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Showcasing city building research and achievement

City Building TMU is a university-wide initiative to facilitate research collaborations, mobilize knowledge and showcase the scholarly, research and creative (SRC) activity happening in city building and urban innovation across the institution.

At Toronto Metropolitan University, city building takes many forms. Our reputation as a city-focused university lies in our knowledge mobilization, advocacy, outreach and community engagement work, in addition to our research devoted to shaping healthy communities, in areas ranging from sustainability to democracy to technology. For us, city building is about bold thinking that will shape the future of the city we call home as well as urban centres around the globe.

Learn about Toronto Metropolitan's noteworthy city building initiatives, from multi-disciplinary labs and hubs where innovations are developed and tested in real time, to policy research centres tackling critical issues related to urban development, smart cities, social equity, urban sustainability and more.

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Dr. Pamela Robinson

Interim Academic Director

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Pamela Robinson (MCIP, RPP) is a professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University, and a registered professional planner. As part of the geothink.ca (external link) research team, Robinson's research and practice focus on urban sustainability issues with a particular focus on cities and climate change and the use of open data and civic technology to support open government transformations. She serves on the board of directors of the Metcalf Foundation and has participated in four Metrolinx Community Advisory Committees. Robinson is an editor of Urban Sustainability: Reconnecting Space and Place (University of Toronto Press, 2013), Teaching as Scholarship: Preparing Students for Professional Practice in Community Services (WLU Press, 2016) and is a columnist for Spacing magazine.

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