School of Cities publishes occasional policy briefs, which aim to distill research findings and data, make recommendations, and draw links to policy initiatives.
SofC Policy Brief #1: Toward an Open Database of Public Land Ownership: A synthesis for provincial policy makers
June 2026
Erin Strachan & Gabriel Eidelman, based on original research by James Connolly, Sean Grisdale, Cameron Power, Alexandra Flynn, Craig Jones, Andrew Rigsby, and Alan Walks
SofC Policy Brief #2: The state of cycling infrastructure in Canada
June 2026
Sahana Gunaratnam & Gabriel Eidelman, based on original research by Daniel Fuller, Meghan Winters, Yan Kestens, Hiroshi Mamiya, Meridith Sones, Benoît Thierry, and Zoé Poirier Stephens
SofC Policy Brief #3: Community media infrastructures in Canadian cities
June 2026
Rita Maragha & Gabriel Eidelman, based on original research by Aditi Mehta
Reducing the Burden on Police Services Through Investment in Promoting Healthy Communities: Challenges and Opportunities
April 2025
Mélanie Seabrook, Vardan Gupta, Alexander Luscombe, and Andrew Pinto
Combating Financialization of Housing: Scan of anti-speculation legislation
January 2025
Kaela Sanborn-Hum and Julie Mah, Department of Human Geography, UTSC
Housing policy in B.C. (No. 1): An overview of provincial policy
July 2024
Alison Smith, Department of Political Science, U of T
Housing policy in B.C. (No. 2): The Rental Protection Fund
July 2024
Alison Smith, Department of Political Science and Yasmine Gill, MPP candidate, Munk School, U of T
Housing policy in B.C. (No. 3): Housing Needs Assessments
July 2024
Alison Smith, Department of Political Science and Nihal Naqvi, U of T
Targeting the Right Housing Supply in Canada
Supply Mix Strategy Briefs 1-7
March 2024
City Building TMU and School of Cities
Enabling home ownership by streamlining multi-unit residential buildings stratification and co-ownership in Ontario
February 2024
Ahmad Al-Musa and Karen Chapple, School of Cities
Ontario’s housing crisis explained
July 2022
Brenna Keatinge, Karen Chapple, Ricardo Lopez-McDonald, and the School of Cities