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Video | 2022
Building a Residential Property Tax from Scratch: The Irish Story
Gerard Turley
In this video, IMFG Visiting Scholar Gerard Turley presents on the story of Ireland’s new residential property tax, covering the background and country context, design features, implementation, and reform lessons.
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Video | 2022
How the Built Environment Affects Public Trust in Canadian Municipalities
Fernando Calderón Figueroa
On May 10, 2022, IMFG Graduate Fellow Fernando Calderón Figueroa explored the relationship between trust and the built environment of neighbourhoods across Canadian municipalities. First, he used data from Statistics Canada’s General Social Survey to show that trust is spatially concentrated — in other words, that people with similar levels of trust towards others tend to be in proximity to one another. Second, he argued that the spatial composition of cities — measured through people’s proximity to amenities like libraries, parks, and schools — is positively correlated with trust, and that a having a lot of amenities in close proximity to each other promotes the kind of recurrent casual encounters that lead to higher levels of trust.
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Video | 2022
A New Engagement: Incorporating Newcomers into GTA Planning Processes
Shervin Ghaem-Maghami
In this 2022 talk, IMFG Graduate Fellow Shervin Ghaem-Maghami examined how selected municipalities in the GTA are engaging immigrants in planning decisions, and how such public participation activities can be improved to most meaningfully draw upon the strengths and adapt to the needs of newcomer communities.
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Video | 2022
How Has the Pandemic Impacted Global Cities: Some Evidence from London, Paris, and Toronto
Mark Kleinman
In this talk, Professor Mark Kleinman of King’s College London discusses how cities have been changed by the pandemic, and how they will need to adapt, with a particular focus on London, UK.
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Video | 2022
Security Breach: Municipalities and the Cyberattack Threat
Zachary Spicer, Kush M. Sharma, Laura Mateczun, Sumit Bhatia
On March 1, 2022. a panel of academics and practitioners examined the growing threat of cyberattack to local governments in Canada and other parts of the world. How do municipalities need to adjust process and existing practices? What is the risk? What are the costs of action/inaction? Where do municipalities start to ensure they are protected?
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Video | 2022
Data Dilemmas: Municipalities and Smart-City Technology
On February 16, 2022, a panel of academics and practitioners examined the growing smart city industry and the advancement of data-intensive public infrastructure in Canada. The panel featured Merlin Chatwin, Executive Director of Open North, Cyrus Tehrani, City of Hamilton's Chief Digital Officer, Natasha Tusikov, Assistant Professor at York University, and moderator Zachary Spicer of York University.
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Video | 2022
Municipalities and the Platform Economy: Where Do We Go From Here?
Zac Spicer, Betsy Donald, Jason Reynar, David Wachsmuth
On February 1, 2022, a panel of academics and practitioners looked at the future of the relationship between municipalities and the platform economy. Looking at examples from across the country the panel examined questions including: What trends around the platform economy are lasting, which are short term? What new regulation is needed? Are new taxation models or user fee frameworks needed? The panel included Betsy Donald of Queen's University, Jason Reynar, Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Windsor, David Wachsmuth of McGill University and moderator Zachary Spicer of York University.
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Video | 2021
10th Annual IMFG Toronto City Manager’s Address
Chris Murray
In this video of the 10th Annual IMFG City Manager's Address, Chris Murray spoke to the urgency of a whole-of-community and whole-of-government approach to tackle the precursors of homelessness before the downstream consequences and costs multiply for all orders of government.
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