World in a City is a portrait of Toronto and the steps Torontonians are taking to create a society that welcomes and encourages new immigrants to flourish

Robert van Gulik (1910-1967) is one of the world’s most read authors from the Netherlands. This dipl...
Archival footage, photos, news clips, and interviews combine to offer a comprehensive overview of th...

Author and activist Jane Jacobs talks about the problems and virtues of North American cities.
"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of natu...

This short documentary film is a fascinating portrait of urban and rural Quebec in the late 1960s, a...

A biography documentary of the Argentine modernist architect Amancio Williams.

Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan’s documentary Everything Will Be captures the subtle nuan...

An exploration of immigration in Britain over the half century since Conservative MP Enoch Powell ma...

Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and w...

The human side of town planning, as exemplified in Baltimore, Maryland. The Coldspring Project conce...

Filmed at the Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, this documentary follows the tilling, planting and harvesti...

Rare archive footage reveals what Singapore was like dating back to 1900, showing coolies sharing lu...

An effervescent facilitator and mother figure, Multicultural Liaison Officer Rosemary is undoubtedly...

Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of sign...
Architect Stanley King involves the local Vancouver community in urban design.

American historian Lewis Mumford looks at the city through history.

Bridgeview, British Columbia is less than 30 kilometres from downtown Vancouver. The residents were ...

Shows a campaign launched in Halifax in 1967 to probe the core of poverty in that city--low incomes,...

Legault is an aging man who lived in a rural cabin, now a suburban cabin, as developments have poppe...

This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing proje...