Luisa Sotomayor
@luisasotomayor.bsky.social
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Farhana Sultana is a tenured , full prof & a prominent critic of right wing supremacies. RW extremists are targeting her for exercising her 1A rights. Worse her institution has shamefully caved to political pressure and placed her on leave. An atrocious violation of academic freedom.
Please sign.
Please sign.
As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Farhana Sultana is a tenured , full prof & a prominent critic of right wing supremacies. RW extremists are targeting her for exercising her 1A rights. Worse her institution has shamefully caved to political pressure and placed her on leave. An atrocious violation of academic freedom.
Please sign.
Please sign.
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I love seeing @luisasotomayor.bsky.social 's comments on the nature of 33 Charles's lawsuit against a charity. Seeing all the poverty in this neighbourhood sucks. Suing people who are helping, for things beyond their control is repulsive
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
‘A battle for who belongs’: Downtown Toronto condo suing charity next door for $2.3 million
A downtown Toronto condominium corporation is suing its next-door neighbour, a church and drop-in centre that has served unhoused, underhoused, and marginalized people since 1992.
www.cp24.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I love seeing @luisasotomayor.bsky.social 's comments on the nature of 33 Charles's lawsuit against a charity. Seeing all the poverty in this neighbourhood sucks. Suing people who are helping, for things beyond their control is repulsive
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
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We had a great time at the panel last week and learned a lot!
#toronto #tech #politics
@luisasotomayor.bsky.social @vassb.bsky.social @ghadaa.bsky.social @paulafletcherto.bsky.social
#toronto #tech #politics
@luisasotomayor.bsky.social @vassb.bsky.social @ghadaa.bsky.social @paulafletcherto.bsky.social
Thanks to all who came out and joined us last night.
Special thanks to Luke Yates visiting us during his NA tour, Ghada Alsharif for moderating the panel discussion and Luisa Sotomayor for hosting us at the University of Toronto, and, of course, all the panelists.
Special thanks to Luke Yates visiting us during his NA tour, Ghada Alsharif for moderating the panel discussion and Luisa Sotomayor for hosting us at the University of Toronto, and, of course, all the panelists.
September 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We had a great time at the panel last week and learned a lot!
#toronto #tech #politics
@luisasotomayor.bsky.social @vassb.bsky.social @ghadaa.bsky.social @paulafletcherto.bsky.social
#toronto #tech #politics
@luisasotomayor.bsky.social @vassb.bsky.social @ghadaa.bsky.social @paulafletcherto.bsky.social
📣 Call for proposals!
Join us in Bogotá on August 21–22 for the Vertical Peripheries workshop, which explores high-rise housing and urban transformation at the margins.
🗓️ Deadline to apply: July 1
📍CIDER, Uniandes
🔗 www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
Join us in Bogotá on August 21–22 for the Vertical Peripheries workshop, which explores high-rise housing and urban transformation at the margins.
🗓️ Deadline to apply: July 1
📍CIDER, Uniandes
🔗 www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
Call for Participation - WORKSHOP - The City Institute at York University (CITY)
Please click HERE to view the Spanish Version Vertical Peripheries: Housing and Urban Transformation at the Metropolitan Margins August 21–22, 2025 | Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia As part...
www.yorku.ca
June 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
📣 Call for proposals!
Join us in Bogotá on August 21–22 for the Vertical Peripheries workshop, which explores high-rise housing and urban transformation at the margins.
🗓️ Deadline to apply: July 1
📍CIDER, Uniandes
🔗 www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
Join us in Bogotá on August 21–22 for the Vertical Peripheries workshop, which explores high-rise housing and urban transformation at the margins.
🗓️ Deadline to apply: July 1
📍CIDER, Uniandes
🔗 www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
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Our latest podcast episode rings the alarm bell on the increasing criminalization of protest in Canada, and why we have got to fight back.
sandyandnora.com/episode-325-...
sandyandnora.com/episode-325-...
