Wednesday, January 29, 2020; 2:30 Coffee – 3:00 p.m. Talk; MC E229: Department of Geography and Planning Colloquium.
Dr. Martine August (School of Planning, University of Waterloo) will present Financialization of Rental Housing in Canada.
Monday, January 20/20; 9:30 a.m.; MC E229: Departmental Research Seminar. Dr. Samantha Biglieri (SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, York University) will present a research talk on Planning Dementia-Inclusive Suburban Neighbourhoods.
Dear SURP Alumni and Faculty:
You are invited to the SURP 50th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, June 26 and Saturday June 27, 2020 at Queen’s University in beautiful Kingston, Ontario. We have organized two main events so that there is plenty of time each day to reconnect informally and to enjoy alumni-led gatherings.
Event Itinerary
Wednesday, January 15/20; 9:30 a.m.; MC E230: Departmental Research Seminar. Dr. Ren Thomas (Assistant Professor, School of Planning, Dalhousie University) will present a research talk on Rental Housing Policies across Canadian Cities: Lessons for Planners and Policy Makers.
Faculty, staff and graduate students – The 2020 GSC Winter Social (pdf, 480kB) is fast approaching! The event will be held January 15th, 2020 at 7pm at the Merchant Tap House.
Ticket sales will be between the hours of 11:00am and 1:00pm on December 9-13th, 2019 and January 6-10th & 13-15th, 2020.
We look forward to seeing everybody there for a lovely evening of games, trivia and riveting conversation.
The GSC Social Committee
Friday, January 10/20; 9:30 a.m.; MC D216: Departmental Research Seminar. Dr. Julie Mah (Course Instructor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto) will present a research talk entitled Perspectives “from below”: Experiences of displacement in a gentrifying Downtown Detroit.
Tuesday, December 17/19; 9:30 a.m.; MC D214: Departmental Research Seminar. Mr. Nick Revington (Ph.D. Candidate, School of Planning, University of Waterloo) will present a research talk entitled Planning, Real Estate, and the “Generationed” Politics of Class Monopoly Rent in the Student Housing Submarket.
Friday, December 13/19; 9:30 a.m.; MC D214: Departmental Research Seminar. Dr. Maxwell Hartt (Lecturer in Spatial Planning, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University) will present a research talk entitled Shifting Cities: Economic Prosperity, Quality of Life and Planning in Shrinking and Aging Cities.
Wednesday, December 11/19; 9:30 a.m.; MC D214: Departmental Research Seminar. Dr. Diana Mok (Dan Department of Management & Organizational Studies, Western University) will present a research talk entitled Housing Price Risks, Real Options, and Urban Sprawl.
Wednesday, November 27; 2:30 Coffee – 3:00 p.m. Talk; MC D216: Department of Geography and Planning Colloquium.
Dr. John Sandlos (co-authored with Mica Jorgenson) (Department of History, Memorial University of
Newfoundland) will present Dust to Dust: Aluminum as a Miracle Cure for Silicosis in the Mining Industry.
