Property Taxes in the United Kingdom – Are There Lessons for Ontario?
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaA panel discussion on August 25, 2010, with: Chair: Dr. Enid Slack, Director, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance; and panelists: David Magor, Chief Executive, Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation (IRRV), England; Paul Sanderson, Director of Professional Services, Valuation Office Agency, (VOA), England; Jerry Grad, P. Eng., CRE, FRICS, President, International Property Tax Institute, (IPTI), Canada.
Models of City Management
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaA workshop co-hosted by the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance and the Cities Centre on Models of City Management for a South African delegation on June 8 at the Munk School of Global Affairs.
Economies of Scale in Ontario Municipal Services: Are Larger Municipalities Really More Efficient?
A presentation by Adam Found, the 2010 recipient of the Alan Broadbent Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance funded by the Diamante Development Corporation and Dr. James Wong, on April 21, 2010 at the Munk School for Global Affairs.
Bringing Broader Resources to Bear: Chicago’s Foray into Public-Private Partnerships
Co-sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation, on April 15, 2008, with a presentation by Dana Levenson, Managing Director, Head of North American Infrastructure, Royal Bank of Scotland (Chicago) and former Chief Financial Officer for the City of Chicago.
Development charges across Canada: Can they be used to promote sustainability?
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaAs part of its 2011 Graduate Seminar Series, Mia Baumeister (Master of Urban and Regional Planning Candidate, University of Toronto) presents on "Development charges across Canada: Can they be used to promote sustainability?" Mia’s research is being conducted under a grant recently awarded to IMFG by Sustainable Prosperity.
A Strategic Blueprint for New York City’s Future
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaA presentation by Amanda Burden, the Chair of the New York City Planning Commission and Director of the Department of City Planning, on March 26, 2010.
The Maturing Metropolis? A Discussion About the City of Toronto a Decade After Amalgamation
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaA presentation by André Côté, a Masters student at the School of Public Policy and Governance and winner of the Alan Broadbent Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance, on March 25, 2009, at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
The Elusive Regional Moment: Toronto’s Search for Metropolitan Governance
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaA presentation by Zack Taylor, the 2010 recipient of the Blanche and Sandy van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance funded by the Diamante Development Corporation, on March 10, 2010 at the Munk School of Global Affairs.
Finance and Governance of Capital Cities in Federal Systems: Book Launch
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaA presentation by co-editors, Enid Slack and Rupak Chattopadhyay on their recently published book, Finance and Governance of Capital Cities in Federal Systems (McGill-Queens University Press), on February 11, 2010 at the Munk School of Global Affairs.
A City Should Be Like Itself: Toward a London City Charter
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaCo-sponsored by Ideas That Matter, on June 8, 2009, a presentation by Dr. Mark Kleinman, Director of the London City Charter.