
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.

Sep 25
African Cities: Questioning marriage, childbirth and gender norms in Lomé
First conference of the series: African cities through the lens of family, local dynamics and societal transformation.
In a context where permanent…

Sep 12
Book Launch: The Immaculate Conception of Data
Dr. Kelly Bronson‘s will offer a look into the struggle to control the food system and the role big data holds in this power play.
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Oct 19
Seafarers in Industrial Fishing: Examining migrant worker precarity
As part of the "Urban and Anthropocene Approaches" seminar, the uOttawa-ULyon Joint Research Chair on the Urban Anthropocene and l'École urbaine de Ly…
Academic Matters

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.
The Smartification of Everything

The Smartification of Everything
The Smartification of Everything panels
Talks and art pieces from The Smartification of Everything are now available online!
Insight Development Grants

Insight Development Grants
2021 Recipients of Insight Development Grants
Congratulations to members of our research community who were awarded an Insight Development Grant!

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