School of Cities
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A hub for city research, education and engagement/outreach at U of T. Stay tuned for new #SofC initiatives at http://linktr.ee/uoftcities
Meet our 2026-27 Visiting Professor Izabele Colusso, who joins us from UNISINOS’s Architecture and Urbanism program to explore post-disaster urban recovery and climate resilience. https://schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/people/izabele-colusso/
September 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Meet our 2026-27 Visiting Professor Izabele Colusso, who joins us from UNISINOS’s Architecture and Urbanism program to explore post-disaster urban recovery and climate resilience. https://schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/people/izabele-colusso/
Join us this week to have your questions answered about our upcoming microcredentials on urban data storytelling and visualization. Are they the right fit? What'll you learn & how? What are the key dates & deadlines? We look forward to meeting you! https://ow.ly/kOFT50ZKq5s
September 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Join us this week to have your questions answered about our upcoming microcredentials on urban data storytelling and visualization. Are they the right fit? What'll you learn & how? What are the key dates & deadlines? We look forward to meeting you! https://ow.ly/kOFT50ZKq5s
Our microcredentials offer professionals at any stage of their career & in any area of urban planning/policy/research the opportunity to hone their skills and expand their capacity. Peruse a list of our future offerings and let us know which appeal to you! https://ow.ly/ts0550ZKq2T
September 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Our microcredentials offer professionals at any stage of their career & in any area of urban planning/policy/research the opportunity to hone their skills and expand their capacity. Peruse a list of our future offerings and let us know which appeal to you! https://ow.ly/ts0550ZKq2T
Meet our 2026-27 Visiting Professor Alpha Abebe, who joins us from McMaster University’s Faculty of Humanities & African & Black Diaspora Studies to archive the histories, cultural footprint, urban presences of Horn of Africa diasporic communities in Canada https://ow.ly/OzuC50ZKqiG
September 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Meet our 2026-27 Visiting Professor Alpha Abebe, who joins us from McMaster University’s Faculty of Humanities & African & Black Diaspora Studies to archive the histories, cultural footprint, urban presences of Horn of Africa diasporic communities in Canada https://ow.ly/OzuC50ZKqiG
Thinking of taking one or both of the fall sessions in our Urban Data Analysis & Storytelling certificate? Bring yr. questions to an info session & learn how the microcredentials can help you leverage urban data to deliver evidence-based decision-making https://ow.ly/EsSt50ZKq4t
September 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Thinking of taking one or both of the fall sessions in our Urban Data Analysis & Storytelling certificate? Bring yr. questions to an info session & learn how the microcredentials can help you leverage urban data to deliver evidence-based decision-making https://ow.ly/EsSt50ZKq4t
This fall symposium will reflect on city-building w/ landscape as catalyst & foundation. The event will convene local and international designers, scholars, policymakers, Indigenous leaders, and members of the public to examine Toronto’s waterfront renewal. https://ow.ly/PJaz50ZKq18
September 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
This fall symposium will reflect on city-building w/ landscape as catalyst & foundation. The event will convene local and international designers, scholars, policymakers, Indigenous leaders, and members of the public to examine Toronto’s waterfront renewal. https://ow.ly/PJaz50ZKq18
Our latest policy brief summarizes a paper by Carolyn Whitzman & Jordan Moffatt that proposes a planning model using citizens’ assemblies & a community planning permit system to expand affordable housing & ensure meaningful public participation https://ow.ly/lpat50ZKq9u
September 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Our latest policy brief summarizes a paper by Carolyn Whitzman & Jordan Moffatt that proposes a planning model using citizens’ assemblies & a community planning permit system to expand affordable housing & ensure meaningful public participation https://ow.ly/lpat50ZKq9u
Gabriel Eidelman will launch the new season of Knowledge Café by offering some surprising answers about how Canadian local democracy works in practice, based on 5 years of surveys by the Canadian Municpal Barometer https://ow.ly/RTRi50ZKq02
September 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Gabriel Eidelman will launch the new season of Knowledge Café by offering some surprising answers about how Canadian local democracy works in practice, based on 5 years of surveys by the Canadian Municpal Barometer https://ow.ly/RTRi50ZKq02
Our Urban Data Analysis & Storytelling Certificate offers a comprehensive overview of how strategic data storytelling can influence planning, policy, governance. Learn more and join an online into session to have all your questions answered https://ow.ly/v1iU50ZHw51
