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9:30–9:45am
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Opening remarks
Martin Horak, Director, Urban Centre
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9:45–10:45am
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Opening keynote: ‘Planning the just cycling city’
Léa Ravensbergen (McMaster University)
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10:45–11:00am
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Coffee break
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11.00am-12.30pm
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Session 1: Urban Governance and Political Processes
- E. Victoria Bomberry ‘Urban Governance & Indigenous Urban Leadership: A Case Study of Hamilton, Ontario’
- Reforce Okwei ‘Governing the Ungoverned? Community Leadership and Informal Governance in Old Fadama, Accra’
- Lindi Jahiu ‘Everyday surveillance in the city: The semiotics of urban surveillance signage in Toronto’
- Katharine McCoy ‘Mind Over Matter: The Role of Place Identity in Economic Voting’
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12:30–1:15pm
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Lunch (buffet, served in SSC 7251)
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1:15pm–2:45pm
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Session 2: Urban Environments and Food Systems
- Kristen Zinger ‘Beyond the campus gates: An audit of place connections in environmental higher education’
- Leanne Ferguson ‘Reimagining the Everyday: Urban Agriculture’s Contributions to Prefiguring Value Beyond Capitalism’
- Olivia Caruso ‘Examining disparities in the accessibility of unhealthy food vendors in school neighbourhoods across Ontario: Would the implementation of new distance-based regulations improve equity?’
- Josh Grignon ‘Who Is Responsible for Building Climate-Resilient Cities?’
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2:45–3:45pm
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Session 3: Critical Perspectives on the City
- Riley Buist ‘The Ghosts We Perform With: Queer Trauma and Urban Haunting in Toronto’
- Luis Patricio ‘Critical Mobilities: Youth Experiences and Perceptions in mid-sized Cities in Southwestern Ontario’
- Chenyang Zhou ‘Precarious Housing and the Geography of Educational Achievement in a Large Urban Center’
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3:45–4:00pm
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Closing remarks
Zack Taylor, Associate Director, Urban Centre
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