of course, all the panelists.

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Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · Jun 2

📣 Call for proposals!
Join us in Bogotá on August 21–22 for the Vertical Peripheries workshop, which explores high-rise housing and urban transformation at the margins.
🗓️ Deadline to apply: July 1
📍CIDER, Uniandes
🔗 www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...

Call for Participation - WORKSHOP - The City Institute at York University (CITY)

Please click HERE to view the Spanish Version Vertical Peripheries: Housing and Urban Transformation at the Metropolitan Margins August 21–22, 2025 | Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia As part...

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · May 27

Our latest podcast episode rings the alarm bell on the increasing criminalization of protest in Canada, and why we have got to fight back.

sandyandnora.com/episode-325-...

Episode 325 – You gotta fight for your right to proooooootest

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the attacks on Canadians’ right to assemble — from Toronto’s so-called bubble law to PEI police telling peace activists to buy a $2 million insurance policy.

sandyandnora.com

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Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · May 21

3 cities, 3 cases: how VIS towers reshape Colombia’s metropolitan edges.

Nuestro primer #ArcGIS #StoryMap explora las #PeriferiasVerticales y la política de densificación en los bordes.

🗺️ Diseño: Federico Arévalo, CITY Institute @cityinstitute.bsky.social
👉 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9959...

Vertical Peripheries: Three findings so far, mapped

Planning and citizenship in Colombia's commodified periurban housing towers

storymaps.arcgis.com

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Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · May 5

Unholy post-election alliance taking shape with terrible results for Toronto. Ford & Carney talking 401 tunnel, a Liberal former MP & city councillor backing Therme (and Ford) at Ontario Place. Without powerful opposition at any scale of government. The pits. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Ford asks Carney to support Highway 401 tunnel in new letter about priority projects

The letter, sent to Mr. Carney on Monday, identifies five projects that Ontario says should be prioritized

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · May 3

We're in fundraising mode at @cityinstitute.bsky.social to secure endowment funds to honour the inspiring work of our dear colleagues and CITY's former Directors @rkeil.bsky.social and Linda Peake. Please contribute if you can - those in 🇨🇦 will get a tax receipt: donate.yorku.ca/site/Donatio...

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Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · May 1

Excited about my new books to read on my daily commute to @cityinstitute.bsky.social: @javierauyero.bsky.social’s and Sofia Servian’s ‘Squatter Life’, Maria Kaika and Luca Ruggiero’s ‘Class meets land’ and Premilla Nadasen ‘Care: the highest stage of capitalism’.

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · Apr 21

📣 Workshop CFP: Spatialising Urban Crisis
📍 University of Manchester, UK
📅 June 26–27, 2025
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The City Institute @cityinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 27

JOIN US! March 31, 12 PM -1:30 PM "Seeing Democracy Like a City" with CITY's 2025 Senior Visiting Scholar Ross Beveridge @uofglasgow.bsky.social

With @sergemont.bsky.social and Peggie Kohn @utsc.bsky.social

To register: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...

City Research Seminar: Dr. Ross Beveridge - The City Institute at York University (CITY)

Seeing Democracy Like a City Urbanisation is changing landscapes, social relations and everyday lives across the globe. At the same time, urbanisation is also changing the ways democracy is understood...

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Pr Carlos Moreno - IAE Paris1 Sorbonne University @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social · Dec 18

I suggest this international list, which gathers 50 scientists, academics and researchers working on urban issues in an interdisciplinary way
go.bsky.app/UmvqMH4

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Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · Dec 14

New paper! With Ryan Whitney, we examined how Medellin’s electric escalators were mobilized to #CDMX as a best practice. Despite poor implementation, political actors benefited as they played the politics of visibility. Free to download until Feb 2: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

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Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · Dec 12

As @sergemont.bsky.social, Natalia Angel-Cabo, and I have argued, legal mobilization is increasingly used to contest urban planning agendas. Judges are becoming key actors in urban governance.

