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IMFG at 20 | 2025
IMFG at 20
Enid Slack, Zack Taylor, Alexandra Flynn, Gabriel Eidelman, Adam Found, and Matti Siemiatycki
On the occasion of IMFG @ 20, several IMFG contributors looked back at their past papers to reflect on what they think now about the issues they wrote about earlier, and how they see the future 20 years from now. Authors include Enid Slack, Zack Taylor, Alexandra Flynn, Gabriel Eidelman, Adam Found, and Matti Siemiatycki.
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Presentation | 2025
Can Transit Infrastructure Projects Be Delivered Better?
Eric Goldwyn
Eric Goldwyn of the NYU Marron Institute discussed the NYU Transit Costs project on how infrastructure projects can be delivered better.
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Video | 2024
12th Annual City Manager's Address
Paul Johnson
Toronto City Manager Paul Johnson spoke about the implementation of the New Deal for Toronto as well as future deliverables in the 2024 City Manager's Address.
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Presentation | 2024
12th Annual City Manager's Address
Paul Johnson
Toronto City Manager Paul Johnson spoke about the implementation of the New Deal for Toronto as well as future deliverables in the 2024 City Manager's Address.
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IMFG Paper | 2024
Flooding: Toward a Municipal Contribution to Economic Risk Sharing
Bernard Deschamps, Philippe Gachon, Michel Leclerc, Mathieu Boudreault
Report proposes an economic contribution mechanism for municipalities facing floods to reduce inequity and encourage mitigation and risk reduction.
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Video | 2024
Flooding: Toward a Municipal Contribution to Economic Risk Sharing
Bernard Deschamps, Sonali Chakraborti
One of the authors of the report, Flooding: Toward a Municipal Contribution to Economic Risk Sharing, Bernard Deschamps sat down with IMFG to discuss why it is important that municipalities implement a cost-sharing mechanism to reduce flooding risks.
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IMFG Paper | 2024
Levelling Up Innovation in Local Government: An Evaluation of International Smart City Competitions
Austin Zwick, Zachary Spicer, Aaron Eben
Report evaluates whether the nationally-led smart city competition model advances technological adoption in participating cities.
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Video | 2024
Levelling Up Innovation in Local Government: An Evaluation of International Smart City Competitions
Austin Zwick, Zachary Spicer, Shauna Brail
Austin Zwick and Zachary Spicer discuss what they learned from studying smart city competitions from around the world and what governments can do to improve these competitions in the future.
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Radio-Canada: Enid Slack on Toronto and Montreal’s Property Taxes
January 20, 2025
The Agenda: Enid Slack on How Property Taxes Are Spent
January 14, 2025
CBC Winnipeg: Enid Slack on the Need for More Revenue Sources for Cities
December 24, 2024