What’s New at IMFG

IMFG Chair Alan Broadbent and Richard Florida wrote an article for The Globe and Mail entitled, “What is the most democratic and effective way to govern a city the size […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack and IMFG Senior Fellow Richard M. Bird contributed a chapter entitled, “Financing Regional Public Transit in Ontario: The Case for Strengthening the Wicksellian Connection,” in the […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack gave the policy keynote speech entitled, “Governance and Finance of Metropolitan Areas: Learning from International Experience,” at Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Conference on Urban Development and […]

The 2018 Q1 edition of the Municipal Monitor covered two IMFG papers: IMFG Paper (No. 30), Climate Change, Floods, and Municipal Risk Sharing in Canada, by Daniel Henstra and Jason […]

In 1999 IMFG Board Chair Alan Broadbent created the Mirvish Meetings, an influential two-day conference and essay collection published in 2000 about Toronto’s future, which was mentioned in Maclean’s magazine.

IMFG Fellows Zack Taylor and Alexandra Flynn highlighted the social and political consequences of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s decision to reduce Toronto City Council seats in the Coast Reporter article […]

In the CBC News piece, “78 candidates sign up for London mayor, council race,” IMFG Fellow Zack Taylor looked at the impact of the ranked ballot system in London, Ontario’s, […]

In the CBC News article, “Winnipeg’s mayor sees no harm in Portage and Main referendum question,” and in the CTV News Winnipeg piece, “Bowman to support motion on Portage and […]

In the London Free Press article entitled, “Why are there so few city hall election candidates?”, IMFG Fellow Zack Taylor looked at the reasons citizens do not run for municipal […]

IMFG Paper (No. 40), The Platform Economy and Regulatory Disruption: Estimating the Impact on Municipal Revenue in Toronto, by former IMFG Visiting Researcher Zachary Spicer was advertised in the July […]