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Research Centre on the Future of Cities

The Centre offers a unique interdisciplinary research environment in Canada, to address the pressing challenges of the 21st century by tackling the relationship between the transformation of cities, the climate and social crisis, and the Anthropocene.
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Apr 24 to Apr 25

Retrospection and Renewal: Reflections on the Social Studies of Health in Contemporary Life

Event organized by the Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Students Association, the Research Centre on the Future of Cities and the School Sociologic…

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Apr 10

Why Federalism Matters: Policy Feedback, Institutional Variation and the Politics of Trade Policy-Making in Canada and Germany

An event organized by the Jean-Luc Pepin Research Chaire, the Research Centre on the Future of Cities and the Centre on Governance.…

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Feb 28

Opening Greener Futures: Contemporary Challenges of Urban Sustainability

Sociology and Anthropology Week! Event organized by the Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Students Association, the School Sociological and Anthropo…

Opinion paper
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Opinion paper

L'inégal accès à la nature

Opinion paper by postdoctoral fellow Nakeyah Giroux-Works on the theme of diversity and accessibility in the great outdoors.
Book release
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Book release

Imaginer l’après, Vulnérabilité environnementale et décision publique en contex…

The Centre is pleased to announce the publication of Imaginer l’après, Vulnérabilité environnementale et décision publique en contexte post-catastrophe, a collective work edited by Pierre Gras, Michel Lussault and Vincent Mirza.
Academic Matters
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Academic Matters

The pitfalls of virtual learning and the challenges of post-pandemic education

Cases of students so completely and utterly lost in a virtual haze have become commonplace during the pandemic.
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Research Centre on the Future of Cities

Faculty of Social Sciences
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5

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