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La Ville

by York Village Housing Association

La Ville is a podcast dedicated to the residents living in the Village at York University Heights. La Ville focuses on the living conditions and experiences of students, an often underrepresented category in housing policy/planning in the City of Toronto.The podcast will explore the relationship between student-housing, multi-tenant-housing, the university, and the City of Toronto, to better understand that symbolic and material conditions contributing to what is known today as the Village at York University. The series is directed, edited, and produced by YVHA.

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Episodes

  1. The Village, The University, and the Community

    July 2, 2020 @ 4:15pm, La Ville hosts Assistant Professor Jenny Foster and Urban Planner and OPPI candidate Shannon Holness to discuss spatial development patterns in York University Heights, an area previously encompassed by the Jane-finch Area. The podcast will delve into the geographical...

  2. The Future of [Student] Housing [Part 2]

    For [Part 2] on June 25, 2020 @ 5:00pm, YVHA will host Professor Luisa Sotomayor, Assistant Professor Marcelo Vieta and Ryerson Graduate Shameeza Gafoor to overview the future of student-housing in the City. We will be following up on our discussion on the role that the marketization &...

  3. The Future of [Student] Housing [Part 1]

    For June 25, 2020 @ 3:30 pm, La Ville's The Future of [Student] Housing podcast will be divided into two parts. In The Future of Student Housing [Part 1], YVHA will be joined by Professor Jeremy Bowes and Dr. Shelagh McCartney for a discussion focused on the design and the architectural…

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  4. The Village and the "New" Jane-Finch

    On June 23, @ 3:30pm, YVHA will be joined by professors Yasir Hameed and Eizadirad Ardavan to overview some of the socio-spatial developments and processes in the Jane & Finch community in North York, Toronto. The podcast will look at the relationship between the Village, York University, and the...

  5. Student-Housing, Privatization, and Urban Change

    June 16, 2020 @ 3:30, YVHA will be joined by guests Allison Evans, Jamilla Mohamud, and Tristain Laing, for an episode centred around the role institutions, organizations, and activism play in shaping the student-housing experience for students. In particular, we’ll be discussing the role of the...

  6. The Economics v The Experience of Multi-Tenant Housing in Toronto

    June 11, 2020 @ 5pm, YVHA will be joined by guests Derya Tarhan, Joy Connelly, and personal friend of ours, Matt Huff-Deleuze who was also a fellow villager at York. The podcast will focus primarily on research surrounding rooming houses off-campus, and the role precariousness plays in housing.…

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  7. Living in the Village: The [Un]Shared Experience

    June 9, 2020 @ 3:30pm, YVHA’s Javier De los Santos and Claudia Redondo will be hosting the podcast. They will be joined by an array of Villagers and ex-Villagers - including Nathi Zamisa and Andrew Van Norden - sharing their lived experiences. Together, they will tackle some of the common issues…

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  8. Common Issues with Student and Multi-Tenant Housing at York University

    The podcast discussion scheduled for June 4, 2020 @ 3:30pm featuring Bria Hamilton and Sarah Levy from the York Affordable Housing Committee (YAHC). Together, we’ll be identifying common issues in the Village, and how they relate to student-housing on/off-campus at York University. La Ville will…

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  9. Welcome to La Ville

    La Ville's first podcast on June 2, 2020 @ 3:30pm will be dedicated to introducing the York Village Housing Association (YVHA). Hosts Andrew Van Norden and Nathi Zamisa will be joined by Aaron Nwabuoku and Raymond Chen, creator and co-creator of a localized social networking app known as Howdi…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

La Ville is a podcast dedicated to the residents living in the Village at York University Heights. La Ville focuses on the living conditions and experiences of students, an often underrepresented category in housing policy/planning in the City of Toronto.The podcast will explore the relationship between student-housing, multi-tenant-housing, the university, and the City of Toronto, to better understand that symbolic and material conditions contributing to what is known today as the Village at York University. The series is directed, edited, and produced by YVHA.

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La Ville is a podcast dedicated to the residents living in the Village at York University Heights. La Ville focuses on the living conditions and experiences of students, an often underrepresented category in housing policy/planning in the City of Toronto.The podcast will explore the relationship...

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