Fall 2019
Politics and the City
September 19: The 2019 Federal Election and the Political Stakes for Canadian Cities
Laurel Collins (NDP Candidate for Victoria Electoral District), Racelle Kooy (Green Party Candidate for Victoria Electoral District), Nikki Macdonald (Liberal Party Candidate for Victoria Electoral District), and Jordan Reichert (Animal Protection Party Candidate for Victoria Electoral District).
October 17: Ethnicity and Conflict in Iraq's Oil City: A History of Kirkuk
Arbella Bet-Shlimon, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Washington
November 21: The Politics of Racism and Urban Decline in the American Rust Belt
Jason Hackworth, Professor, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto
Spring 2020
Changing Memoryscapes in the City
January 23: Monumental Changes: Finding Meaning in Monuments and the Controversies Surrounding Them
Emma Renaerts, School of Journalism, University of British Columbia
February 20: Memories in Stone: Confronting Colonial Monuments
Nadine Nakagawa, City Councillor, City of New Westminster
April 2: More Than Just an Urban Travel Guide: The Negro Motorist Green Book as Archive, Map, and Memorial
Derek Alderman, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee
***NOTE: The City Talks lecture by Derek Alderman scheduled for April 2 was cancelled due to a travel advisory issued by the speaker's university as a result of COVID-19.***