“Poly-crisis” is everywhere, often framed as a call to restore nation-state primacy. But are states the only or even the best entities to respond? We argue that cities are where crises are lived and often most directly handled. With @rkeil.bsky.social, Ross Beveridge, Ewan Kerr and Maryam Lashkari.

Farhana Sultana is a tenured , full prof & a prominent critic of right wing supremacies. RW extremists are targeting her for exercising her 1A rights. Worse her institution has shamefully caved to political pressure and placed her on leave. An atrocious violation of academic freedom. Please sign.

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...

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

📣 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...

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-...

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...

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...

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...

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’.

📣 Workshop CFP: Spatialising Urban Crisis 📍 University of Manchester, UK 📅 June 26–27, 2025 🧵

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...

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

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...

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!

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...

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...

We need this. Go @maritstilesndp.bsky.social

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

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.

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/...

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...

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

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

Amidst Trump’s election and Canada’s surge in anti-immigrant, alt-right politics, Liette Gilbert and I call for a radical rethink: municipalities should protect non-status residents with a generous form of “non-status” citizenship. 1/2 #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Hello! I signed up a while back but never got around to posting. Just jumped back in and it’s cool to see many real names and solid voices in the mix. Looking forward to connect about anything urban over here.