Presentation | 2016
Local Governments in the 21st Century: What are the Funding Options?
Enid Slack
Enid Slack presents to the Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia on March 31, 2016.
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Presentation | 2016
Cost Overruns on Infrastructure Projects: Patterns, Causes, and Cures
Matti Siemiatycki
In this presentation, IMFG and today’s leading infrastructure thinkers and practitioners convene for a conversation about how to overcome cost overruns on public infrastructure projects.
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Video | 2016
Cost Overruns on Infrastructure Projects: Patterns, Causes, and Cures
Matti Siemiatycki
This video features an event hosted by IMFG and today’s leading infrastructure thinkers and practitioners on how to overcome cost overruns on public infrastructure projects. The event followed the release of a new paper by Matti Siemiatycki for IMFG, called Cost Overruns on Major Infrastructure Projects: Patterns, Causes, and Cures.
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Presentation | 2015
The Federal Role in Cities: Insights from the Outside
Duncan Maclennan
This presentation draws on the causes, courses and consequences of federal city policies in the UK and Australia and highlights points of difference and potential interest to Canadian policymakers.
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Presentation | 2015
Land Value Capture for Transportation: Potential versus Practice
Murtaza Haider
In this presentation, Dr. Murtaza Haider reviews land value capture projects in the United States and Canada, and shares original findings from an IMFG study on Toronto’s Sheppard East subway extension and its impact on surrounding property values.
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Presentation | 2015
Implementing Progressive Planning in Niterói, Brazil, Where Rhetoric Meets Practice
Abigail Friendly
While Brazilian cities are popularly characterized by their inequality, Brazil is also known for its progressive national urban policies. This talk explores the contrast between these progressive ideals and how they play out in practice. On the ground, how do power relations and the organization of civil society influence participatory and socially-just planning?
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Presentation | 2015
Defining the Realm of the Possible: Opportunities and Challenges for Toronto
Peter Wallace
In his first public address since taking office in July, Toronto City Manager Peter Wallace shares his perspectives on the City’s finances, and on the opportunities and challenges to achieving key social, economic, city-building, environmental, and governance objectives.
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Video | 2015
Defining the Realm of the Possible: Opportunities and Challenges for Toronto
Peter Wallace
In his first public address since taking office in July, this video features Toronto City Manager Peter Wallace shares his perspectives on the City’s finances, and on the opportunities and challenges to achieving key social, economic, city-building, environmental, and governance objectives.
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