The City of Toronto Act, Five Years Later: Has it Met Expectations?
Campbell Conference Facility Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThis panel discussion is moderated by David Crombie, President, David Crombie and Associates, and former Mayor of Toronto. The panelists included: John Matheson, Partner, Strategy Corp.; Lorne Sossin, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School and City of Toronto Open Meeting Investigator; Karim Bardeesy, Editorial Writer at the Globe and Mail, and 2011 DiverseCity Fellow; and Fiona Crean, Ombudsman, City of Toronto.
Big City, Big Ideas: Living in the Endless City
Walter Hall, Faculty of Music 80 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto, ON, CanadaThis 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, CanadaIMFG 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, CanadaProminent city-builder Anne Golden presents insights on what she has learned about cities.
New Tools for New Times: Innovative Infrastructure Financing, Funding, and Delivery
Campbell Conference Facility Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCasey G. Vander Ploeg, Senior Policy Analyst, at Canada West Foundation, presents on "New Tools for New Times: Innovative Infrastructure".
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, CanadaCayley 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.
Landlocked: Exploring Institutional Inertia on Toronto’s Waterfront, 1960-2000
Gabriel Eidelman presents on "Landlocked: Exploring Institutional Inertia on Toronto's Waterfront, 1960-2000". Gabriel is the 2011 recipient of the Blanche and Sandy van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance.
IMFG Transportation Series: Funding Transportation for the Future: Strategies for Winning Public Support
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe fourth lecture in our "Moving Our Region: Transportation for the Future" series is entitled, Funding Transportation for the Future: Strategies for Winning Public Support, featuring John Inglish and Barry Watson and moderated by Joe Berridge.
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, CanadaIThe 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, CanadaHoward 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.