MPP Field Report: London 2026

Each spring, Prof. Gabriel Eidelman leads an intensive course called Comparative Urban Governance (PPG2013) that explores a simple but powerful question: What can cities learn from one another? Comparative Urban Governance is the Munk School’s international field course for Master of Public Policy students.

The experience begins in Toronto, where students build a foundation of skills in comparative methods. In February 2026, those students traveled to London, where they applied their learning to examine the city’s supportive housing system, considering which lessons, if any, might inform policy development in Toronto.

Through meetings with staff from the Greater London Authority as well as frontline housing organizations across London, students explored how governance structures, funding systems, and service delivery models shape supportive housing outcomes in practice.

Following their return to Toronto, the class creates a collaborative field report and presents their findings to the City of Toronto’s Housing Secretariat.

Blending policy analysis with personal reflection, the report offers both practical insights for Toronto’s supportive housing system and a compelling example of experiential learning in action.

Read the full report here.