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IMFG Director Enid Slack and Manager of Programs and Research Selena Zhang presented to the City of Toronto’s Urban Fellows, on the topic of fiscal environments for cities, and discussing how much fiscal autonomy cities have.

IMFG Director Enid Slack took part in the event Understanding Smarter Cities: What Happens Next?, co-sponsored by IMFG and organized by the Urban Studies Program at Innis College, on November 2nd. The event was covered by U of T news in an article entitled “U of T urban experts on how Toronto can become a […]

IMFG’s 6th Annual City Manager’s Address, held on October 26th, 2017, was covered in a column by Edward Keenan entitled “Should Toronto Finally Do Away with Cheap Parking Rates?” Peter Wallace’s presentation can be viewed here. 

On World Cities Day, IMFG Director Enid Slack participated in a twitter chat with the International Growth Centre, housed at the London School of Economics, on the central role of innovative governance for urbanisation.

On October 30, 2017, IMFG Director Enid Slack made a presentation on Global Municipal Finance to the Arup University Masters Programme at Boston University.

IMFG Visiting Researcher Zachary Spicer was featured in an article in the London Free Press, discussing potential advantages incumbent city councillors may hold.

IMFG Director Enid Slack and Visiting Scholar Harry Kitchen presented a report to the Saint John Council on Municipal Property Tax Issues in the City of Saint John. CBC covered the report and resulting discussion on September 18th, 2017, in an article titled Saint John Hamstrung by Provincial Tax Rules, Report Says. The Telegraph-Journal (subscribers only) covered […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack presented on “How Much Local Autonomy do Cities Have? A Comparison of Eight Cities” at the International Forum of Fiscal Autonomy and Coordination for Effective Decentralization in Washington, DC, on September 1st, 2017. Her presentation was based on her new IMFG paper, How Much Local Fiscal Autonomy Do Cities Have? A […]