September 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Our Urban Data Analysis & Storytelling Certificate offers a comprehensive overview of how strategic data storytelling can influence planning, policy, governance. Learn more and join an online into session to have all your questions answered https://ow.ly/v1iU50ZHw51
Grad students across University of Toronto: there's still time to register for this deep dive, in a small seminar setting, into the evolving relationship b/w cities & artificial intelligence + new ways to imagine AI that reflect the diversity & complexity of urban life https://ow.ly/Qpxl50ZHw0h
September 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Grad students across University of Toronto: there's still time to register for this deep dive, in a small seminar setting, into the evolving relationship b/w cities & artificial intelligence + new ways to imagine AI that reflect the diversity & complexity of urban life https://ow.ly/Qpxl50ZHw0h
Urban professionals across sectors: What would you like to learn more about? Peruse our future microcredential offerings in the areas of spatial analytics, GIS, sustainability, community engagement & tell us how we can support your professional development! https://ow.ly/LWIl50ZHw30
September 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Urban professionals across sectors: What would you like to learn more about? Peruse our future microcredential offerings in the areas of spatial analytics, GIS, sustainability, community engagement & tell us how we can support your professional development! https://ow.ly/LWIl50ZHw30
We’re all talking about tariffs again, so we thought we’d re-up our series - first published in Oct. - of interactive mapping & visualization tools that measure & explore the potential impacts of tariffs on jobs and businesses at the neighbourhood & city level across Canada https://ow.ly/4IJV50ZGS3e
August 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
We’re all talking about tariffs again, so we thought we’d re-up our series - first published in Oct. - of interactive mapping & visualization tools that measure & explore the potential impacts of tariffs on jobs and businesses at the neighbourhood & city level across Canada https://ow.ly/4IJV50ZGS3e
For the inaugural Knowledge Café of 2026-27, we'll be joined by Gabriel Eidelman (CMB, SofC, Munk School) for the launch of a report that looks back on CMB's surveys of mayors & councillors to challenge assumptions about municipal politics & local democracy https://ow.ly/MItI50ZGS3t
August 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM
For the inaugural Knowledge Café of 2026-27, we'll be joined by Gabriel Eidelman (CMB, SofC, Munk School) for the launch of a report that looks back on CMB's surveys of mayors & councillors to challenge assumptions about municipal politics & local democracy https://ow.ly/MItI50ZGS3t
Grad students from across disciplines: consider this fall seminar on what happens when cities become training grounds for AI. Explore how AI inherits an understanding of urban life that determines what becomes visible, remains invisible, who gets served https://ow.ly/i3RR50ZGS3R
August 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Grad students from across disciplines: consider this fall seminar on what happens when cities become training grounds for AI. Explore how AI inherits an understanding of urban life that determines what becomes visible, remains invisible, who gets served https://ow.ly/i3RR50ZGS3R
Urban environments generate a wealth of data, but processing & visualizing it can be challenging. This professional development course takes a deep dive into urban data sources, analytical tools, visualization techniques. Register by Mon. for Sept. 9 start. schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/learning-sof...
August 27, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Urban environments generate a wealth of data, but processing & visualizing it can be challenging. This professional development course takes a deep dive into urban data sources, analytical tools, visualization techniques. Register by Mon. for Sept. 9 start. schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/learning-sof...
Join us on Sunday (Aug. 30) for a conversation w/ Dana Prieto (SofC Artist-in-Residence) et al. about their exhibition exploring the experience of living & working near nuclear infrastructures and the forms of collective action that have emerged in response schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/event/discar...
August 27, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Join us on Sunday (Aug. 30) for a conversation w/ Dana Prieto (SofC Artist-in-Residence) et al. about their exhibition exploring the experience of living & working near nuclear infrastructures and the forms of collective action that have emerged in response schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/event/discar...
A great story on great research, supported by an SofC Urban Challenge Grant. Thank you @artsci.utoronto.ca!
A data collection project from #UofTArtSci anthropology and music researchers aims to ensure that Toronto's Kensington Market remains a vibrant and viable place to live.
