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SofC Connects! A Call for Student Fellowship Applications View this email in your browser https://mailchi.mp/22bef7a148fd/newsletter-school-of-cities-538409?e=f487703732
October 9, 2019 SofC Connects! A Call for Student Fellowship Applications
We are thrilled to announce the School of Cities Student Fellowship Award https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=5dbfd47968&e=f487703732. The Award provides a forum and unique opportunities for urban-focused interdisciplinary and collaborative learning, mentorship, research, experiential and service-based learning to students at all three campuses and across divisional boundaries.
Student Fellowships are open to current University of Toronto students with a strong interest and passion for urban issues and critical challenges, and who are motivated to initiate and lead an innovative and impactful project during the winter term. The duration of the fellowship is four months, with flexibility to extend with approval, based on the type of project.
Online applications for the U of T Student Fellowship Awards https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=6e8968b8ab&e=f487703732 are open until 9 p.m. (EST) *November 1, 2019.* 2018-19 Fellows: Lamia Aganagic, master's student, Public Policy; Rushay Naik, undergraduate in human Biology: global health and peace and conflict & justice studies; and Jessika Tremblay, PhD student, Anthropology. *Apply now for 2019-20 Small Grants*
The School provides funding/co-sponsorship opportunities through targeted grants and programs. We support a range of urban-focused research https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=571cd89e81&e=f487703732, education https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=4e2b3d38c2&e=f487703732 and outreach https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=ef0c0a3a16&e=f487703732 initiatives.
Visit our website to learn more and apply to partner with us https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=56ef312ec4&e=f487703732 News U of T’s School of Cities establishes Community-Builders Fellowships in Partnership with the United Way Over the next nine months, six teams of three will be working on an initiative or project related to neighbourhood change in the Toronto region.
The proposed team projects include:
- A network of marginalized & low-income residents in Annex - Build parents’ capacity in Thorncliffe Park - Civic engagement of young women in Scarborough - Eagle Spirits Indigenous Village in Mississauga - Storytelling in Mount Dennis - Telling stories of communities in York Region
Read the article at* U of T News* https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=2972a36132&e=f487703732
U of T School of Cities’ *Lara Muldoon,* senior partnerships, engagement and projects officer; Associate Professor *Shauna Brail,* associate director of partnerships & outreach; *Nouman Ashraf* an assistant professor at U of T’s Rotman School and faculty lead for the community-builders curriculum; United Way of Greater Toronto president and CEO* Daniele Zanotti*; and *Nakia Lee-Foon*, a PhD candidate at U of T's Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the community-builders program research assistant. House Divided: U of T’s School of Cities and Urban Studies Program hosts discussion on Toronto’s housing affordability crisis
On September 25, the School of Cities, in partnership with the Urban Studies Program, Innis College invited four speakers to give lightning talks on housing affordability from their community, research and planning perspectives https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=cb3f77488f&e=f487703732 .
From left, Parkdale’s* Ana Teresa Portillo *and *Mercedes Sharpe Zayas*; *Vic
Gupta*, CreateTO; U of T’s *Susannah Bunce*; and moderator *Alex Bozikovic*, House Divided co-editor and *Globe and Mail* architecture critic *(photo by Alexandra Hu).*
Where We Gather: U of T’s School of Cities partners with Toronto Public Library for lecture series on public space https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=aa985a2b5c&e=f487703732 “We need to think about public space differently as a 21st century city.” Events Where We Gather
In a four-part lecture series https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=48a39c1b37&e=f487703732 presented by the School of Cities in partnership with the Toronto Public Library https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=7f37daf643&e=f487703732 at branches across the city, urban experts will examine some of the challenges and questions that we should be asking to make sure that we get the most out of our public spaces.
