About James Simmons James W. Simmons is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto. Books by James Simmons Urban Futures for Central Canada Perspectives on Forecasting Urban Growth and Form edited by Larry Bourne, Ross MacKinnon, Jay Siegel & James Simmons Patterns of Residential Movement in Metropolitan Toronto by (author) James Simmons The Form of Cities in Central Canada Selected Papers edited by Larry Bourne, Ross MacKinnon & James Simmons