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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow, 9 a.m. ET / 6.30 p.m. IT: Join us to hear from @utoronto.ca's Michelle Buckley & @manchester.ac.uk's Debolina Majumder on perceptions of migrant labour intermediation, recruitment and trafficking in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 4d

If you're heading out for Nuit Blanche stop by STACKT Market to see Tong Lam's installation – a research-based, site-specific multimedia installation staged in CA's largest shipping container market & reflecting on a key infrastructure of the global economy that sustains everyday life.

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 5d

Our recent dot density map allows the user to sort Toronto’s density by population, gender, age, income, ethnicity, immigration, commute mode, and commute times: schoolofcities.githu...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 6d

Meet Benjamin Owens, the inaugural Jonathan and Erin Gouveia Fellow. The fellowship recognizes academic merit, actionable research, and leadership. Benjamin's work explores the intersections of housing, work, and youth homelessness in urban contexts. schoolofcities.utoro...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 6d

We go back to the data used in a recent paper on climate impacts of different land-use scenarios to unpack one aspect of the findings: residents in denser, centralized, urban areas have far less impact on emissions than in suburban, exurban & rural areas. schoolofcities.utoro...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 7d

The distribution of public land in cities has serious implications for how we move, how safe we feel, and who can access opportunities. @lanrickbennett.bsky.social + our data viz team find that 80% of T.O. street space is dedicated to motor vehicles:

Who are streets for?

More than 80% of street space in Toronto is inequitably dedicated to motor vehicles. How can this be fairly re-designed?

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 8d

Our latest CRI looks at Sustainable pARTnerships, which unites the cultural & academic sectors to explore artists’ experience of the pandemic, imagine a future where artists have thriving livelihoods & illuminate a role for academia in supporting the arts schoolofcities.utoro...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 8d

SofC Director @profchapple.bsky.social joins a panel of “real estate diviners” who talked to Toronto Life about the city’s housing affordability crisis. She talks about bold leadership, trying it all, government alignment, the infrastructure deficit and more. torontolife.com/deep...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 8d

Oct. 8: Join us to hear from @utoronto.ca's Michelle Buckley & @manchester.ac.uk's Debolina Majumder on the ways the British approach to labour in colonial India continue to influence racialized constructions of migrant labour in India's Uttar Pradesh. schoolofcities.utoro...

School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 9d

The first of our two stacked microcredential programs on urban data starts on Oct 27. You may take a single one, or take both to receive a certificate in urban data storytelling & analytics. Learn more and register now – the first one is filling up fast! schoolofcities.utoro...

School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 9d

@cwhitzman.bsky.social co-authored this report, funded by Maytree, as the culmination of a project working with non-market developers to find a model that Build Canada Homes could employ to unlock affordability in innovative, scalable, sustainable ways schoolofcities.utoro...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 9d

The benefits of trees – shade, cooling, pollutant mitigation – are often localized. Groundwork Bridgeport (CT) worked with our data storytelling team to communicate their importance & engage orgs + the public in volunteering, financial support, tree adoption schoolofcities.githu...

School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 9d

Steve Farber, Interim Director of SofC’s affiliated initiative The Mobility Network, talks to CBC about the correlation between TTC investment and the economy, at a time when infrastructure upgrades are about to once again disrupt public transit in Canada’s biggest city. www.cbc.ca/news/cana...

School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 10d

Housing Justice Lab's @docdantzler.bsky.social is part of a team of researchers who have examined the racial and economic makeup of those who get evicted from their homes in Toronto – and those who don’t. metropolitics.org/Vi...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 11d

The Oct. talk in the SOCIAL series tackles discrepancies in the perception of migrant labour, especially in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which has the highest numbers of migrant workers going to the Gulf. Weds, October 8 - register now: schoolofcities.utoro...

School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 11d

Register now for our upcoming microcredential in urban data storytelling. Join us weekly from Oct 27-Dec. 8 (online and asynchronous) and learn to find the story in the data and hone your skills in data literacy, visualization, and strategic communication. schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/learning-sof...

School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 12d

@utoronto.ca grad students: apply now for our Winter '26 MUGS seminar on gig work, mobility & urban space and policy, explored through food delivery platforms and the challenges they present to regulatory frameworks, labour conditions and more. Apply now: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/learning-sof...

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 17d

Unveils divergent American and German housing policies over the past century and their major impact on each country's capitalist model.

Through the Roof by Alexander Reisenbichler (@utoronto.ca), Out Now

🗺️ 🗃️ #LawSky #BookSky #PolicySky #Housing

https://cup.org/47L03JF

Cover of Through the Roof featuring a home on an increasing price arrow

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 13d

Are you an academic, anywhere in the world, working on issues of water, food and/or waste systems in urban settings? The deadline has been extended until Mon. Sept. 29 to submit to present yr. research at the Cities of Care conference in Chennai in Jan '26 schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/event/cities...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 14d

There's still time to register for tomorrow’s book talk w/ California State University's Sara O'Connor - a comparative study of participation in urban development politics in 3 Kazakh cities, offering new ways to think about activism & collective agency

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Civic Activism in Authoritarian Space: Urban Development Interventions in Kazakhstan

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 14d

We look forward to welcoming you at 1 p.m. ET today for the first Knowledge Café of the season, featuring Dr. El Khafif on her research into emerging models of public space in response to the growing demand for social infrastructure in TO's downtown schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/event/knowle...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 16d

Dormant infrastructure presents a challenge and an opportunity for cities. Albuquerque is transforming a rail corridor into a multi-use urban trail and its Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency worked w/ our EDDIT team to create a data story about the benefits schoolofcities.github.io/eddit/albuqu...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 19d

Park(ing) Day Toronto starts today, part of a global art project to temporarily convert parking spaces into tiny parks & places for art & activism. So we're revisiting this article about why turning underutilized parking into homes makes financial sense. 🔗 schoolofcities.github.io/underutilize...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 19d

This Monday (Sept 22) is the last day to submit an abstract to present your original research on water, food and/or waste systems in urban settings at the Cities of Care conference taking place in India on January 30 & 31 2026. Learn more and apply now: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/event/cities...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 19d

In recent research Dr. El Khafif explores 3 T.O. models of public space where emphasis is on the hybrid governance & stakeholder ecosystems that enable negotiation b/w top-down policy & bottom-up initiatives. Join us for Knowledge Café, Sept. 24, 1 p.m. ET schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/event/knowle...

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