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Events | Wednesday, November 18, 2026

School of Cities Knowledge Café | Using the Census: New tools for urban researchers

The Census is Canada’s largest and oldest dataset. Geographers, sociologists, planners, historians, and others have used the Census to understand...

Social Sciences

Events | Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Memories of Black Toronto – School of Cities

The University of Toronto’s School of Cities will support the public launch of the Memories of Black Toronto Project. This...

Black Studies Social Sciences

Events | Wednesday, October 21, 2026

School of Cities Knowledge Café: Data, belonging, and the algorithmic city

In this session, Ahmed Ilmi will explore how Black Muslim Somali youth navigate belonging, racialization, and identity within increasingly data-driven...

Social Sciences

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Lance T. McCready

Lance T. McCready is an Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for...

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Social Sciences Social Work

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Ahmed Ali Ilmi

Ahmed Ali Ilmi is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Department of Global Development Studies at the University of...

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Black Diaspora Black Studies School System Social Sciences

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Tanya Sharpe

Tanya L. Sharpe, MSW, Ph.D. joined the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto in July 2018...

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Social Sciences Social Work

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Ayobami Laniyonu

Ayobami Laniyonu is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto. They...

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Criminology Social Sciences

News | Wednesday, March 4, 2026

U of T researchers unpack identity, safety and sport participation

More than 600,000 young people in Canada drop out of sports during adolescence, with girls and youth from equity-owed groups most...

Social Sciences Women & Gender Studies

News | Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Student-led initiative evolves into experiential UTSC political science course

A student-run parliamentary simulation at the University of Toronto Scarborough has grown into a for-credit political science course.

Social Sciences UTSC

News | Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Lauren Cramer recognized with Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award

Lauren Cramer, an assistant professor at the Cinema Studies Institute in the Faculty of Arts & Science has received a...

Black Excellence Social Sciences