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2018 UAA Annual Conference

Conference Sponsors
Routledge | Taylor & Francis Group
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee | College of Letters & Science | Urban Studies Program
York University - Environmental Studies
After Suburbia Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
University of Toronto
Ryerson University | Centre for Urban Research & Land Development | Faculty of Community Services
SAGE Publishing
Grounded Solutions Network
Georgia State Univ, Andrew Young School of Public Policy, Dept of Public Management & Policy
American University | School of Public Affairs | Metropolitan Policy Center
Cleveland State University, Levin College of Urban Affairs
Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers University-Newark Global Urban Studies, PhD Program
University of California Press | Case Studies in the Environment

8:00am EDT

Opening Plenary - Justice and Sustainability Within and Beyond the City's Edge (Open to all registrants)--8:00am--9:00am Grand East (Lower Concourse--2 floors below lobby)

9:10am EDT

TH9.10.00 Journal Publishing: What Editors Think You Should Know Dufferin (2nd Floor) TH9.10.05 The Spatial Politics of Urban Flood Resilience Maple East (Mezzanine Floor) TH9.10.15 Collaborative Methods in Community Engaged Action Oriented Research in Chicago Kent (2nd Floor)

10:50am EDT

TH10.50.01 Fight to Stay---The Right to Defend Your Home, a Critical Piece in the Fight Against Gentrification Wentworth (2nd Floor) TH10.50.03 Funding Supportive Services that Meet the Needs of Low-Income Families Living in Affordable Housing City Hall Room (2nd Floor) TH10.50.05 Environmental Justice Academy Principles: From Instruction to Application Chestnut West (Mezzanine Floor) TH10.50.11 The Fight for America’s Schools: Grassroots Activism in Education Huron (2nd Floor) TH10.50.19 How the University Can Help Save the City: Lessons Learned and New Insights Simcoe (2nd Floor)

1:30pm EDT

TH1.30.00 Tenure and Promotion Dufferin (2nd Floor) TH1.30.03 Community Land Trusts on the Rise: Roles and Relevancies of Community Land Trust Organizing in Toronto and its Urban Region City Hall Room (2nd Floor)

3:10pm EDT

TH3.10.00 Publishing in Urban Journals Dufferin (2nd Floor) TH3.10.03 How Fair is Fair Housing? Integration and the Pursuit of Racial Justice in 21st Century America City Hall Room (2nd Floor) TH3.10.15 Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life Churchill (2nd Floor)

4:30pm EDT

TH4.30.00 China-America Association for Public Affairs (CAAPA) Business Meeting and Urban Forum Maple West (Mezzanine Floor)

8:00am EDT

FR8.00.00 Writing and Publishing Dufferin (2nd Floor) FR8.00.10 Race, Neo-liberalism, and Resistance: Scholar-Activists’ Theoretical and Practical Work in the Movement to Save and Transform Urban Public Education Huron (2nd Floor) FR8.00.19 A Women's Place: Theorizing Gender and Gentrification City Hall Room (2nd Floor)

9:40am EDT

FR9.40.22 The Journal of Urban Affairs at 40: Transitions, Transformations, and Milestones City Hall Room (2nd Floor) FR9.40.23 Can Cities in the US Actually Govern? Pine East (Mezzanine Floor)

11:10am EDT

FR11.10.00 What Are Book Editors and Publishers Looking For? Ask Them! Dufferin (2nd Floor) FR11.10.13 Climate Change in Cities: Innovations in Multi-Level Governance Chestnut West (Mezzanine Floor) FR11.10.18 Author Meets Critics: Bob Beauregard's Cities in the Urban Age: A Dissent (2018) City Hall Room (2nd Floor)

2:05pm EDT

FR2.05.18 Thinking the City: Bob Beauregard on the City as Theory, Politics, Materiality City Hall Room (2nd Floor)

3:45pm EDT

FR3.45.01 Reflections on Being an Activist Scholar--Recipient of 2018 Activist Scholar Award City Hall Room (2nd Floor) FR3.45.02 Contribution to the Field of Urban Affairs--2018 Award Recipient Churchill (2nd Floor) FR3.45.03 Remembering the Life and Work of Dr. Robert Young, Western University Chestnut West (Mezzanine Floor)