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, Canada

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.

The Elusive Regional Moment: Toronto’s Search for Metropolitan Governance

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

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.

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, Canada

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.

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, Canada

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

Planning for Intensification

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.

Has the Time Come? Extending the Municipal Franchise to Toronto’s Permanent Residents

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.

Invest in Success: Leveraging the Return from Global Cities

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.

Exploring an Alternative Planning Process for Toronto

Co-sponsored by Ideas That Matter, on April 30, 2008, with panel chair Susan Schiller, Ontario Municipal Board, and panelists Councillor Adam Vaughan, City of Toronto, Howard Cohen, Context Development, and Dina Graser, People Plan Toronto.

The City Takes to the Air: Finance & Governance of Municipal Wireless Projects

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

A presentation by Robert Ramsay, PhD student in Geography and holder of the Alan Broadbent Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance, on March 25, 2008, at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.

You Get What You Pay For: How Nordic Cities Are Financed

Co-sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation, on March 5, 2008, with a presentation by Danish economist Jorgen Lotz, and panelists Glen Murray, President and CEO, Canadian Urban Institute, and Mario Lefebvre, Director of the Centre for Municipal Studies at the Conference Board of Canada.