Join us for the final talks in this series:
- *October 22 *– Where We Gather: Public Life vs. Digital Life in Toronto https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=4de74a3d0a&e=f487703732 - *November 6 *– Where We Gather: Public vs. Private Space https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=faeded7ddb&e=f487703732
*The School of Cities is pleased to announce upcoming events that are co-sponsored or supported by the School:*
*November 7 & 8 * Mobilizing Justice https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=0726b4d120&e=f487703732 A two-day by invitation workshop that will bring industry, government, and community stakeholders together with academics to develop a shared vision for social equity and emerging transportation technologies, and to identify future research needs in this area. https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=d19fa02d0c&e=f487703732 Past events:
*Oct 5: *Commemorating the Dragon Centre https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=74f97e7e82&e=f487703732
Research Virtual Workshops on City Data Models ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee Working Group 11 on Smart Cities, is investigating the development of a set of international standards for city data models. To create truly smart cities, data must be shared across various departments and stakeholders; which can only be accomplished through the use of a common data model.
Session 1 of Virtual Workshops on City Data Models took place on September 25. There were over 40 international participants in this session, with presentations from Martin Brynskov, Paul B. Cote, and Kenneth Vaughn. Download to a recording of Virtual Workshops on City Data Models Session 1 https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=0eba4d5027&e=f487703732 *(a transcript is forthcoming).*
To virtually attend Session 2 (Oct. 23) and Session 3 (Nov. 20), please register online https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=11a30280b4&e=f487703732 .
*Oct 23: *Virtual Workshops on City Data Models Session 2 https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=5360e7e1c2&e=f487703732
*Nov 20:* Virtual Workshops on City Data Models Session 3 https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=df08815521&e=f487703732 Upcoming Seminars *Oct 9: *Beyond Pojangmacha – Edae Food Carts and the Future of Seoul’s Social Gastronomy https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=98314fad77&e=f487703732
*Oct 23*: Towards a model of Urban Evolution Part 1 https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=be059d1e6a&e=f487703732
*Oct 29:* Class in the 21st Century: Asset Inflation and the New Logic of Inequality https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=84ddcb20f7&e=f487703732
Education *Educational initiatives/curricular innovation supported by the School of Cities: * *October 16* Guest Lecture by Dr. Akira Drake Rodriguez: "Demolition and Redevelopment of Public Housing in Atlanta" and Podcasting Workshop for Utopian Visions, Activist Realities (WGS370H1) Watch: U of T students mark global day for public use of city streets by taking over Toronto parking spot https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=3532fa7a2f&e=f487703732
What started as a course assignment in urban landscapes and planning resulted in a real-life guerrilla installation by University of Toronto students that’s designed to bring attention to the need for public space around the world.
The U of T installation in front of 273 Bloor Street on Friday received funding to initiate the project from U of T’s School of Cities https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=6e6e675ddc&e=f487703732 .
Read the article at *U of T News* https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=2a034fd13d&e=f487703732 Watch: Participation and Advancement of Youth Civic Engagement (PAYCE) https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=1f2f0fcb4b&e=f487703732
PAYCE https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=1752019ba2&e=f487703732 is a student-led Student Academy https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=ca25a4ac15&e=f487703732 working group whose goal is to increase political engagement, specifically voting, among young voters ages 16-30. School of Cities Fellow builds collaborative platform for the city's circular economy
Circular Toronto https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=df91fc6233&e=f487703732 is a project by School of Cities Fellow, *Adrian Roy*, MASc, civil engineering, focused on promoting the concept of and creating a platform for a circular economy in Toronto. The platform enables collaboration between community members involved in this socioeconomic movement and introducing the movement to the general public. The circular economy as defined by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has three main principles: Designing out waste and pollution; keeping products and materials in use; and regenerating natural systems. https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=81444d6130&e=f487703732 *Urban Agriculture Speaker Series*
The Dig In! Campus Agriculture Network https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=c50e30a52a&e=f487703732 exists to support, empower and grow small-scale, sustainable food production at the University of Toronto. We represent a network of autonomous urban agriculture projects and gardens, rooted in particular colleges, campus organizations, and academic departments.
Dig In! will host a series of four talks on urban agricultural topics, such as starting a community garden, permaculture, and container gardening. Announcements *October 10 * St. Michael's Hospital Foundation Annual Louis L. Odette Lecture: Deconstructing the Homelessness Crisis https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=b97fbe6898&e=f487703732
*Apply by October 24* MaRS: The Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge https://schoolofcities.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63f9ed310ffa8729231533667&id=3829ecf319&e=f487703732
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