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Scaling Up Canada’s Community Housing Sector: Bundling assets and building capacity to create the future of housing
The ‘Bundling Assets’ Lab, led by the School of Cities with SHS Inc. and funded by CMHC’s Solutions Labs, explores how combining the assets of multiple community housing providers can improve financing access and boost development and management capacity.
Leading Urban Change: Housing, sustainable mobility, and transit-oriented communities
Applications are open for the Fall 2025 session of our professional development program Leading Urban Change: Housing, sustainable mobility, and transit oriented communities. 13% discount available to those who pay in full by September 1.
Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project (MUCP/IMUCP)
The Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project (MUCP) / International Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project (IMUCP) is a full-year academic course open to undergraduate students in their final year from all U of… Read more
City Research Insights
This policy brief series translates academic research into impactful solutions. The School of Cities seeks to leverage our extraordinary community of urbanists and urban-oriented researchers to create a rich, multidisciplinary community of urban faculty, researchers, and students across disciplines and perspectives.
Climate Displacement & Cities
CIDRARC, hosted by the School of Cities, is a global network addressing climate-induced displacement and urban adaptation. It explores migration, risk management, and urban habitability through case studies from cities worldwide. The project highlights challenges cities face, including local and international displacement, which strains infrastructure and exacerbates poverty and inequality.
Equitable Development Data Insight Training
About the program: The Equitable Development Data Insight Training Initiative (EDDIT) helps organizationsrefine their narratives and leverage data so that they can make the best possible case fortheir equitable development… Read more
Reports
This selection of reports are based on research and projects undertaken by School of Cities faculty, researchers, postdoctroal fellows and/or affiliated faculty, or have been funded in part or in… Read more
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Carolyn Whitzman in CBC | Alberta gov’t fell short of its affordable housing goal last year: annual report
From parking spaces to living spaces
Maps and data showing how turning underutilized surface parking into homes makes financial sense
Transit-oriented communities and post-pandemic resilience
Maps, data, and modelling results of pandemic recovery of transit stations in Toronto
Karen Chapple in Globe and Mail | Downtown foot traffic is still far below prepandemic levels, despite push to boost in-office hours: data
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2025 Summer Workshop on Urban Mixed Methods across the Disciplines
From July 22-24, 2025, the School of Cities will host its third 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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