Hello all, 

 

Some of you may be interested in the following opportunity.

 

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

 

48th Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association

April 4-7, 2018 | Sheraton Toronto Centre Hotel | Toronto, CN

Abstract/Session Proposal Deadline:  October 1, 2017

 

Shaping Justice and Sustainability Within and Beyond the City’s Edge: 

Contestation and Collaboration in Urbanizing Regions

 

 

In an era of globalizing forces, the region has become an important arena
for collaboration and contestation, as metropolitan areas work to craft
their individual identities. As they do so, questions of equity, inclusion,
and sustainability remain. What is the role of diversity, difference and
singularity of social actors and communities when it comes to forging
visions of urban development that are collective in process, cohesive in
vision and sustainable in implementation? Furthermore, as global financial
systems exert greater control over national, regional, and local economies,
what is the role of innovative and/or insurgent social practices in an
urbanizing region? What are the most effective strategies to create
environmentally and economically sustainable communities in a regional
context? How will different factions of regional actors evolve given
conventional relationships, increased social and cultural diversity, and the
contradictions of competitiveness and solidarity?

 

The conference site, Toronto, has become an international model of
alternative approaches to urban policies, particularly in the areas of
housing, immigration/diversity, social equity, and environmental
sustainability. The city anchors the largest metropolitan area in Canada, a
region that has emerged as a global leader in innovation. But significant
tensions underlie this impressive image. Rising socio-spatial inequality,
escalating housing costs, racialized patterns of growth, and inadequate
transportation infrastructure, all threaten the region’s future prospects.
Furthermore, social, economic, environmental and political cleavages between
municipalities comprising the Toronto region continue to emerge. Yet, there
are also examples of collaboration in planning and policy at the local and
regional levels that have created opportunities for community engagement,
grassroots place-making and larger scale city-building. The conference
provides an opportunity to both extend our understanding of the Toronto
metropolitan experience, and importantly, to examine the broader topic of
contestation and promise of collaboration in regions globally. Ultimately,
the conference will allow us to examine a fundamentally critical question:
how can policies and actions within a regional context promote the
development of communities that are both just and sustainable?

 

 

Topical Categories

In keeping with UAA tradition, we encourage proposals that focus on an array
of research topics including:

*                     Arts, Culture in Urban Contexts

*                     Disaster Planning/Disaster Management for Urban Areas,
Cities and National Security

*                     Economic Development, Redevelopment, Tourism, Urban
Economics, Urban Finance

*                     Education Policy in Urban Contexts, Educational
Institutions and Urban Inequalities

*                     Environmental Issues, Sustainability

*                     Globalization, Multi-national Urban Issues

*                     Governance, Intergovernmental Relations, Regionalism,
Urban Management

*                     Health and Urban Communities

*                     Historic Preservation, Space and Place

*                     Historical Perspectives on Cities, Urban Areas

*                     Housing, Neighborhoods, Community Development

*                     Human Services and Urban Populations,
Nonprofit/Voluntary Sector in Urban Contexts

*                     Immigration, Population and Demographic Trends in
Urban Areas

*                     Infrastructure, Capital Projects, Networks, Transport,
Urban Services

*                     Labor, Employment, Wages, Training

*                     Land Use, Growth Management, Urban Development, Urban
Planning

*                     Poverty, Welfare, Income Inequality

*                     Professional Development, The Field of Urban Affairs

*                     Public Safety in Urban Areas, Criminal Justice,
Household Violence

*                     Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Diversity

*                     Social Capital, Democracy and Civil Society, Social
Theory, Religion and the City

*                     Urban Communications (Urban Media Roles, Urban
Journalism, Social Media/Technology in Urban Life)

*                     Urban Design, Urban Architecture

*                     Urban Indicators, Data/Methods, Satisfaction/Quality
of Life Surveys

*                     Urban Politics, Elections, Citizen Participation

*                     Urban Theory, Theoretical and Conceptual Issues in
Urban Affairs

*                     Urban Issues in Asia and the Pacific Rim

*                     Urban Issues in Central & South America and the
Caribbean

 

Local Host Committee:
Conference Program Committee:

 

Roger Keil, York University (Co-Chair)
Leslie Martin, University of Mary Washington (Co-Chair) [USA]

Shauna Brail, University of Toronto (Co-Chair)                      Pierre
Hamel, Université de Montréal (Co-Chair) [Canada]

David Amborski, Ryerson University                                      Lars
Engberg, Aalborg University Copenhagen [Denmark]

Sara Hughes, University of Toronto
Lúcia Capanema Álvares, Universidade Federal Fluminense [Brazil]

Virginia Maclaren, University of Toronto                               Kevin
Keenan, College of Charleston [USA]

 
Cathy Yang Liu, Georgia State University [USA]

 
Jill Tao, Incheon National University [Korea]

 

Proposal Submission Formats and Policies

Individuals are limited to participation (as presenter, speaker or
moderator) in one (1) session. There is no limit to the number of
papers/posters for which you are a co-author. Persons in special panels can
participate in one additional session.

A proposal can be submitted through the UAA website (starting June 1, 2017)
for a:

*                     Research paper presentation--(proposal requires an
abstract) OR

*                     Pre-organized panel--(proposal requires a panel
summary, group of 4-5 paper abstracts/ moderator)OR

*                     Pre-organized colloquy-- (proposal requires theme
statement & names of 4-5 formal discussants) OR

*                     Breakfast roundtable--(proposal requires theme
statement & names of 1-2 conveners) OR

*                     Poster--(proposal requires an abstract)—best option
for persons who are in early stage of their research

 

Abstract/Proposal Deadline: UAA will not accept any proposals (of any kind)
after October 1, 2017, 12 midnight Central Daylight Time (CDT) or 5:00am
GMT. The online submission site will close at 12:01 am CDT.  Acceptance or
rejection notices will be sent by November 30, 2017.

 

Questions? Visit the UAA website:  <http://www.urbanaffairsassociation.org/>
www.urbanaffairsassociation.org (for info on proposal submissions,
registration, hotel reservations, etc.), or contact us at
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Thank you,

 

Peter Burress

Special Assistant 

Urban Affairs Association