Dr. David Ley

David Ley, Department of Geography, The University of British Columbia, is one of the most distinguished of contemporary social geographers and one of the most astute analysts of the Canadian city. Author of five books and of some seventy-five articles, he is among the most internationally known and respected of Canadian geographers. His work deals with the changing social fabric of the inner city and also raises important questions about representation, culture, and politics, and about the ways in which we know and enframe space. He has always balanced rich empirical content, practical relevance, and theoretical insight. His many publications constitute a remarkable record of an able mind long preoccupied with the social spaces of cities and with our ways of understanding them.