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Featured Research
IMFG Paper | 2024
Bernard Deschamps, Philippe Gachon, Michel Leclerc, Mathieu Boudreault
IMFG Paper | 2024
Austin Zwick, Zachary Spicer, Aaron Eben
Forum Paper | 2024
Graham Sansom, Zack Taylor, Janice Baker
Who Does What Report | 2024
Valerie Preston, John Shields, Valerie Pruegger, Mireille Paquet, Sivakamy Thayaalan
IMFG Paper | 2024
Clara Turner, Jeff Allen, Karen Chapple, Sarah A. Smith
Who Does What Report | 2024
Martha Friendly, Gordon Cleveland, Sue Colley, Rachel Vickerson, Carolyn Ferns, Carley Holt,
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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. Find out more »
Presentation | 2024
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. Find out more »
Video | 2024
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. Find out more »
Video | 2024
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. Find out more »
Presentation | 2024
Keir Matthews-Hunter
The 2023-24 Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellow in Municipal Finance and Governance Keir Matthews-Hunter presented preliminary findings from analysis of approved multi-residential development applications from 2012-2015. Find out more »