The Center organizes events that support interdisciplinary collaborations, innovative ideas and new knowledge mobilizations.

Upcoming events

illustration of a building, near a canal and surrounded by green spaces
Nov 5

Urban Anthropocene and Habitability of Cities

The event is hosted by the Research Centre on the Future of Cities in collaboration with the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue and the Office for Researc…

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Feb 19 to Feb 20

RCFC's Experimental Doctoral School

This event, designed by and for doctoral students, offers two days of interactive workshops and discussions on the ethical, epistemological, and metho…

Past events

Rethinking Our Futures
Oct 15

Rethinking Our Futures in an Age of Planetary Crisis

Join us for a conversation exploring how cities, technology, and media can create better possibilities and help reimagine our futures in an age of cri…

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Oct 8

Making and Unmaking Boundaries in Social Sciences: Encounters Without Hierarchies

Event co-organized by the Research Centre on the Future of Cities, the Collège des Chaires de recherche sur le monde francophone and School of Sociolo…

The image is a drawing of a balance scale. On one side, there is a green globe representing the Earth. On the other side, there is a factory with smokestacks.
Oct 6

Regulating Product Manufacturing to Help Address the Climate Emergency?

Event co-organized by the Faculty of Law - Civil Law Section, the Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability, the Research Centre on the F…

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Sep 15

Race, Racism, and Culture. A critical Review of Francophone Thought

Event organized by the Research Centre on the Future of Cities and the Collège des Chaires de recherche sur le monde francophone.

urban
Jun 11

Maintaining the Grounds of Urban and Territorial Governance in Contexts of Socio-Environmental Vulnerability

We are pleased to welcome Sophie Nemoz, associate professor of sociology at Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (France), for a public conference:…

Roof in Marrakech Medina
Apr 15

Heritagization and Tourist Gentrification of Moroccan Medinas

Event organized by the Research Centre on the Future of Cities.

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Apr 7

The Planetary Metabolism of Capital

Event organized by the Research Centre on the Future of Cities.

Petrochemical Plants, Baytown, Texas, USA
Mar 26

Energy Ethics and Urban Futures in the Anthropocene

Event organized by the Research Centre on the Future of Cities.

Planet Earth
Mar 10

Blue Marble Obsession (BMO)

Join us for a stage performance presented by geographer Michel Lussault. This show promises to have you thinking, feeling and talking about where and …