On May 14, we’re thrilled to welcome Matt Thompson (@mattthompson.bsky.social) to the IIESL and to Toronto for a discussion of his research on conjunctural municipalism. He’ll be joined by Kanishka Goonewardena, Stefan Kipfer (@skipfer.bsky.social), and Rachel Bok as discussants.

If you are in Toronto, join us on March 18 for a talk by Manuel Pastor (@profmpastor.bsky.social) on the rise of lithium extraction in California's Imperial Valley and the implications of electric vehicles on economic and environmental justice.

📍 Registration: shorturl.at/TEoB1

Last year, the City of Toronto adopted some guiding principles for building an inclusive economic development framework. Join us to explore this framework, understand the grassroots efforts that shaped it & discuss broader questions of Canadian economic sovereignty.

Registration: shorturl.at/Vx4cQ

Hello Bluesky! We've just arrived.

We are a new research center devoted to the exploration, imagining and planning of alternative economic futures from inclusive and place-based perspectives.

We're based at the University of Toronto, Scarborough (@utsc.bsky.social), led by @sergemont.bsky.social.