School of Cities

Jane's Walk was featured in the Learning From What Works initiative led by @UofTCities and the Canadian Urban Institute

Mapping #tariffs: Professors @TaraVinodrai & @profchapple recently led a project on potential local impacts to jobs and businesses across #Canada - read more in The Toronto Star: bit.ly/4obVT2j Read the full project @ bit.ly/3Wxh3Mw @MUI_UofT @UofTCities

Join us for our 13th Annual Toronto City Manager's Address as Paul Johnson speaks on "Feeding Focus and Starving Distraction: Focusing on Priorities to Deliver on Torontonians' Investment." Nov. 18 at 4:30 at University of Toronto eventbrite.ca/e/13th-annual-…

Sept. 25, 1 p.m. ET: CERES welcomes Sara O’Connor to speak about her book on how people in urban spaces maneuver authorities to advance common interests & affect change in the policy while staying safe in settings of political repression. Register: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/civic-ac…

Check out this recent project @UofTCities mapping street space allocation in Toronto. It shows that more than 80% of transportation infrastructure in T.O. is designed for cars, far more than how people actually travel & what residents want prioritized. schoolofcities.github.io/who-are-street…

🏡New for @thewalrus , Prof. Alan Walks (@UTM_GGE) joins researchers Aniket Kali and Jeff Allen from @UofTCities to discuss the shifting political attitudes in Canada's suburbs. thewalrus.ca/conservatives-…

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Jean-Philippe Meloche and Fanny Tremblay-Racicot conclude the latest IMFG paper with observations of the state of eco-fiscal tools in Canada. 4/4 bit.ly/4mHizah

@OLTCAnews @UofTCities …encouraging our not-for-profit and municipal partners at #AMO2025 to engage with available @UofTCities & @IIutoronto programs at @UofT like the new cohort of “Social Purpose Real Estate” (SPRE) innovation + acceleration projects… LEARN MORE - eventbrite.ca/e/spre-nationa…

Marginalized neighbourhoods across Canada have fewer & smaller street trees, according to a new #UofT study 🏡 uoft.me/bIv

Last week, @UofTCities announced a partnership with four institutions from across the globe to conduct joint research on how urbanites navigate and shape the environment in which they live. 🏢 Read more: bit.ly/4eDKCnK

Reimagined 90 Queen’s Park project to foster collaboration, city-building and civic engagement ➡️ uoft.me/bGB

#UofT researchers use AI to 'see' beyond a structure's facade in Google Street View 📍 uoft.me/bBl

Join us on June 10 as IMFG Graduate Fellow Peter Wu discusses the impact of the introduction of the land transfer tax in Toronto in 2008. Register for the in-person seminar: eventbrite.ca/e/effect-of-la…

Congestion confusion: @LanrickBennett on What We Feel, What We're Told, and What the Data Reveals spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

[Toronto, ON] APRIL 2025 - Federal Election Results by Riding. 🔴 FEDERAL LIBERALS (23 x MP Seats w/ 7-Rookie MPs) 🔵 FEDERAL CONSERVATIVES (1 x Rookie MP Seat) Our #AffordableHousing volunteers are available to assist w/ MP & Staff briefings & tours. x.com/HousingNowTO/s…

What’s in a Name? @LanrickBennett argues that Toronto should develop Indigenous names for Toronto's municipal wards. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Did you miss IMFG @ 20? Watch panels including IMFG co-founders Enid Slack and Alan Broadbent; Gabriel Eidelman, Alexandra Flynn and Zack Taylor on municipal governance; and Enid Slack, Adam Found and Matti Siemiatycki on municipal finance. imfg.org/research/doc/?…

New from @UofTCities - map of % of trips made by walking in Toronto (and the GTA) schoolofcities.github.io/ggh-transport-…

#30DaysOfBiking Day 3 Excited to have our @HousingNowTO MUCP students presenting their “Reimagining Parcel 08 on Ookwemin Minising” at @WaterfrontTO h/t @UofTCities @juliedabrusin @_CreateTO @clc_sic @ternbicycles This is #TorontoDanforth