$4.95 million to make cities smarter

Published: 5 July 2021

A smart city—supported by digital solutions to enhance food access and mobility—is a healthy city. That’s the thinking behind the Implementing Smart Cities Interventions to Build Healthy Cities ...

THE GLOBE AND MAIL | COVID-19 pandemic prompts urbanites to rethink 'grand bargain' of dense city living

Published: 11 May 2020

The current pandemic will change cities, experts predict, the way infectious disease outbreaks influenced the development of urban centres in decades past. McGill University urban planning...

Cities and their rising impacts on biodiversity - a global overview

Published: 9 December 2019

Cities and their rising impacts on biodiversity versity. To gain a clearer picture of the situation, an international group of scientists, including Professor Andrew Gonzalez from McGill’s Biology...

Cities and Psychosis - 1 credit course open to graduate students

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 14:30toMonday, April 8, 2019 17:00

How do the millions of people you never meet in the city put you at greater risk of psychosis? And does the built environment shape the social structure of the city in ways that impinge on illness...

Global project to reduce health inequalities in cities around the world

Published: 6 February 2018

A major new research partnership has been launched to explore ways of reducing health inequalities in cities around the world.  

Has the U.S. turned a corner toward less urban sprawl?

Published: 15 June 2015

The urban street network is one of the most permanent features of cities. Once laid down, the pattern of streets determines urban form and the level of sprawl for decades to come. In the U.S.,...

One in four of world’s big cities water-stressed

Published: 3 June 2014

As more people move to urban areas, cities around the world are experiencing increased water stress and looking for additional water supplies to support their continued grow.

Work in Progress – Michael Jemtrud: Mediated Cities Project

Wednesday, November 26, 2014 15:30to17:00

The Fall Work in Progress series concludes with Michael Jemtrud (Architecture) “Mediated Cities Project”...

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