NEWCOURSE
DividedCity/UnitedCityINI339H
Winterterm,Tuesdays,1amtonoon,JanuarytoApril,2017.InnisTownHall.3rd/4thyearstudents
Professor:JDavidHulchanski,PhD
DividedCity/UnitedCityfocusesontheimpactofincreasedeconomicinequalityandtheresultingsocio-spatialpolarizationtrendsthatare
reshapingthesociallandscapeofCanada’smetropolitanareas,changingneighbourhoods,andaffectingthelivedrealitiesofanincreasingly
diverseurbanpopulation.Theaimistobringintotheclassroomthelatestresearchonkeyurbanissueswiththeopportunitytodiscussthe
researchprocessandfindingswiththeresearchersthemselves.
ThecourseisinpartbasedonanddrawsfromtheresearchcurrentlybeingcarriedoutbytheNeighbourhoodChangeResearchPartnershipbased
attheUniversityofTorontofundedbytheSocialSciencesandHumanitiesResearchCouncilofCanadasince2005.Thisresearchhelpedinspirethe
TorontoStar’sDividedCity/UnitedCityseriesofarticles(fromwhichthenameofthiscourseistaken).
Thecourseexaminesinequality,diversity,andchangeattheneighbourhoodlevelinCanada’smetropolitanareas,withanin-depth
focusonTorontoasacaseexample.Wediscussthetrendsandseektoexplaintheprocessescausingthetrends,aswellasthe
consequencesandtheirimplicationsforpublicpoliciesandprograms.Manyofthesetrendsandprocessescontributetosegregation
anddisadvantageonthebasisofage,gender,race,ethnicity,Aboriginalidentity,andimmigrationstatus.
Theaimofthecourseistoprovidethelatestresearchfindingsandpolicyimplicationsaboutthemajorsocio-spatialchangesaffecting
metropolitanareas,inparticularthe:
• natureandcausesofneighbourhoodrestructuringtrendsandprocesses,bothsocialandphysical;
• humanandurbanconsequencesofsocio-spatialincomeinequalityandpolarization;
• policyandprogramresponses(orthelackofthem)atalllevelsofgovernment;and
• developmentofnewormoreeffectivepoliciesandprograms.
DavidHulchanskiisaprofessorofhousingandcommunitydevelopmentattheUniversityofToronto’sFactor-InwentashFacultyofSocial
Work,whereheholdstheChowYeiChingChairinHousing.Heiscross-appointedwiththegeographyandplanningprogram.HisPhDisinurban
planning(1981).Hisresearchandteachingisfocusedonhousing,neighbourhoods,andcommunitydevelopment.Hewasthedirectorofthe
UniversityofToronto’sCentreforUrbanandCommunityStudiesfrom2000to2008.Heiscurrentlytheprincipalinvestigatorofa7-year$2.5
millionresearchpartnership,theNeighbourhoodChangeResearchPartnership,focusedonneighbourhoodsandsocio-spatialchangeinCanadian
citieswithinternationalcomparisons.See:www.NeighbourhoodChange.HeistheauthorofareportonTorontoasa“dividedcity,”TheThreeCities
WithinToronto:IncomePolarizationAmongToronto’sNeighbourhoods,1970-2005.See:http://3cities.neighbourhoodchange.ca
ThiscoursecarriesonthethemeoftheDividedCity/UnitedCityserieslaunchedbytheTorontoStarin2014.See:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/12/15/divided_cityunited_city_the_series_so_far.html
TopicsINI339DividedCity/UnitedCity,2017
DividedCityWhatisit?Trends?Whyshouldwecare?
Inequality,Polariza5on,PovertyEachisdifferent
OpportunityAgendaPlace-basedpolicies&programs
TheWorkingPoorServicesectorwork,contracMngout
HomelessnessDehousingprocesses
ClimateChangeMunicipalpolicy,poliMcs,governance
PolicingUrbancrime,racialprofiling,youth
NeighbourhoodRenewalTowerrenewaliniMaMve
MediaReach&impactofresearch&policyanalysis
UnitedCityWhattrendsmustchange?How?
