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Support healthy and sustainable cities

The School of Cities is working to make cities more welcoming, efficient and prosperous.

An aerial view of downtown Toronto on a sunny day, showing the CN Tower, Rogers Centre, the harbour and the Toronto islands.

The future is urban—close to 70 per cent of the world’s population is projected to live in cities by the year 2050. But these vibrant centres of human activity are facing complex global challenges such as a lack of affordable housing, aging infrastructure and political polarization—problems that require researchers from diverse areas to come together and collaborate.  

From climate change to systemic racism, cities today are facing complicated and urgent issues. The School of Cities brings everyone to the table to create high-impact solutions through meaningful community collaboration and new research that bridges disciplinary divides.

Karen Chapple, Director, School of Cities

The first of its kind globally, the School of Cities at the University of Toronto connects a vast array of experts—in urbanism, geography, economics, AI and more—to take on issues like economic disparities, the infrastructure deficit and the lack of data on our built environments. Passionately committed to the public good, the school’s faculty affiliates frequently appear in the media, lend their expertise to local initiatives and help shape urban policy and planning.

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Our future prosperity depends on the success of urban centres—and with your support, the School of Cities can help ensure they become more sustainable and inclusive places where people can thrive in a rapidly changing world.

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To learn more about how you can support expert scholars leading collaborative research that will help cities thrive, please contact the Institutional Strategic Initiatives Advancement.

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