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Dr. Enid Slack

Director

The Director of the Institute is Dr. Enid Slack, one of Canada's foremost experts in municipal finance. Enid has been working in this field for over 40 years and is respected nationally and internationally for her research on municipal finance and governance.

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Bill Hughes

Senior Fellow

Bill Hughes is a Senior Fellow at the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance. He has over 35 years of experience in finance and public policy at both the provincial and municipal levels of government. Bill’s research and policy interests include municipal financial sustainability, demographics, urban economics, the impact of planning policy on municipal finance, and the economics of water policy.

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Joe Pennachetti

Senior Fellow

Joe Pennachetti is Senior Fellow at the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance. He has over 35 years of municipal financial management experience. As the Toronto City Manager from 2008 to 2015, Joe was responsible for 37,000 staff, an operating budget of $12 billion, and a $30 billion 10 year capital plan.

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Dr. Gabriel Eidelman

Faculty Fellow

Dr. Gabriel Eidelman is Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, where he serves as director of the Urban Policy Lab, with a joint appointment at the Institute for Management and Innovation. He teaches courses on urban politics, policy, and governance in the Munk School's Master of Public Policy program as well as IMI's Master of Urban Innovation program.

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Dr. Alexandra Flynn

Fellow

Dr. Alexandra Flynn is an Assistant Professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at The University of British Columbia, where she specializes in municipal law and governance and teaches interactive, practice-based courses in legal research, municipal and planning law, and administrative law.

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Dr. Aaron A. Moore

Fellow

Dr. Aaron A. Moore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, at the University of Winnipeg, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of City Planning, at the University of Manitoba. Aaron was formerly an Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo. He received his Doctorate degree in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario in 2009.

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Dr. Zack Taylor

Fellow

Dr. Zack Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Western University, where he teaches and researches on comparative urban political economy, regional planning and governance, local government and finance, and local public administration. He is also a non-practicing Registered Professional Planner in Ontario.

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Dr. Almos Tassonyi

Senior Associate

Dr. Almos Tassonyi is an Executive Fellow at The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary. He is a Research Associate at the International Property Tax Institute and a Research Fellow of the International Centre for Economic Analysis.

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Sonali Chakraborti

Manager, Programs and Research

Sonali Chakraborti is the new Manager of Programs and Research for the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance (IMFG).  As Manager, Sonali takes a leadership role in the activities of the IMFG, overseeing the Institute’s operations and designing major research programs in municipal finance and governance, as well as other projects.

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Longyu Gu

Graduate Fellow

Longyu Gu is the recipient of the Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance. He is a second-year student in the Masters of Science in Planning program at the University of Toronto's Department of Geography and Planning.

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Peter Wu

Graduate Fellow

Peter Wu is the recipient of the 2024–25 Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance. He is a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Toronto.

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Piali Roy

Administrative and Communications Assistant

Piali Roy is the Administrative and Communications Assistant at IMFG. Prior to joining the Institute, she worked in both media and communications, including the public policy program within the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy as well as the Maytree Foundation.

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