Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2376H1S L0101
Undergraduate Course Code: POL476H1S L0101
Topics in Public Policy
Urban Policy and Policymaking
Themes
This course examines the social, economic, political, and institutional context of urban policies and policymaking processes, focusing on the U.S. and Canada. Course topics include the multiple dimensions of urban sustainability, including urban inequality and economic regeneration, climate change, infrastructure investments, social services, housing, and the relationship between municipal governments and international, national, and sub-national governing bodies.
Texts
TBA
Format and Requirements
The course will be discussion-based and students will be expected to complete each week’s assigned readings and actively participate in class discussions. Assessment requirements TBA.
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the...
June 14, 2021
Great news from the Canadian Political Science Association, which held its annual awards ceremony (online) over the weekend of June 12 & 13: Professor Stefan Rencken’s book "Private Governance and Public...
April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...