Episode 325 – You gotta fight for your right to proooooootest
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the attacks on Canadians’ right to assemble — from Toronto’s so-called bubble law to PEI police telling peace activists to buy a $2 million insurance policy.
sandyandnora.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Our latest podcast episode rings the alarm bell on the increasing criminalization of protest in Canada, and why we have got to fight back.
sandyandnora.com/episode-325-...
sandyandnora.com/episode-325-...
3 cities, 3 cases: how VIS towers reshape Colombia’s metropolitan edges.
Nuestro primer #ArcGIS #StoryMap explora las #PeriferiasVerticales y la política de densificación en los bordes.
🗺️ Diseño: Federico Arévalo, CITY Institute @cityinstitute.bsky.social
👉 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9959...
Nuestro primer #ArcGIS #StoryMap explora las #PeriferiasVerticales y la política de densificación en los bordes.
🗺️ Diseño: Federico Arévalo, CITY Institute @cityinstitute.bsky.social
👉 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9959...
Vertical Peripheries: Three findings so far, mapped
Planning and citizenship in Colombia's commodified periurban housing towers
storymaps.arcgis.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
3 cities, 3 cases: how VIS towers reshape Colombia’s metropolitan edges.
Nuestro primer #ArcGIS #StoryMap explora las #PeriferiasVerticales y la política de densificación en los bordes.
🗺️ Diseño: Federico Arévalo, CITY Institute @cityinstitute.bsky.social
👉 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9959...
Nuestro primer #ArcGIS #StoryMap explora las #PeriferiasVerticales y la política de densificación en los bordes.
🗺️ Diseño: Federico Arévalo, CITY Institute @cityinstitute.bsky.social
👉 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9959...
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Unholy post-election alliance taking shape with terrible results for Toronto. Ford & Carney talking 401 tunnel, a Liberal former MP & city councillor backing Therme (and Ford) at Ontario Place. Without powerful opposition at any scale of government. The pits. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Ford asks Carney to support Highway 401 tunnel in new letter about priority projects
The letter, sent to Mr. Carney on Monday, identifies five projects that Ontario says should be prioritized
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Unholy post-election alliance taking shape with terrible results for Toronto. Ford & Carney talking 401 tunnel, a Liberal former MP & city councillor backing Therme (and Ford) at Ontario Place. Without powerful opposition at any scale of government. The pits. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
We're in fundraising mode at @cityinstitute.bsky.social to secure endowment funds to honour the inspiring work of our dear colleagues and CITY's former Directors @rkeil.bsky.social and Linda Peake. Please contribute if you can - those in 🇨🇦 will get a tax receipt: donate.yorku.ca/site/Donatio...
May 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We're in fundraising mode at @cityinstitute.bsky.social to secure endowment funds to honour the inspiring work of our dear colleagues and CITY's former Directors @rkeil.bsky.social and Linda Peake. Please contribute if you can - those in 🇨🇦 will get a tax receipt: donate.yorku.ca/site/Donatio...
Excited about my new books to read on my daily commute to @cityinstitute.bsky.social: @javierauyero.bsky.social’s and Sofia Servian’s ‘Squatter Life’, Maria Kaika and Luca Ruggiero’s ‘Class meets land’ and Premilla Nadasen ‘Care: the highest stage of capitalism’.
May 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Excited about my new books to read on my daily commute to @cityinstitute.bsky.social: @javierauyero.bsky.social’s and Sofia Servian’s ‘Squatter Life’, Maria Kaika and Luca Ruggiero’s ‘Class meets land’ and Premilla Nadasen ‘Care: the highest stage of capitalism’.
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📣 Workshop CFP: Spatialising Urban Crisis
📍 University of Manchester, UK
📅 June 26–27, 2025
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📍 University of Manchester, UK
📅 June 26–27, 2025
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April 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📣 Workshop CFP: Spatialising Urban Crisis
📍 University of Manchester, UK
📅 June 26–27, 2025
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📍 University of Manchester, UK
📅 June 26–27, 2025
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JOIN US! March 31, 12 PM -1:30 PM "Seeing Democracy Like a City" with CITY's 2025 Senior Visiting Scholar Ross Beveridge @uofglasgow.bsky.social
With @sergemont.bsky.social and Peggie Kohn @utsc.bsky.social
To register: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
With @sergemont.bsky.social and Peggie Kohn @utsc.bsky.social
To register: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
City Research Seminar: Dr. Ross Beveridge - The City Institute at York University (CITY)
Seeing Democracy Like a City Urbanisation is changing landscapes, social relations and everyday lives across the globe. At the same time, urbanisation is also changing the ways democracy is understood...
