Learning with communities to advance equitable urban futures.
The City Community Research and Learning Collaborative exists to learn with, by, and from communities to produce scholarship, design innovative educational experiences, and advance social justice in urban settings. The Collaborative supports and elevates city-building through community partnerships, community-engaged scholarship, activist research, community organizing, and grassroots innovations.
The Collaborative is a hub for urban studies and teaching within the Department of Geography & Planning and is an affiliated initiative of the School of Cities, both at the University of Toronto.
Research
We produce scholarship using community-based research methodologies and pedagogical research, and evaluate the impact of community-engaged learning courses
Community engagement
We work inside and outside the classroom to bring urban studies curriculums and courses outside the university and into communities, and we design and facilitate placements, blended “inside-out” courses, and courses led by community practitioners
Workshops and events
We organize workshops and events for faculty, students, and community partners in an effort to share research and best practices and to collectively tackle urban challenges
