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November 2023
Wellbeing Budgets in New Zealand and Canada: What Can Municipalities Learn?
On November 29, 2023, Richard M. Bird post-doctoral fellow, Stephanie Ortynsky, outlined how New Zealand adopted and implemented its innovative wellbeing approach to budgeting, described where Canada stands on wellbeing budgets, and discussed how Canadian municipalities could benefit from considering their budget decisions holistically.
Find out more »Development charges: The case for and against
Development charges are currently being debated across Canada. On November 14, 2023, two municipal finance exports explored differing viewpoints on development charges.
Find out more »11th City Manager’s Address: A New Deal for Toronto: What if They Say ‘Yes’
Toronto City Manager Paul Johnson discussed the intergovernmental New Deal Working Group aimed at establishing a path to fiscal sustainability.
Find out more »October 2023
Changing Patterns of Governance in Metropolitan Regions: Australian and Canadian Perspectives
Panel discussed new trends in regional governance in Australia and implications for Greater Toronto, Ontario, and Canada.
Find out more »June 2023
Decarbonization of Buildings in Canadian Cities: Using Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing to Attract Private Capital
On June 20, 2023, Richard M. Bird post-doctoral fellow Robert Stewart outlined the methods used to encourage private capital to provide Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing in the US and discussed how similar arrangements can be adapted to Canada.
Find out more »May 2023
‘Forever Renters’ – Owning Housing Shares, Not Homes
On May 30, 2023, IMFG graduate fellow Kaela Sanborn-Hum discussed corporate investment in single-family housing after the 2008 financial crisis, with a focus on Roofstock, an Oakland-based proptech startup, and described Roofstock’s strategies to introduce retail investors to the single-family rental market through proprietary technologies.
Find out more »New Revenue Sources for Toronto: Learning from Other Cities
On May 18, 2023, a panel of experts brought examples of different revenue sources used in cities around the world. They told us what works, what doesn’t, and what could be applied to Toronto.
Find out more »Analysing the City of Toronto’s Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition Program
IMFG graduate fellow Celia Wandio discussed the origins and importance of affordable housing acquisition programs, specifically the City of Toronto’s Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition Program.
Find out more »April 2023
Book launch: Sustainability, Citizen Participation, and City Governance
On April 13, 2023, IMFG held a Toronto book launch to discuss "Sustainability, Citizen Participation, and City Governance" with Hoi L. Kong and Alexandra Flynn
Find out more »January 2023
Making the Case for Regionalism
Don Iveson, former Mayor of Edmonton and Chair of Canada's Big City Mayors’ Caucus, made the case for regionalism on January 17, 2023. He was was joined by Jen Nelles from the Oxford Brooks Business School and Zack Taylor from Western University who discussed ideas around regional coordination and highlighted some of the findings from their research.
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