Post-Covid Cities

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  • Capital Gains Taxation as a Housing Policy Tool in Canada

    Dr. Alan Walks, University of Toronto April 2024 In the budget released on April 16, the federal Government of Canada (2024) proclaimed its intention to change, effective June 25, the capital gains inclusion rate from 50 percent to 66.6 percent, for all corporations and businesses, and for individuals’ capital gains above $250,000. (The first $250,000 Read more

  • Food security networks after the pandemic

    Food security networks after the pandemic

    Since 2019, multiple shocks to the global system have rocked urban chains of food supply. In both London and Toronto, one major impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was the extent to which civil society was called on for immediate help. Following that, critical logistic chains underpinning food supply have been further tested, interrupted, and had Read more

  • Workshop: Critical Dialogues of the Post-COVID City (London)

    Workshop: Critical Dialogues of the Post-COVID City (London)

    Welcome to the Workshop: Critical Dialogues of the Post-Covid City: Urban challenges and sustainable transformations in London and Toronto Thursday, April 20 – Friday, April 21, 2023University College LondonLondon, UK Hello everyone, A very warm welcome to all of you and a big thanks for agreeing to come along and take part in our Strategic Read more

  • Panel Event: Residential Capital Flows, Densification, & Planning in the Post-Pandemic City

    Panel Event: Residential Capital Flows, Densification, & Planning in the Post-Pandemic City

    Dialogues on London (UK): Residential Capital Flows, Densification, and Planning the Post-Pandemic City Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 3-5PM EST (Hybrid) In-Person: Wednesday, May 11th 3-5 pm, Department of Geography & Planning, Sid Smith Hall Room 5017AVirtual attendance: Please email affordablehousing.sofc@utoronto.ca for Zoom link Speakers: In Discussion with: Alan Walks and Susannah Bunce, Affordable Housing Challenge Read more

  • Book Launch: Critical Dialogues of Urban Governance, Development and Activism

    Book Launch: Critical Dialogues of Urban Governance, Development and Activism

    Please join the University of Toronto and University College London in celebrating the publication of Critical Dialogues of Urban Governance, Development and Activism: London and Toronto. Critical Dialogues of Urban Governance, Development and Activism, London and Toronto Book Launch Tuesday, January 26th, 12:00-1:30pm EST (17:00-18:30 GMT) Cities have been sites of some of the most visible Read more