Convenors
David Hulchanski, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto
Jim Dunn, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital
neighbourhoods@gmail.com
The study of neighbourhoods encompasses research on social change, housing and built form, retailing and local economic development, employment patterns, social service provision, culture, immigrant settlement, public health, crime and safety, environmental health, local politics and more.
No single researcher, discipline or institution can encompass all the important aspects of neighbourhood change affecting today’s cities. Research that informs policy making and program administration requires a range of expertise.
The TNRN is a network of researchers from universities, governments, social agencies, and community organizations whose work focuses on neighbourhoods in the greater Toronto area.
The aim is to connect individuals and agencies actively engaged in policy- and program-relevant research on neighbourhoods, to share and disseminate data, research methods, and findings.
The network meets four times a year and maintains an e-mail distribution list. The meetings and the distribution list allow for networking, sharing and distributing information, promoting research collaborations, defining research agendas, identifying sources of research funding, and making better use of research knowledge to shape policy and programs.
Meeting dates and locations are posted here.
All meetings are on Monday mornings, starting at 9:30am (with coffee available at 9am). They end by noon.
As of 2009, the TNRN will meet four times a year (rather than five).
2010
December 6, 2010
September 20, 2010
May 24, 2010
February 22, 2010
2009
December 7, 2009
September 21, 2009
May 25, 2009 @ Community Social Planning Council, 2 Carlton Street, Suite 1001
February 23, 2009 @ Wellesley Institute, 45 Charles Street East, Suite 101
2008
November 24, 2008 @ United Way of Greater Toronto
September 22, 2008 @ Toronto Community Housing Corporation.
June 9, 2008 @ Ryerson University School of Journalism
March 10, 2008 @ Cities Centre, University of Toronto
January 14, 2008 @ Family Service Association
2007
November 26, 2007 @ Community Social Planning Council of Toronto
September 24, 2007 @ Centre for Research on Inner City Health,
St. Michaels Hospital
June 11, 2007 @ Wellesley Institute
March 5, 2007 @ United Way of Greater Toronto
2006
November 27, 2006 @Centre for Urban and Community Studies,
UofT
September 25, 2006 @Centre for Urban and Community Studies, UofT
The e-mail distribution list for the TNRN is open to all. To put your name on the list and receive news about the network and updates on research projects and publications relating to neighbourhood research, send your request to: neighbourhoods@gmail.com
This is a distribution list, not a discussion group. You will receive periodic information about events relating to Toronto’s neighbourhoods and about resources and activities of TNRN participants. You can send items for distribution to this e-mail address, though the administrator reserves the right to make judgements about relevancy in order to keep the number of e-mails to a minimum.
The TNRN is not a membership organization. Researchers participate by attending networking meetings and contributing updates on their work at the meetings.
Participants in the network are not delegates from or representatives of their organizations. The TNRN does not provide direct support for research projects. It is not a membership organization or coalition. It does not take positions on issues or advocate policies.
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