Summer Timetable
POL306H1S L5101
Urban Politics and Governance in Canada
Themes
Examines issues of contemporary Canadian urban politics and governance. Topics include municipal and metropolitan government and governance, intergovernmental relations, urban public policy, urban planning and development, and public finance. Special emphasis on connections between contemporary theories of urban politics and aspects of governing Toronto and its region.
Texts
Course reader.
Format and Requirements
Reading response, field assignment, report, and final examination.
Prerequisites
POL214Y1 or POL214Y5 or POLB50Y3 or POL224Y1
January 29, 2024
The winners of the 2022-2023 undergraduate awards were announced at the annual celebration, held this year on the evening of January 25. Presiding over the award ceremony were Undergraduate Director...
January 26, 2023
Congratulations to our 2021/22 undergraduate award & scholarship recipients! Following a two-year hiatus, the department was delighted to return to hosting our undergraduate awards in-person this year to celebrate our...
June 3, 2021
In a bid to motivate her students in what has been a very difficult academic year, Professor Rebecca Kingston decided to give those enrolled in the winter 2021 term of...
May 21, 2020
Congratulations to undergraduate student Cheryl Cheung who has received a University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA). Going into her third year majoring in political science, with minors in visual studies...
January 29, 2020
Congratulations to all our amazing undergraduate students who picked up one the department’s twenty-three awards and scholarships at our annual undergraduate awards ceremony. In attendance were Dean of Arts &...