www.yorku.ca
March 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
JOIN US! March 31, 12 PM -1:30 PM "Seeing Democracy Like a City" with CITY's 2025 Senior Visiting Scholar Ross Beveridge @uofglasgow.bsky.social
With @sergemont.bsky.social and Peggie Kohn @utsc.bsky.social
To register: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
With @sergemont.bsky.social and Peggie Kohn @utsc.bsky.social
To register: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
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I suggest this international list, which gathers 50 scientists, academics and researchers working on urban issues in an interdisciplinary way
go.bsky.app/UmvqMH4
go.bsky.app/UmvqMH4
December 18, 2024 at 3:08 PM
I suggest this international list, which gathers 50 scientists, academics and researchers working on urban issues in an interdisciplinary way
go.bsky.app/UmvqMH4
go.bsky.app/UmvqMH4
New paper! With Ryan Whitney, we examined how Medellin’s electric escalators were mobilized to #CDMX as a best practice. Despite poor implementation, political actors benefited as they played the politics of visibility. Free to download until Feb 2: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
December 14, 2024 at 2:38 PM
New paper! With Ryan Whitney, we examined how Medellin’s electric escalators were mobilized to #CDMX as a best practice. Despite poor implementation, political actors benefited as they played the politics of visibility. Free to download until Feb 2: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
In #Toronto, a top-down anti-bike lane agenda is unfolding via a Provincial bill that undermines municipal planning and endangers lives—but @cycletoronto.bsky.social is fighting back. Please support!
This morning, Cycle Toronto launched a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section 7 challenge to the provincial government’s Bill 212.
The lawsuit also seeks an immediate injunction to prevent the removal of target bike lanes on Bloor, University, and Yonge.
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The lawsuit also seeks an immediate injunction to prevent the removal of target bike lanes on Bloor, University, and Yonge.
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December 12, 2024 at 2:44 PM
In #Toronto, a top-down anti-bike lane agenda is unfolding via a Provincial bill that undermines municipal planning and endangers lives—but @cycletoronto.bsky.social is fighting back. Please support!
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TODAY! Join us at 11 AM EST for an online book talk with Jennifer Tucker @unm.bsky.social about #OutlawCapital. You can register here: yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The book is available for purchase through @anotherstoryto.bsky.social in Toronto.
anotherstory.ca/item/OiPWq97...
The book is available for purchase through @anotherstoryto.bsky.social in Toronto.
anotherstory.ca/item/OiPWq97...
December 6, 2024 at 5:14 AM
TODAY! Join us at 11 AM EST for an online book talk with Jennifer Tucker @unm.bsky.social about #OutlawCapital. You can register here: yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The book is available for purchase through @anotherstoryto.bsky.social in Toronto.
anotherstory.ca/item/OiPWq97...
The book is available for purchase through @anotherstoryto.bsky.social in Toronto.
anotherstory.ca/item/OiPWq97...
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JOB OPPORTUNITY‼️ CITY and the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change at #YorkUniversity in #Toronto are accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow to work on climate justice and affordable housing. Apply by November 30. Details below: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
Postdoctoral fellowship in Climate Change, Housing and Equity in Urban Canada - The City Institute at York University (CITY)
Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) seeks to appoint a 12 month full-time post-doctoral fellow to work...
www.yorku.ca
November 20, 2024 at 10:39 PM
JOB OPPORTUNITY‼️ CITY and the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change at #YorkUniversity in #Toronto are accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow to work on climate justice and affordable housing. Apply by November 30. Details below: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
We need this. Go @maritstilesndp.bsky.social
NEW: Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has tapped former Toronto Mayor David Miller as a "special advisor" to lead the party's pledge to give all municipalities a new deal similar to Toronto and Ottawa.