Read more: bit.ly/4zLoSRo
Read more: bit.ly/4zLoSRo
August 26, 2026 at 8:15 PM
A great story on great research, supported by an SofC Urban Challenge Grant. Thank you @artsci.utoronto.ca!
Join a creative sound mapping workshop followed by a soundwalk through Arcadia Art Gallery and down to the waterfront: participate in collective listening, reflection, drawing, and group discussion. (with support from an SofC Urban Small Grant). Register now: https://ow.ly/cqqZ50ZAakL
August 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Join a creative sound mapping workshop followed by a soundwalk through Arcadia Art Gallery and down to the waterfront: participate in collective listening, reflection, drawing, and group discussion. (with support from an SofC Urban Small Grant). Register now: https://ow.ly/cqqZ50ZAakL
What happens when cities become training grounds for AI? This Fall 2026 multidisciplinary graduate seminar will explore the relationship b/w cities & AI and examine generative AI, urban data, housing, labour, infrastructure, surveillance, governance https://ow.ly/n4p250ZAanK
August 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
What happens when cities become training grounds for AI? This Fall 2026 multidisciplinary graduate seminar will explore the relationship b/w cities & AI and examine generative AI, urban data, housing, labour, infrastructure, surveillance, governance https://ow.ly/n4p250ZAanK
This new report argues that unrepresentative public consultation + restrictive planning regulations prevent or delay new housing, esp. for low-income & marginalized households. Using T.O. as a case study, it proposes improved, rights-based public consultation https://ow.ly/3QoT50ZAaqY
August 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This new report argues that unrepresentative public consultation + restrictive planning regulations prevent or delay new housing, esp. for low-income & marginalized households. Using T.O. as a case study, it proposes improved, rights-based public consultation https://ow.ly/3QoT50ZAaqY
There's a common belief that having a dog means you need a big house and yard. In the latest in our video series on what dogs can teach us about urban living, Steve and Sherman show us that dogs can thrive in small spaces and dense urban environments https://ow.ly/m25L50ZAalx
August 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
There's a common belief that having a dog means you need a big house and yard. In the latest in our video series on what dogs can teach us about urban living, Steve and Sherman show us that dogs can thrive in small spaces and dense urban environments https://ow.ly/m25L50ZAalx
We'd like your input! Learn more about our future microcredentials - on urban planning for non-planners, spatial analytics & GIS, community engagement, sustainable cities - and answer a few questions to help us shape your professional learning opportunities https://ow.ly/bPBU50ZAap2
August 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
We'd like your input! Learn more about our future microcredentials - on urban planning for non-planners, spatial analytics & GIS, community engagement, sustainable cities - and answer a few questions to help us shape your professional learning opportunities https://ow.ly/bPBU50ZAap2
Canada recently co-hosted the FIFA World Cup 2026 for the first time, to much fanfare & trepidation. We looked at visitor activity during matches & asked how many people came to each stadium, how visitor traffic compared to 1 yr. ago, where visitors came from https://ow.ly/X6QM50ZAal7
August 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Canada recently co-hosted the FIFA World Cup 2026 for the first time, to much fanfare & trepidation. We looked at visitor activity during matches & asked how many people came to each stadium, how visitor traffic compared to 1 yr. ago, where visitors came from https://ow.ly/X6QM50ZAal7
The Canadian Municipal Barometer builds evidence to answer the question: how does local democracy work? Join Prof. Gabriel Eidelman for the first Knowledge Café of the season to hear about a new report that challenges assumptions about municipal politics https://ow.ly/97aQ50ZAamW
August 17, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The Canadian Municipal Barometer builds evidence to answer the question: how does local democracy work? Join Prof. Gabriel Eidelman for the first Knowledge Café of the season to hear about a new report that challenges assumptions about municipal politics https://ow.ly/97aQ50ZAamW
Our new policy brief summarizes research on transit enforcement which found that mechanisms vary widely across Cdn cities; tickets are higher than for parking infractions; costs exceed generated revenue; marginalized populations are disproportionately impacted https://ow.ly/FHQN50ZvVoF
August 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Our new policy brief summarizes research on transit enforcement which found that mechanisms vary widely across Cdn cities; tickets are higher than for parking infractions; costs exceed generated revenue; marginalized populations are disproportionately impacted https://ow.ly/FHQN50ZvVoF