InnisCollege,UrbanStudies
UniversityofToronto
NewCourse
DividedCity/UnitedCity,INI339H
WinterTerm,2017.Tuesdays,10amtonoon.Classroom:InnisTownHall
Instructor:DavidHulchanski,PhD,Professor,HousingandCommunityDevelopment,Factor-InwentashFacultyofSocialWork
Email:david.hulchanski@utoronto.cawww.NeighbourhoodChange.cawww.hulchanski.ca
Listoftopicsandpresentersfollowingtheinitialtwosessionsfocusedonthe“dividedcity”trends.
Session3.January24
Inequality,PolarizationandPoverty:Whatisthedifference?Howare
thesemeasured?Arethetrendsinthesuburbssimilartothecity?
AlanWalks,PhD(UofT2004),AssociateProfessor,urbangeographyand
planning,DepartmentofGeography,UofTMississauga.EditorofDrivingCities,
DrivingInequality,DrivingPolitics:TheUrbanPoliticalEconomyandEcologyof
Automobility,Routledge;andThePoliticalEcologyoftheMetropolis.
ColumbiaUPress.2013.
Session4.January31
TheWorkingPoor:ServiceSectorWorkers,ContractingOut,andPrivatization.
Evidenceofimplicationsviaqualitativeresearch
DaniyalZuberi,PhD(Harvard2004),AssociateProfessor,socialpolicy,School
ofPublicPolicyandGovernance,andFactor-InwentashFacultyofSocialWork,
UofT.Prof.Zuberi’sbooks:Re(Generating)InclusiveCities:Povertyand
PlanninginUrbanNorthAmerica,Routledge,2017;SchoolingtheNext
Generation:CreatingSuccessinUrbanElementarySchools,UofTPress,2015;
CleaningUp:HowHospitalOutsourcingisHurtingWorkersandEndangering
Patients,CornellUPress,2013.
Session5.February7
AnOpportunityAgendaforaCity?Place-basedpoliciesandprograms.Whatto
doaboutprecariousemploymentinToronto?UnitedWayResearch
MihailaDinca-Panaitescu&StephanieProcyk,Research,PublicPolicy
&Evaluation,UnitedWayTorontoandYorkRegion;partnerswiththe
NeighbourhoodChangeResearchPartnership
Session6.February14
DehousingProcesses:Defining,Measuring,andSolutionstoHomelessness
StephenGaetz,PhD(YorkU1990),Professor,FacultyofEducation,YorkU;
DirectoroftheCanadianObservatoryonHomelessnessandtheHomeless
Hub;President,RaisingtheRoof.In2016appointedaMemberoftheOrderof
Canadaforhisleadershipinprovidingevidence-basedresearchto
policymakersandpractitionersinthemovementtopreventandreduce
homelessnessinCanada.In2015receivedtheSSHRCConnectionAward.
Session7.February28
ClimateChange:Politics,Policy&UrbanGovernance.Whataremunicipalities
doingonclimatechangeissuesandhowcantheybemoresuccessful?
SaraHughes,PhDinEnvironmentalScienceandManagement(University
ofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,2011),AssistantProfessor,PoliticalScience,UofT.
In2013namedaClarenceN.StoneScholarbytheurbanpoliticssectionofthe
AmericanPoliticalScienceAssociation.
Session8.March7
UrbanPolicing:Crime,RacialProfiling,Youth.Majorissuesandfutureprospects.
ScotWortley,PhD(Toronto),AssociateProfessor,Criminology,
UofT.ProfessorWortleyservedastheResearchDirectorfortwomajor
governmentinquiriesintoyouthviolence:TheTorontoDistrictSchoolBoard’s
SchoolCommunitySafetyAdvisoryPanel(chairedbyJulianFalconer),andThe
OntarioGovernment’sRootsofYouthViolenceInquiry(chairedbyRoy
McMurtryandAlvinCurling,2008).
Session9.March14
NeighbourhoodRenewal:Toronto’sTowerNeighbourhoodRenewalInitiative
SabinaAli&GraemeStewart,jointlyawardedthe2014JaneJacobsPrize.
SabinaAlihttp://www.tpwomenscomm.org;chairandafounding
memberoftheThorncliffeParkWomen'sCommittee;engagedinprogram
management,volunteerengagement,andcommunitybuilding;namedbyThe
GlobeandMailasoneofTenTorontoniansWhoGotThingsDonein2014.
GraemeStewart(UofT,architecture)http://www.eraarch.ca.Architect
andplanner,aPrincipalatERAArchitects,Toronto;andakeyinitiatorofthe
TowerNeighbourhoodRenewalProject