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*In April 2022, the university announced our new name of Toronto Metropolitan University, which will be implemented in a phased approach. Learn more about our next chapter.*

TMCIS Team

Academic Director

Dr. Zhixi Zhuang
  • Dr. Zhixi Zhuang, MCIP, RPP
    TMCIS Academic Director; Associate Professor; Founder and Director, DiverCity Lab
    DepartmentSchool of Urban and Regional Planning
    Areas Of ExpertiseMigration and cities; place-making; ethnic entrepreneurship; social infrastructure; suburbanization; community engagement; diversity and inclusion

Project Coordinators

TMCIS occupies space in the traditional and unceded territory of nations including the Anishnaabeg, the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and territory which is also now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. This territory is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, as well as the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas.