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Dr.AnnMarieF.MurnaghanSeptember6,2016GEO793-011

TheGeography

ofToronto

etoTheGeographyofTorontoMyintroductionCourseoutlineEvaluationTopicsPoliciesYourintroductionToronto!outline

MyinformationName: Dr.Murnaghan

(pronouncedMUR-nah-han)Office: JOR628PhoneNumber:x7514Email: amfm@ryerson.caCoursewebsite:BrightspaceD2LLectures:Monday11am-1pm LIB072 Tuesday9-10amLIB072OfficeHours: Monday1:30-3:30pmPre-requisites:noneCourseExclusions:UrbanRegionalPlanning3

MyBackgroundBSc(Hons)Queen’sUniversity,2003,EnvironmentalEarthSystemsScienceMESYorkUniversity,2005,UrbanPoliticalEcology,Policy,andAccessibilityPhDYorkUniversity,2010,Geography,UrbanHistoricalChildren’sGeographiesI’vepreviouslytaughtatUniversityofToronto,YorkUniversity,UniversityofManitoba20,2025|4

CalendarDescription:

Foundedin1793byJohnGravesSimcoeastheTownofYork,capitalofUpperCanada,Torontohasemergedovertwocenturiestoeoneofthemostimportantcitiesintheworld.ThiscoursehasbeendesignedtoprovidestudentswithanunderstandingofthegeographicalevolutionofthecityofTorontoanditssurroundingregion.ThecourseexaminesanumberofimportantaspectsoftheTorontophenomenonfromboththeinter-urbanandintra-urbanperspectives.Throughoutthecourse,NorthAmericanandglobalperspectivesareconsidered,whereappropriate.

CourseObjectives:

Attheendofthecourse,studentswill

haveaclearunderstandingofsomeelementsofthesocialgeographyofToronto

befamiliarwiththeideaofa“geographicallens”andhowuseit

knowhowTorontohasgrownanddevelopedthroughtime

beabletodiscusshowandwhydifferentgroupshaveoccupiedandappropriateddifferentcityspaces

havetheknowledgetoapplyconceptsintheirownanalyticalessays

RequiredTexts:Allcoursematerialisrequired.AllcoursematerialispostedonBrightspaceD2L.TeachingMethod: Thiscours