This document provides brief summaries of several research initiatives and projects related to urbanism, immigration, and architecture. It describes ongoing research exploring the effects of immigration on Toronto's urban development and examining the impact of remittances from Senegalese workers in Italy on cities in Senegal. It also summarizes efforts by the City of Toronto to improve community design through public workshops and advocacy, and research examining the potential redevelopment of a port facility in Ostend, Belgium. Finally, it mentions that recent magazine covers from Canadian Architect are included.

1. Fringe Benefits: Cosmopolitan Dynamics of a
Multicultural City (2008-)
Research initiative exploring the effects of immigration on
the urbanism of the Greater Toronto Area.

2. Remittances, Urbanization
and Migration
Harvard University, Institute of
International Urban Development,
Canadian Centre for Architecture
(2003-)
Ongoing research examining the
effects of over 100,000 Senegalese
transnationals working in Italy and
engaging in informal activities. The
money that they send back to
Senegal has influenced urban
development in many Senegalese
cities.

3. Community Outreach, City of Toronto
Dedicated efforts to improve the importance of
design in the community--from organizing various
design charrettes with the Design Exchange and
the City of Toronto in priority neighbourhoods, to
advocating and leveraging the importance of
architecture and design.

4. Ostend, Belgium
An examination of an existing port facility, and its potential for future development in an
economically stagnant Belgian municipality

5. Editor, Canadian Architect magazine
A selection of recent magazine covers from the monthly publication of Canadian Architect.

6. Editor, Canadian Architect magazine
A selection of recent magazine covers from the monthly publication of Canadian Architect.