Partnerships & Funding

The School of Cities seeks meaningful collaborations with partners, recognizing that communities and their members are key collaborators in knowledge-making projects.

The School provides funding/co-sponsorship opportunities through targeted grants and programs. We support a range of urban-focused research, education and outreach initiatives. 

The School embraces equity and diversity as a source of creativity and inspired scholarship. The School aims to reflect the diversity of people and communities of the local urban region and is especially committed to the active participation of underrepresented and equity seeking groups, especially Indigenous, Black, immigrant, and racialized people. 

For groups interested in partnering with the School of Cities on co-sponsored events, visit our outreach small grant funding page for requirements. The School also provides small grant funding for educational initiatives.

Past events co-sponsored or supported by the School of Cities:  

Date Event Partner
Jun 27-29 Digital Ethics “Future Ways of Living” Charrette sessions Book & Media Studies (St. Michael's College)
Jun 10 & 11 Urban Leadership eXchange Institute for Management & Innovation (UTM)
Jun 5 Applying Behavioural Insights in Cities: A Workshop for Municipal Practitioners Urban Policy Lab
May 25 & 26 Doors Open Toronto: Future City Builders John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
May 24 Growing our Green Infrastructure Symposium Centre for Urban Environments (UTM)
May 24 CodeRedTo presents Christof Spieler's Train's Buses, People: Lessons for Toronto CodeRedTO
May 15 City Building and Civics: Toronto’s Asian Heritage Toronto Asia Pacific Youth Council
Spring 2019 Asemaa gitigaanan: Indigenous knowledge and sacred medicines in Toronto Rebecca Beaulne-Stuebing, School of Cities Fellow 
Apr 30 GeoHealth Conference: Building Capacity for Health Geography GeoHealth Network 
Apr 30 Urban Exchange: Speed Networking Event Canadian Urban Institute
Apr 5 CRAM: Extraordinary Ideas Unleashed CRAM Toronto
Apr 4 The Future of Ontario Place and Waterfront Revitalization Urban Studies Students Union (URSSU)
Mar 29 Carceral Capitalism: Jackie Wang in conversation with Devyn Springer Organized by U of T undergraduate and graduate students
Mar 27 Expert discussion on “What could a feminist city look like?” Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE)
Mar 26 Right to Walk TO: Justice, equity, and the Toronto walking experience Walk Toronto
Feb 28 Post City's 12th Annual Real Estate Roundtable – Home Prices in Toronto Rotman School of Management Public Events
Jan 25-27 DXC19 Democracy Exchange
Jan 25 Urban energy futures in Toronto and beyond Department of Political Science
Jan 18 & 19 Urban IQ Test Symposium John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Jan 8 Why Smart Cities are maybe so 2017 University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute (UTTRI)
Dec 13 Transportation Research Day University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute (UTTRI)
Nov 30 21st Annual Meeting with Toronto's Chief Planner Canadian Urban Institute
Nov 7 Future Cities Summit Evergreen
Nov 6 C40 Cities Public Panel on Climate Change and Cities John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Nov 6 How well do you know your neighbour? Social Capital Study Report Launch Toronto Foundation
Nov 2 Food Equity Distinguished Speaker Series: "Just Sustainabilities in Policy, Planning and Practice" New College
Oct 24 Global City for Who? Inequality and Social Exclusion in Toronto and London Department of Geography and Planning
Oct 11 Diversity and Inclusion in the City Election Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies
Oct 2 Behind the City Beat: A Pre-Election Media Panel Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance
2018/19 Series 6Place Toronto McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology
2018/19 Series Urban and Real Estate Economics Series Department of Economics
2018/19 Series Centre for Urban Environments Seminar Series Centre for Urban Environments