CityTalk Canada
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47 episodes
The Housing In Canada FAQ - part 3
More top-level answers to FAQs about the present and future of Canada's housing continuum delivered by leaders from every corner of the country, including real estate developers, bankers, not-for-profit and co-op associations as well as the fed...
The Housing In Canada FAQ - part 2
More smart, helpful answers to a wide variety of FAQs about the present and future of Canada's housing ecosystem...provided by many of the leading stakeholders attending CUI's Housing Future Summit in June 2026. If you're planning t...
The Housing in Canada FAQ - part 1
Curious about what's really going on with Canada's housing system? Here's your answer... actually, many of them. At its recent Housing Future Summit, CUI gathered the leading voices in the housing continuum to answer some FAQ...
Barrie’s mayor on declaring an emergency over encampments
Across the country, people are increasingly turning to encampments for shelter. These informal communities spotlight many complex challenges, from housing affordability to substance use and mental health issues. Encampments also present challenges...
Rethinking Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Vancouver’s Downtown East Side has long been associated with high levels of homelessness and substance abuse, issues which many cities across the country are now facing. Host Mary Rowe speaks with two people who help deliver services and housing s...
Unlocking Capital & Accelerating Housing: Hear from those leading the way
This CityTalk hosted a conversation with the CEOs of Build Canada Homes and the Canada Infrastructure Bank on how to get more built, faster. Ana Bailão, CEO of Build Canada Homes and Ehren Cory, CEO of the Canada Infrastructure Bank shared thei...
Libraries: the last shared space?
Many of our cities’ biggest challenges right now are playing out inside public libraries. Library staff come face-to-face daily with issues relating to homelessness, substance use, mental and physical health, and, of course, education. As they con...
The Lifehouse: how neighbourhoods can prepare for disaster
The increased threat of extreme weather has made it increasingly clear that we need to better prepare for - and respond to - these events.Author Adam Greenfield thinks one answer is to create a new kind of institution at the heart of each neighbou...
Katrina at 20: lessons from New Orleans
Further reading: “How resilient is New Orleans Today” at The Brookings Institution.
Rebuilding Jasper: one year after the fire
Last summer, Beth Sanders was getting ready to lead a new planning department for Jasper, Alberta when the municipality was evacuated due to wildfires. The fires ended up destroying about a third of the town. Beth joins Mary to talk about the chal...
What will it take to finally end Canada’s housing crisis?
It’s no secret that Canada is in a housing crisis. The gap between incomes and housing prices has been growing for decades, as governments of all political stripes have promised to ease the burden. So what will it take to finally end it? Murtaza H...
Friend or Foe for Vibrant Neighbourhoods: Are Festivals Worth It?
Festivals can be a great excuse to get out and see something new. But they can also be disruptive to local residents and businesses. So when do they help a place thrive, and when are they more trouble than they’re worth? CityTalk host Mary Rowe ge...
Sharing the Streets
At the Canadian Urban Institute, better, future-proof infrastructure pervades every project and discussion we have. Ahead of the upcoming Ontario Bike Summit in Windsor, host Mary Rowe has a two-wheeled chat with leading advocates for more, bet...
Let's Talk About Placemaking
The title of this episode is shared with a report recently released by the Canadian Urban Institute. It compiles the findings from thousands of community-level placemaking projects along with perspectives on placemaking from leading practitione...
Centre-ville: en Conversation au Sommet
Housing and infrastructure present challenges to nations across the globe. CUI's State of Canada's Cities Summit was pleased to welcome Alain Resplendy-Bernard, director of State Buildings for the government of France, as a special guest panell...
Development & Redevelopment: Conversations from the Summit
Day 2 of CUI's State of Canada's Summit in Ottawa (December 2024) offered something new to attendees - walking tours of innovative project sites. Our microphones joined Brad Rodgers and Ana Bailao of Dream Unlimited for a tour of Zibi, a net-ze...
Housing Innovation and Governance: Conversations from the Summit
For the final episode gleaned from the State of Canada's Cities Summit, host Mary Rowe introduces a 'blue-ribbon' panel of housing experts recorded at the Beaver Barracks Housing Development in Ottawa. The discussion centres on the evolving rol...
Local Matters: Community Wealth Building with Heather Hachigian
Bolstering Canada's local economies has become an instant priority in the wake of proposed actions by the Trump administration. Fortunately, we have no shortage of smart people with innovative solutions already in the works. Canadian Ur...
Local Matters: The View from the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Host Mary Rowe welcomes another 'tariff/no tariff' conversation with Doug Griffiths and Heather Thomson of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, and frank talk about what could, and what shouldn't, happen in this moment of economic uncertainty (cri...
Local Matters: Supporting Community Businesses - A Conversation with Dan Kelly of the CFIB
We interrupt CUI's post-State of Canada's Cities Summit programming for some timely conversation about economic resilience. There's nothing like the wake-up call of a looming Canada-US trade war to focus the attention of communities everywhere ...
Culture, Equity, and Infrastructure: Conversations from the Summit
Mention infrastructure, and it's hard not to picture things like public buildings, transit systems and water/power distribution. However, other vital elements of urban society are, or should be, integrated into those things and need to be part ...
Building Better, Building Beautiful: Conversations from the Summit
The dozen panel discussions recorded in December 2024 on Day One of CUI's State of Canada's Cities Summit revolved around urban infrastructure in all its modern permutations, and how we need to build it better, faster and more sustainably. Howe...
Designing Cities, Day and Night: Conversations from the Summit
The Canadian Urban Institute's mobile podcast studio at the State of Canada's Cities Summit in Ottawa last December offered CUI staff the opportunity to chat with some of the leading voices attending the event. In this episode, media an...
Resilience and Innovation: Conversations from the Summit
More forward-thinking discussions on infrastructure from CUI's State of Canada's Cities Summit, these the first of several recorded by our mobile podcast studio. Featured upfront, host Mary Rowe shares a pre-lunch chat with Leila Ghaffa...
Setting the Agenda: Conversations from the Summit
As host Mary Rowe stated early in this series, once you understand what infrastructure is, you can't help but see it everywhere around you. This episode features two discussions recorded at the State of Canada's Cities Summit in Ottawa l...
