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My new article with Ashley Nickels, Brooke Moeller, Emeline Renz, & Miles Davis-Matthews in @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social explores how nonprofit developers navigate narratives of gentrification in a changing mid-size city (Grand Rapids, MI). Check it out hereβ¦
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Read my new piece with @jasonhackworth.bsky.social in the #JournalofBlackStudies. We have some thoughts about thisβ¦and itβs open access!
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"What does a narrative of support for racial capitalism look like in contemporary political economies, where racism denial is pervasive in political discourse, and trust in authorities are at an all-time low?"
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Feel free to share widelyβ¦
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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@uoftsociology.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity at its downtown campus. With a July 2026 start date, the application deadline is September 10, 2025. UofT is a great place to grow as a race scholarβ¦
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"What does a narrative of support for racial capitalism look like in contemporary political economies, where racism denial is pervasive in political discourse, and trust in authorities are at an all-time low?"
Read @docdantzler.bsky.social's new open access piece journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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@uoftbrn.bsky.social @uoftsociology.bsky.social @uoftcities.bsky.social @dukesocialeq.bsky.social @newhousingalt.bsky.social @cgsp-cpsm.bsky.social
26.06.2025 15:23 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A good source to understand how discourse contributes to the production (and normalizing) of racial inequalityβ¦
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Happy to finally see this one in print! In this article with @jasonhackworth.bsky.social in #JournalofBlaclStudies, we focus on the role of rhetoric in promoting the propaganda of conservative economics (timely!). Check it outβ¦
doi.org/10.1177/0021...
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To think of an alternative futureβ¦to sit with questions of the unknown - something formerly thought of as impossible but now achievable. We can advocate, organize and fight back WHILE also thinking of something differentβ¦
20.06.2025 23:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Itβs hard to focus these days with everything going on in the world. But we all need to make some time to sit and dream of something different. Its obvious life cannot go on like this any further as we see daily doses of tyranny. Iβve been leaning heavily into imagination as a political forceβ¦
20.06.2025 23:42 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
a man wearing a pink hat and a black jacket is covering his mouth .
ALT: a man wearing a pink hat and a black jacket is covering his mouth .
Anxiously waiting for this new article coauthored with @jasonhackworth.bsky.social to come out in #JournalofBlackStudies. Curious about the responseβ¦
20.06.2025 23:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Idk man but when the administration that tried to reject humanitarian aid for Los Angeles when it was burning tries to justify their illegal military occupation by saying they arenβt going to let LA burn it kinda sounds like bullshit
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New chapter by CGSP affiliate faculty @docdantzler.bsky.social & @dnpetti.bsky.social, along w/@mmaroto.bsky.social, is accessible overview of inequality in Canada, and how social policy can create winners and losers based on ppl's access to various forms of support
cgsp-cpsm.ca/article/soci...
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Save the date! ICUA 2026 will be held in Chicago (April 29-May 2, 2026) at the Marriott Marquis. #icua2026
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Among the (many) reasons for Canada participating in European rearmament is a tacit acknowledgment that somedayβperhaps quite soonβAmerica may very well go full Gilead.
On that day, Canada will stand ready to oppose it.
#cdnpoli #canada #canadasky
#TheHandmaidsTale
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New chapter !
Social Inequalities
@docdantzler.bsky.social @mmaroto.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
In The Oxford Handbook of Social Policy in Canada edited by BΓ©land, Mahon, & Smith
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Corporate property owners fueling housing rent increases in Toronto
Landlords including private equity firms, real estate investment trusts charge rents 44% higher for multifamily units than other landlords
A new paper finds corporate landlords charge on average 45% higher rents than non-corporate landlords charge for apartments in Toronto.
They also increased rents "faster than any other owners", raising them on average 5% per year between 2022 and 2024.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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A new City Research Insight explores the Canadian Urban Data Catalogue, a catalogue of open and closed datasets and data web services with over 40,000 records. Learn more the catalogueβs datasets, population, metadata, and future schoolofcities.utoro...
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Looking forward to this event later on today!
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Why do I have to submit a property survey to the Cityβ¦who has this on file but doesnβt give it to the public?
Seems like a cash grab since property taxes are lowβ¦
05.05.2025 18:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Why do I need to get a permit to park on my own property for a parking space thatβs been there for 15 years? Why does a parking permit take a year to get approved? Why do I need to submit a βlandscape proposalβ? Why does the City need to poll my neighbors for this?
This is ridiculousβ¦
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Despite legal resident status and having been charged with no crime, our Georgetown colleague Badar Khan Suri has been designated a 'high risk' prisoner and for that reason gets only two hours of outdoor time PER WEEK. His traumatized son "cries all the time" and has ceased speaking.
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Sociologist studying race, class, & the environment. Author of The Business of Racism: Revaluation & Reaction in Brazil's Racial Capitalism (under contract with Duke University Press). PhD from UW-Madison. Former NSF SPRF Postdoc at UCSB. He/Him/His.
Associate Prof studying rental housing, #eviction, #preemption, CDBG. Occasionally cycling, #felineTA, #SabbaticalReads
Urban Affairs Review is a peer-reviewed journal of urban politics and policy. https://www.urbanaffairsreview.com/
Check out our podcast, UAR Remixed, for interdisciplinary conversations about all things urban. https://www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-remixe
Assistant Professor, ETH ZΓΌrich, follow us @spurethz.bsky.socialβ¬. I am researching and teaching policy and planning in and of the urban
Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist.
πVancouver, BC
Journal of European Urban Research Association (EURA) | Cross-disciplinary journal with a focus on urban studies | We publish original academic papers along with policy and practice papers
A hub for urbanists, architects, designers, and the public to join in the fight for housing justice. https://architectureandhousingjustice.org/
Associate Professor of Public Management @ University of Maryland School of Public Policy. Research Director @ ipl.umd.edu.
cullenmerritt.com | thepromptlab.com
Advancing social equity via research, education, and policy.
https://samuelduboiscookcenter.org/
CGSP is a research centre devoted to advancing social policy in Canada and around the world.
CGSP is located within the University of Toronto's Sociology Department.
https://cgsp-cpsm.ca/
B+ dad and PhD housing researcher at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs - University of Minnesota. Bucks, Packers, Hawkeyes and Marquette too
Associate Professor of Human Geography at University of Toronto Scarborough, Co-Director - New Housing Alternatives Partnership, University of Toronto https://newhousingalternatives.ca
https://housingcommonsresearch.ca
Professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta | Co-Editor of CRS | Stratification researcher interested in social class, wealth inequality, disability | michellemaroto.com
NHA is a Canada-wide research partnership based at UofT. Bringing together academics & community organizations from across the country, NHA explores policies and community-led alternatives that could transform Canada's inequitable housing system.
PhD candidate in urban planning | researching historical and contemporary production of housing & health injustice
On a quest to foster places and spaces that promote racial healing and collective liberation. Reach out if you're curious and want to journey with us!
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
Advancing the power of facts, globally π
