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, CanadaFollowing 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.
Planning for Greenfields
Co-sponsored by Neptis Foundation, on December 4 2008, this talk features presentations by Zack Taylor, Planner and doctoral candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto,and John Van Nostrand, Architect and Planner; with panelists Andrea Gabor, Partner, Urban Strategies, Inc.; Brad Graham, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Ontario Government; and Bruce Krushelnicki, Director of Planning, City of Burlington.
Land Use Management and Real Property Taxation in Vietnam
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaThis event features IMFG's Visiting Fellow Trinh Hong Loan at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.
IMFG Tranportation Series: Planning for Better Transportation Outcomes in Complex Environments: Lessons Learned from Vancouver and Chicago
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe second seminar in our "Moving Our Region: Transportation for the Future" series is entitled, "Planning for Better Transportation Outcomes in Complex Environments: Lessons Learned from Vancouver and Chicago".
IMFG Tranportation Series: Transport for our Region in 2030… But not as we know it
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe first session of its 2010-2011 seminar series “Moving Our Region: Transportation for the Future” is entitled “Transport for our Region in 2030… But not as we know it” with George Hazel, OBE, Chairman of MRC McLean Hazel, a subsidiary of Toronto-based MMM Group, and Joe Berridge, Partner at Urban Strategies.
The Mayoralty Race: A Panel Discussion with the Media
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaAn event co-hosted by the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance and the School of Public Policy's Media & Public Policy Speaker Series on October 5th at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.
Rethinking Toronto’s Governance
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Room 208N 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaA panel discussion on September 14, 2010, with: Keynote Speaker: Paul Bedford, Urban Mentor and Former Toronto Chief Planner; panelists: Kyle Rae, Toronto City Councillor; Richard Joy, Toronto Board of Trade.
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.