Read more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#UrbanPolitics #LegalMobilization #Toronto

Mobilizing legal expertise in and against cities: urban planning amidst increased legal action in Bogotá

In the past decade, there has been a rise in legal action around urban policy and planning in Colombia. Legal expertise has been mobilized by a plethora of actors, including social movements, local...

www.tandfonline.com

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Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · Dec 12

In #Toronto, a top-down anti-bike lane agenda is unfolding via a Provincial bill that undermines municipal planning and endangers lives—but @cycletoronto.bsky.social is fighting back. Please support!

Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · Dec 11

This morning, Cycle Toronto launched a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section 7 challenge to the provincial government’s Bill 212.

The lawsuit also seeks an immediate injunction to prevent the removal of target bike lanes on Bloor, University, and Yonge.

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The City Institute @cityinstitute.bsky.social · Dec 6

TODAY! Join us at 11 AM EST for an online book talk with Jennifer Tucker @unm.bsky.social about #OutlawCapital. You can register here: yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The book is available for purchase through @anotherstoryto.bsky.social in Toronto.
anotherstory.ca/item/OiPWq97...

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The City Institute @cityinstitute.bsky.social · Nov 20

JOB OPPORTUNITY‼️ CITY and the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change at #YorkUniversity in #Toronto are accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow to work on climate justice and affordable housing. Apply by November 30. Details below: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...

Postdoctoral fellowship in Climate Change, Housing and Equity in Urban Canada - The City Institute at York University (CITY)

Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) seeks to appoint a 12 month full-time post-doctoral fellow to work...

www.yorku.ca

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Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · Nov 20

We need this. Go @maritstilesndp.bsky.social

Colin D'Mello Global News @colindmello.bsky.social · Nov 20

NEW: Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has tapped former Toronto Mayor David Miller as a "special advisor" to lead the party's pledge to give all municipalities a new deal similar to Toronto and Ottawa.

#onpoli

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Sarah Rotz @sarahrotz.bsky.social · Nov 19

PASSED! A huge win from our union! York University Faculty Association General Members Meeting passes motion on #scholasticide by super majority on November 19, 2024!
@cjpme.org @jvp.bsky.social

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Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · Nov 19

Adding to the list the complete disregard for local democracy and civic participation, and the overriding of municipal autonomy on areas where cities have admin responsibilities. Anti-model of democratic governance too.

Sergio Montero @sergemont.bsky.social · Nov 19

These days Toronto feels like the anti-model of contemporary urban planning: removing bike lanes, spending billions to rehabilitate a downtown highway, decommissioning an entire subway line, no opening date for a light rail project 13 years in the making.

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Bikes v cars: backlash after Ontario premier threatens to tear up cycling lanes in Toronto

Doug Ford plans to rip out bike lanes on busy streets, citing ‘insanity’ of gridlock he says they contribute to

www.theguardian.com

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Frédéric Mérand @fredericmerand.bsky.social · Nov 18

Poste de professeur.e en économie politique @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social : échéance 22 novembre.

Tenure-track position in political economy in my department: deadline Nov 22.

pol.umontreal.ca/departement/...

Poste de professeure ou professeur au rang d’adjoint en économie politique

pol.umontreal.ca

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Jamie Peck @jamiepeck.bsky.social · Nov 17

pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details:
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...

Ideational geographies workshop

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Sergio Montero @sergemont.bsky.social · Nov 15

This December we will be celebrating Ciclovía's 50th anniversary in Bogotá. It will be a tribute to the citizen-driven and experimental roots of Ciclovía, which started on Dec 15, 1974 as a visionary response to the increasing dominance of car-centric urbanism 🚴‍♂️ 🌍 #Ciclovía50

tinyurl.com/4n38t96m

Ciclovía 50 años: pasado, presente y futuro de las ciudades - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales | Universidad de los Andes Colombia

En diciembre de 2024 se cumplen 50 años de la Ciclovía de Bogotá. En el marco de esta celebración, buscamos llevar a cabo un encuentro para un público académico, practicante y ciudadano, nacional e in...

cienciassociales.uniandes.edu.co

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Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · Nov 14

🚨We're hiring! Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate Change, Equity & Housing. Apply by November 30, 2024. All details are here: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...

Postdoctoral fellowship in Climate Change, Housing and Equity in Urban Canada - The City Institute at York University (CITY)

Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) seeks to appoint a 12 month full-time post-doctoral fellow to work...

www.yorku.ca

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