For this opinion piece, Director of the Infrastructure Institute and professor of Geography and Planning Matti Siemiatycki, collaborated with Drew Fagan, a professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto and a former deputy minister of infrastructure with the Province of Ontario, to shed light on the urgent need for better and more strategic planning of infrastructure investments in Canada.

The holiday season is officially underway! Since everyone is busy getting year-end chores done, the School of Cities has curated a list of media for urbanism enthusiasts to read, watch, listen to during the holidays. 
We hope you enjoy our little present and find our suggestions worth their while. Happy exploring!

As a part of a panel discussion at the 3rd Urban Economy Forum, UEF 2021, Prof. Karen Chapple proposed three ways to address land theft in the face of rising houselessness and displacement by borrowing from the Indigenous ways of knowing to redefine the modern concept of land ownership.

The CivicLabTO Academic Summit, to be held on Nov. 23-24, will focus on issues such as public health, housing, transit, transportation, climate change, green recovery and the future of public space. It will tap leading experts from the city and local post-secondary institutions to share best practices.

In this short QandA, SofC Director Prof. Karen Chapple, shares her insights about the impetus for the broader partnership between the city and the eight post-secondary institutions and the potential for such events to contribute to the development of a “Toronto School” of urbanism.

The School of Cities' Director Karen Chapple, who moved all the way from the San Francisco Bay Area recently, gets candid about her first impressions of the city of Toronto and with her vision for the institution.

How are the political parties approaching issues that are critical to Canada’s urban regions? The School of Cities has teamed up with the Urban Policy Lab to provide an analysis of where the major political parties stand on housing affordability, climate resilience, Economy and COVID relief and equality.

Urban Policy Lab Graduate Fellow Sean McGowan provides a breakdown in this special election primer for the School of Cities.

Dr. Alan Walks (Professor, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto), Sean Grisdale (PhD Candidate, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto), and the Affordable Housing Challenge Partnership collective provide a critical assessment of Liberal Party's proposed housing policy.