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.

As 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 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.

A 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.

A 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.

A 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.

Co-sponsored by Ideas That Matter, on June 8, 2009, a presentation by Dr. Mark Kleinman, Director of the London City Charter.

Co-sponsored by Neptis Foundation, on January 8, 2009, with presentations by Marcy Burchfield, Geomatics Research Program Manager, Neptis Foundation, and Pierre Filion, Professor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo; with panelists Tija Dirks, Director of Growth Policy Planning & Analysis, Ontario Growth Secretariat; Kevin Eby, Director of Community Planning, Region of Waterloo; and John Livey, Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Markham.

Co-sponsored by The Maytree Foundation, on August 26, 2008, with a presentation by Howard Duncan, Executive Head of Metropolis, and panelists Myer Siemiatycki, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University, Ratna Omidvar, Executive Director, The Maytree Foundation, and Phil Triadafilopoulos, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Social Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough.

Co-sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation, on May 21, 2008, with a presentation by Greg Clark, City and Regional Development Consultant. Mr. Clark is joined by panelists John Farrow, Chair and CEO of LEA Group Holdings Ltd. and Dr. Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of the MaRS Discovery Project.