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 #6: Foreign Buyer Taxes and the Rental Affordability Gap
August 2026
School of Cities, based on original research by Taesoo Song
SofC Policy Brief #5: The punitive nature of transit enforcement in Canadian Cities
July 2026
Sahana Gunaratnam & Gabriel Eidelman, based on original research by Orly Linovski
SofC Policy Brief #4: Saying yes to community housing
July 2026
Erin Strachan & Gabriel Eidelman, based on original research by Jordan Moffatt and Carolyn Whitzman
SofC Policy Brief #3: Community media infrastructures in Canadian cities
June 2026
Rita Maragha & Gabriel Eidelman, based on original research by Aditi Mehta
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 #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
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