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Enid Slack presented the final report of the Municipal Port Property Tax Commission to the Port Cities Committee of Metro Vancouver.

On September 16, Enid Slack participated in a panel discussion at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), co-sponsored by the World Bank, entitled “Finance and Governance of Capital Cities in Federal Systems.” Other panellists included Natwar Gandhi (Chief Financial Officer, Government of the District of Columbia) and Rupak Chattopadhyay (Vice President, Forum of […]

Enid Slack made a presentation to the Association of Municipal Tax Collectors of Ontario on “Assessment Limits in Ontario: Could We Live with the Consequences?” at Clevelands House in Minett, Ontario.

Alan Broadbent gave a speech to the Maytree Foundation’s School for Civics entitled “Why Cities Matter.”

Co-sponsored by Ideas That Matter, the Jane Jacobs prize ceremony was held on September 14, 2010. The Jane Jacobs Prize is funded by the Avana Capital Corporation, and includes an annual stipend of $5,000 for three years, to be used as the recipients choose. In addition, prize recipients are invited to meet together to discuss […]

Alan Broadbent participated in a panel discussion on City Governance at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto, co-sponsored by the Canadian Urban Institute and the Cities Centre.

A panel discussion on August 25, 2010, with: Chair: Dr. Enid Slack, Director, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance; and panelists: David Magor, Chief Executive, Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation (IRRV), England; Paul Sanderson, Director of Professional Services, Valuation Office Agency, (VOA), England; Jerry Grad, P. Eng., CRE, FRICS, President, International Property Tax Institute, […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack participated in the Second International Roundtable on Metropolitan Governance in Brisbane, Australia, co-sponsored by the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) and the Forum of Federations.

Alan Broadbent gave a speech to the Maytree Leadership Conference on “Why Municipal Government Matters.”

Enid Slack made a presentation entitled “Financing Large Cities and Metropolitan Areas” to the 6th Symposium on Fiscal Federalism on Financing Local Governments in Barcelona, Spain.