Date Posted: 10/05/2026 Closing Date: 12/03/2026, 11:59PM ET Req ID: 49399 Job Category: Faculty – Tenure Stream (continuing) Faculty/Division: University of Toronto Scarborough Department: University of Toronto Scarborough: Department of Health & Society Campus: University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) Existing Vacancy: Yes POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Department of Health and Society (DHS) at the University of Toronto […]
Adequate housing is not only having a roof over one’s head but living in security, peace, and dignity – it is a fundamental human right, as initially enshrined in article 25.1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To truly be adequate, housing must provide legal security of tenure, be in a suitable location with […]
We are delighted to welcome Dr Betsy Donald, who is joining the RSA Board as Chair of the Research Committee. Betsy is a Full Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. She holds a PhD in Geography and Planning from the University of Toronto, alongside earlier degrees in environmental […]
Dr. Betsy Donald is a Full Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University. She earned her MSc.Pl and Ph.D. in Geography and Planning from the University of Toronto, with prior degrees in environmental studies and history from York University and McGill University. Dr. Donald’s work centers on urban development, regional economies, […]
Professor Harald Bathelt Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto, Canada Zijiang Visiting Professor, Department of Geographical Science, East China Normal University (since 2011) Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Governance, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto (2006-2020) Editor, Journal of Economic Geography (2012-2020) Personal Website: https://www.geography.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/harald-bathelt and http://www.harald-bathelt.com Areas of Interest: relational economic […]
Dr. Zack Taylor Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science and Dept. of Geography and Environment University of Western Ontario, Canada RSA Board member Journals committee member Editor-in-Chief, Territory, Politics, Governance
Canada’s expansive Prairie region comprises the century-old provinces of Manitoba (est. 1870) and Saskatchewan and Alberta (est. 1905). However, this super-region, one-third the size of Canada (1.96 million sq. km.), faces three significant challenges: economic diversification, deteriorating infrastructure, and climate change. But do present-day decision-makers draw on insights from the region’s collective past? A past […]
The agricultural sector is entering an “age of disruption” (Deloitte, 2015). Advances in technology, like robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), are reshaping farm work and rural development (RBC, 2019; The Economist, 2016). Agricultural technology (AgTech) adoption is viewed as critical in solving global challenges such as feeding a growing world population, responding to the impacts […]
Zack Tayor is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Specializing in comparative urban political economy, the multi-level governance of cities, and political geography, his work lies at the intersection of political science, urban geography, planning studies, and urban sociology. He is a fellow at the Institute on Municipal and […]
Zack Tayor is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Specializing in comparative urban political economy, the multi-level governance of cities, and political geography, his work lies at the intersection of political science, urban geography, planning studies, and urban sociology. He is a fellow at the Institute on Municipal and […]
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Newfoundland and Tasmania, Australia, have been described as ‘mirror islands’ with striking linkages. Site of one of the field excursions during the authors’ 12-day exchange to Tasmania, Australia. (Author Provided, Brady Reid) In an era of “global […]
This blog was written for the RSA Blog Student Summer Series that will highlight graduate student success in regional studies across the globe throughout the summer. During the COVID-19 pandemic, select regions around the globe formed ‘travel/quarantine bubbles’ with imposed hard borders such as the ‘Trans-Tasman Bubble’ involving New Zealand and Australia and the […]
This blog was written for the RSA Blog Student Summer Series that will highlight graduate student success in regional studies across the globe throughout the summer. The right to adequate housing is considered a controversial topic, with many people globally lacking this basic human right. In Canada, Bill-C-97 containing the “National Housing Strategy Act” […]
The Government of Canada claims that existing Canadian mining practices are global models for responsible and sustainable mining. But is this the reality in local mining communities in underdeveloped nations? Canadian Mining Companies and Corporate Negligence Canada is commonly known for its diplomacy. Yet not many know that Canada is the world’s global mining […]
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador is located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in Canada. Embedded in a rural region with diverse communities, individuals, organizations and industries, Grenfell Campus’ recently released strategic plan “Committing to Communities” responds to the special obligation that Memorial University has to the people of […]
The COVID-19 pandemic – and associated public health measures – continue to have unprecedented impacts on all communities and regions (rural and urban) across Canada. Community leaders, researchers, and agents of change have mobilized around resiliency, creativity, and compassion to address the local implications of this global health crisis. The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) […]
First, I’d like to introduce myself… …hi, I’m Brady – the new Blog Editor for the Regional Studies Association. Get to know me I began to write about growing up in western Newfoundland, but figured it was easier to just share an image. My hometown, Corner Brook (below), is the regional […]
We would like to welcome our new Blog Editor, Brady Reid. Born and raised and currently living on the west coast of Newfoundland in eastern Canada, Brady maintains a strong commitment to his hometown and the surrounding rural region. This connection to his community permeates his work as an emerging rural scholar to ensure that […]
Ashleigh Weeden is a rural futurist and PhD Candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development in the Ontario Agricultural College at the University of Guelph. Her work is focused on investigating place-based rural innovation, community capacity building, and public policy renewal. In addition to her current doctoral research, Ashleigh coordinates the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation’s Rural […]
Open to all and free to attend, this webinar series aims to bring experts in the field of regional studies, science and policy to you. The webinar can be watched live but will also available on demand. The webinars will run live once a month and feature researcher and policymaker experts. They include time for […]
The RSA Research Network on Politics of Displacement, Identity and Urban Citizenship in Migratory Contexts organised an event: Participatory Action Research and Ethnographic Theatre: I Am Rohingya: Staging a Genocide, a presentation by Yusuf Zine held on March 10, 2020 in Toronto, Canada. Organisers: Hulya Arik is an assistant professor at the Human Geography at […]
Edited by Kelly Vodden, David J.A. Douglas, Sean Markey, Sarah Minnes, and Bill Reimer (See bios below) Canadian regional development today involves multiple actors operating within nested scales from local to national and even international levels. Recent approaches to making sense of this complexity have drawn on concepts such as multi-level governance, relational assets, integration, […]