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15 Jan 2025
Canadian local governments and communities!
Join our info session on the Climate Ready Infrastructure Service—a new initiative connecting municipalities with top climate experts to ensure your infrastructure plans are low-carbon and climate-resilient:buff.ly/3PBbbyA
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Explore how your community can benefit from the CRIS, get your questions answered by our Climate Leads and learn how to register your project.
The Climate Ready Infrastructure Service is powered by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) and funded by the Government of Canada.
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10 Jan 2025
🎧 Catch the latest episode!
For this third and final episode of CUI's latest mini-series, host Mary Rowe speaks with Don Iveson, whose civic and public sector career touches on the many components of urban infrastructure.
Listen now:
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8 Jan 2025
🎧 Tune in to the CityTalk Podcast!
Join this episode in conversation with Fanny Tremblay-Racicot, professor at l'École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP) in Québec and expert in local governance models.
Listen today:
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7 Jan 2025
CUI's project, Infill Housing for Canada’s Transit Corridors and Main Streets, builds on the Measuring Main Streets platform to propose a novel approach for identifying under-utilized land.
Explore the platform today:
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Research drives innovation! With #GoC support, 18 new projects will help us tackle #housing and #infrastructure challenges facing our communities.
More info: canada.ca/en/housing-infrast…
ALT Connecting roads with vehicles and houses alongside with clouds. The text: “ Research and Knowledge Initiative”
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6 Jan 2025
🎧 Tune in now!
Join this episode of the CityTalk Podcast featuring Tracy Hadden Loh from the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking at The Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
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12 Dec 2024
Priced Out: The State of Youth Housing in Canada’s Urban Centres. Dive into the data and hear directly from youth about their housing challenges in this new initiative from @youthfulcities
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🚨 Housing crisis for youth in Canada? Our survey shows how young people are navigating affordability challenges—and what they need to thrive.
🏙️ See the findings: youthfulcities.com/blog/2024…
ALT The State of Housing for Young People in Canada. Priced Out: The state of youth housing in Canada’s urban centres.
ALT Thanks to our partners: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Canadian Urban Institute, Generation Squeeze, Smart Prosperity Institute, National Student Housing Initiative, and University of Toronto School of Cities
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5 Dec 2024
JOIN NOW: 4:45 p.m. - "Leading the Way: Orienting Investments Around Place" / "Montrer le chemin: orienter les investissements autour du lieu"
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5 Dec 2024
JOIN NOW: 4:00 p.m. - "Building Better Lives: How Infrastructure Shapes Our Wellbeing" / "Bâtir des vies meilleures: comment les infrastructures modèlent notre bien-être"
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5 Dec 2024
JOIN NOW: 3:15 p.m. - "Equitable Opportunities for Prosperity: How Infrastructure Builds Inclusive Communities" / "Des opportunités équitables pour assurer la prospérité: comment les infrastructures créent des communautés inclusives"
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5 Dec 2024
JOIN NOW: 2:30 p.m. - "Culture Is Infrastructure: The Role of People, Identity, and Our Social Fabric" / "La culture est infrastructure: le rôle des gens, de l’identité et de notre tissu social"
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Canadian Urban Institute retweeted
5 Dec 2024
Today, in conjunction w/ @CANURB's State of Canada's Cities Summit, we launch a major report on Canada's #Infrastructure deficit - #Research recommendations on what is wrong and what can fix it. Read it now & watch the accompanying video: stateofcitiessummit.ca/repor…
5 Dec 2024
Join us online today for the second annual State of Canada's Cities Summit.
The first session, "Mental Health Matters" has just begun - join Paul Johnson, Andre Corbould, Eileen de Villa, Sarah Kennell, and Mark Garner.
Register now!
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Canadian Urban Institute retweeted
5 Dec 2024
[Ottawa, ON] Attending the @CANURB “State of Canada’s Cities Summit 2024” at the National Arts Centre w/ colleagues from @UofTCities and others…
EVENT - stateofcitiessummit.ca/dec-5…
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Canadian Urban Institute retweeted
5 Dec 2024
NEW PUBLICATION: “Understanding the Drivers of Transit Construction Costs in Canada” in @UofTCities @CANURB
The first from me, Balthazar Crane, @ChittiMarco, and @Amer0204
So why are transit projects so expensive in Canada? Here’s what we found: 1/🧵
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JOIN NOW: 1:45 p.m. - "Climate Ready Infrastructure: Future-Proofing Community Assets" / "Des infrastructures adaptées au climat: assurer la pérennité des actifs communautaires"
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5 Dec 2024
JOIN NOW: 1:00 p.m. - "Housing Solutions: Real Estate and Land for Thriving Communities" / "Solutions pour le logement: les biens immobiliers et fonciers au service de communautés prospères"
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5 Dec 2024
JOIN NOW: 11:40 a.m. - "Harnessing AI, Data & New Technologies for Canada’s Future" / "Maîtriser l’intelligence artificielle, les données et les nouvelles technologies pour l’avenir du Canada"
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5 Dec 2024
JOIN NOW: 10:55 a.m. - "Infrastructure for Growth: Fueling Local Economies" / "L’infrastructure au service de la croissance: alimenter les économies locales"
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5 Dec 2024
JOIN NOW: 10:35 a.m. - "Closing the Gap: Canada’s Infrastructure Deficit" / "Réduire les écarts: le déficit d'infrastructures du Canada" with @UofTCities
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5 Dec 2024
JOIN NOW: 10:05 a.m. - "The View from America's Urban Institute" / "Le point de vue de l’Institut urbain américain"
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