Published in Dialogues June, 2005 By Casey Vander Ploeg Senior Policy Analyst Canada West Foundation Infrastructure is a homely word. But in the municipal context, it refers to important things we use daily—roads, sidewalks, public transit systems, recreational facilities, and water systems. According to the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Canadian municipalities face a backlog [...]
TORONTO, ON, June 15, 2009/ — It is now a commonly held view that Canada’s cities are critical to the economic prosperity of the country. To be competitive, our cities need to build and maintain infrastructure and they need to deliver a wide range of services to attract and retain skilled workers and businesses.
CALGARY, AB, June 15, 2005/ — Calgary is a young city—it has gone from pioneer beginnings to modernity in little over a century. Although it still has a relatively compact downtown, most of Calgary’s post war growth has taken the form of single use and low-density neighbourhoods, and it is now almost overwhelmed by its suburbs.
June 15, 2005 By Fanis Grammenos Senior Researcher Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation OTTAWA, ON, June 15, 2005/ – In each era of the history of the world’s cities, people lived in good neighbourhoods and in bad ones. The progression of affluence and invention has gradually given most of us decent houses, pleasant neighbourhoods and [...]
Published in Dialogues June, and the Winnipeg Free Press, June 23, 2005 By David Witty Dean Faculty of Architecture University of Manitoba There has been an upsurge in interest among city governments over the last few years in the world of design in general, and architecture in particular. And most of it is in the [...]