#onpoli
#onpoli
November 20, 2024 at 5:02 PM
We need this. Go @maritstilesndp.bsky.social
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PASSED! A huge win from our union! York University Faculty Association General Members Meeting passes motion on #scholasticide by super majority on November 19, 2024!
@cjpme.org @jvp.bsky.social
@cjpme.org @jvp.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 5:21 PM
PASSED! A huge win from our union! York University Faculty Association General Members Meeting passes motion on #scholasticide by super majority on November 19, 2024!
@cjpme.org @jvp.bsky.social
@cjpme.org @jvp.bsky.social
Adding to the list the complete disregard for local democracy and civic participation, and the overriding of municipal autonomy on areas where cities have admin responsibilities. Anti-model of democratic governance too.
These days Toronto feels like the anti-model of contemporary urban planning: removing bike lanes, spending billions to rehabilitate a downtown highway, decommissioning an entire subway line, no opening date for a light rail project 13 years in the making.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Bikes v cars: backlash after Ontario premier threatens to tear up cycling lanes in Toronto
Doug Ford plans to rip out bike lanes on busy streets, citing ‘insanity’ of gridlock he says they contribute to
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Adding to the list the complete disregard for local democracy and civic participation, and the overriding of municipal autonomy on areas where cities have admin responsibilities. Anti-model of democratic governance too.
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Poste de professeur.e en économie politique @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social : échéance 22 novembre.
Tenure-track position in political economy in my department: deadline Nov 22.
pol.umontreal.ca/departement/...
Tenure-track position in political economy in my department: deadline Nov 22.
pol.umontreal.ca/departement/...
Poste de professeure ou professeur au rang d’adjoint en économie politique
pol.umontreal.ca
November 18, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Poste de professeur.e en économie politique @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social : échéance 22 novembre.
Tenure-track position in political economy in my department: deadline Nov 22.
pol.umontreal.ca/departement/...
Tenure-track position in political economy in my department: deadline Nov 22.
pol.umontreal.ca/departement/...
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pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details:
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
Ideational geographies workshop
blogs.ubc.ca
November 17, 2024 at 1:08 AM
pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details:
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
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This December we will be celebrating Ciclovía's 50th anniversary in Bogotá. It will be a tribute to the citizen-driven and experimental roots of Ciclovía, which started on Dec 15, 1974 as a visionary response to the increasing dominance of car-centric urbanism 🚴♂️ 🌍 #Ciclovía50
tinyurl.com/4n38t96m
tinyurl.com/4n38t96m
Ciclovía 50 años: pasado, presente y futuro de las ciudades - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales | Universidad de los Andes Colombia
En diciembre de 2024 se cumplen 50 años de la Ciclovía de Bogotá. En el marco de esta celebración, buscamos llevar a cabo un encuentro para un público académico, practicante y ciudadano, nacional e in...
cienciassociales.uniandes.edu.co
November 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM
This December we will be celebrating Ciclovía's 50th anniversary in Bogotá. It will be a tribute to the citizen-driven and experimental roots of Ciclovía, which started on Dec 15, 1974 as a visionary response to the increasing dominance of car-centric urbanism 🚴♂️ 🌍 #Ciclovía50
tinyurl.com/4n38t96m
tinyurl.com/4n38t96m
🚨We're hiring! Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate Change, Equity & Housing. Apply by November 30, 2024. All details are here: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
Postdoctoral fellowship in Climate Change, Housing and Equity in Urban Canada - The City Institute at York University (CITY)
Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) seeks to appoint a 12 month full-time post-doctoral fellow to work...
www.yorku.ca
November 14, 2024 at 11:00 PM
🚨We're hiring! Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate Change, Equity & Housing. Apply by November 30, 2024. All details are here: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
Amidst Trump’s election and Canada’s surge in anti-immigrant, alt-right politics, Liette Gilbert and I call for a radical rethink: municipalities should protect non-status residents with a generous form of “non-status” citizenship. 1/2 #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 13, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Amidst Trump’s election and Canada’s surge in anti-immigrant, alt-right politics, Liette Gilbert and I call for a radical rethink: municipalities should protect non-status residents with a generous form of “non-status” citizenship. 1/2 #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....