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Targeting the Right Housing Supply in Canada
The following set of Housing Supply Mix Strategy briefs are based on research conducted by School of Cities and City Building TMU to inform the Task Force for Housing and… Read more
The Metropolitan Mindset
To build better cities, we need to move past the traditional, zero-sum mindset that so often pervades local politics, where city leaders compete with their neighbours for scarce resources, to… Read more
Leading Urban Change
Cities are the solution to our global problems, because they create a platform for people to come together and innovate solutions. But urban change is hard, as it demands navigating… Read more
Downtown Recovery
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic renewed longterm debates about the future of downtowns in North America. With the initial shock of the pandemic, downtowns emptied out as people were… Read more
School of Cities India
On February 1, 2023, the University of Toronto partnered with Tata Trusts to launch the University of Toronto India Foundation (UTIF), with goals to create opportunities for students, faculty and… Read more
Equitable Development Data Insight Training
The Equitable Development Data Insight Training Initiative (EDDIT) trains equitable development-focused organizations to expand their reach and impact using the data and resources they already have. EDDIT offers selected U.S. and Canadian organizations a… Read more
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Downtown Recovery Trends
Charting downtown activity trends in North America cities, from March 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024
Karen Chapple on CityNews | Close to 20 per cent of office space in Toronto core vacant: CBRE
Richard Florida for Bloomberg | How Residents Rate Downtowns Around the World
Richard Florida for the Globe and Mail | Bringing workers back downtown won’t make Toronto great again. But making it fun might
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Embodied Greenhouse Gas Symposium
Join the Centre for the Sustainable Built Environment for its first Embodied GHG Symposium on May 13th at Rotman School of Management.
Knowledge Café: Addressing energy poverty with climate action
This talk will focus on Dr. Tozer’s recent work on how to catalyze equity-oriented energy transitions, presenting community-based and policy-engaged research on how energy retrofit programs can play a role addressing energy poverty in Canada, and on orienting policy using a vulnerability-based approach to address the determinants of energy poverty while working towards a livable climate.
2024 Summer Workshop on Urban Mixed Methods across the Disciplines
From July 28-30, 2024, the School of Cities will host its second annual workshop on urban mixed methods. The multi-day workshop gathers a diverse group of talented doctoral students to… Read more
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