Big City, Big Ideas: Living in the Endless City

Walter Hall, Faculty of Music 80 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto, ON, Canada

This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Ricky Burdett, Director of the London School of Economics Cities and Urban Age Program, was entitled Living in the Endless City: Global Challenges in an Urban Age.

The Practice of Municipal Finance in Hungary

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, North House, Room 208N, Toronto, ON, Canada

IMFG Visiting Scholar Izabella Barati-Stec presents on, "The Practice of Municipal Finance in Hungary." Barati-Stec is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics, at Corvinus University, Budapest.

What I Have Learned About Cities

Campbell Conference Facility Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Prominent city-builder Anne Golden presents insights on what she has learned about cities.

Preparing for the Costs of Extreme Weather in Canadian Cities: Issues, Tools, Ideas

Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, Canada

Cayley Burgess presents on "Preparing for the Costs of Extreme Weather in Canadian Cities: Issues, Tools, Ideas". Cayley is the 2011 recipient of the IMFG Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance.

IMFG Tranportation Series: National Transit Strategy and Policy: North American and International Perspectives on the Federal Role

Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, Canada

IThe third lecture in our "Moving Our Region: Transportation for the Future" is entitled, National Transit Strategy and Policy: North American and International Perspectives on the Federal Role, featuring Steve Heminger and Matthew Mendelsohn, and moderated by Joe Berridge.

Cities in the U.S. and Around the World: Getting the Finances Right

Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, Canada

Howard Chernick presents on "Cities in the U.S. and Around the World: Getting the Finances Right". Chernick is Professor of Economics, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

The Next Urban Economy: Can Toronto be a Global Leader?

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Room 108N 1 Devonshire Place, North House, Room 108N, Toronto, ON, Canada

Following the banking and economic crisis, cities are being encouraged to adopt new strategies that embrace green economies, emerging markets, new technologies, and the modernization of export industries. This talk explores these new urban strategies.