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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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Sep 23

African Memories in Canada: From Minority Narratives to Institutionalization

Co-organized by the Africa Memory Project, the Research Centre on the Future on Cities and the Chaire de recherche en francophonie internationale sur …

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Mar 4

The Wayuu Women and their Relationship with Water

Hosted by the Research Centre on the Future of Cities and the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies.

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Feb 20

RCFC's Experimental Doctoral School

This event, designed by and for doctoral students, offers interactive workshops and discussions on the ethical, epistemological, and methodological is…

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Recent Publication

The Smartification of Everything

Collection edited by Mascha Gugganig, Kelly Bronson and Vincent Mirza.
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Recent Publication

Fishing amongst industrial ghosts: The challenges of green sea urchin diversifi…

Charlotte Gagnon-Lewis' latest article for the Canadian Food Studies journal.
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L'Anthropocène (La science des sciences podcast)

Conversation between Vincent Mirza and Michel Lussault on the Anthropocene and global urbanization in La science des sciences podcast by student Michaël Châteauneuf.
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Research Centre on the Future of Cities

Faculty of Social Sciences
120 University Private
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5

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