In partnership with the Federation,  the International Development Research Centre

(IDRC) presents a day and a half of workshops featuring

the work of selected international graduate researchers who are winners of

the IDRC’s prestigious ECOPOLIS Awards. Highlighting a dynamic mix of

academic research as well as design projects in fields such as architecture,

environmental science, anthropology, urban planning and engineering,

these groundbreaking research projects emphasize the development of

relevant tools and methods on conducting participatory research in cities.

Research and design topics include: urban agriculture, water and

sanitation, solid waste management, vulnerability to natural disasters,

land tenure, housing, and gender as a crosscutting theme.

Furthermore, presentations will be simultaneously translated and recorded.

Following the conference, they will be available on this webpage.