Daniels Faculty experts are part of U of T's new multi-disciplinary initiative to address urban challenges

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design is thrilled to be part of the University of Toronto's newly established School of Cities, which brings together more than 230 urban experts across three campuses to work together to help cities around the world thrive, now and in the future.

More than half of the world's population now lives in urban areas. Working with community partners both locally and globally, the School of Cities is providing a platform for  U of T researchers and scholars to connect and collaborated in bold new ways.

“There is really no other institution in the world that has attempted to create something like this,” U of T President Meric Gertler told U of T News. “It is ambitious in terms of its disciplinary scope, its focus on research and teaching as well as outreach, bringing the best insights from research and scholarship to applications in the city.”

Members of the Daniels Faculty of the School of Cities working group include Associate Professor Liat Margolis, Assistant Professor Fadi Masoud, and Assistant Professor Mauricio Quirós Pacheco. Margolis, who is also on the School of Cities Steering Committee, is the Faculty's Assistant Dean of Research, the director of the Faculty's Master of Landscape Architecture program, and director of our award-winning Green Roof Innovation Testing Laboratory (GRIT Lab), which works with industry partners and the City of Toronto to study how to improve the performance of green roofs in urban environments.

• For more on U of T's School of Cities, read the full story by Romi Levine in U of T News
• Visit the School of Cities website