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[Jane's Walk Toronto @JanesWalkTO]

🚲 FEATURED JANE’S WALK
with @UofTCities

For the Love of Raccoons Ride

🗓 Sun, May 3
⏰ 10:00–11:30 AM
👤 @LanrickBennett

A city-wide ride exploring Toronto through its most unlikely mascot—the raccoon.

📍 Start: Raccoon Park (86 Soudan Ave)

🏁 End: Biidaasige Park (Commissioners & Munition)
Free. Join us:

#JanesWalk #OurStreetsOurStories #Toronto #CycleTO

[Jane's Walk Global @janeswalk]

Jane's Walk was featured in the Learning From What Works initiative led by @UofTCities and the Canadian Urban Institute

[Institute for Management & Innovation (IMI) 🇨🇦 @IMIUofT]

Mapping #tariffs: Professors @TaraVinodrai & @profchapple recently led a project on potential local impacts to jobs and businesses across #Canada - read more in The Toronto Star: https://t.co/MAPHwtcajS

Read the full project @ https://t.co/XWuI6ga7DV

@MUI_UofT @UofTCities

[IMFG @imfgtoronto]

Join us for our 13th Annual Toronto City Manager's Address as Paul Johnson speaks on "Feeding Focus and Starving Distraction: Focusing on Priorities to Deliver on Torontonians' Investment."

Nov. 18 at 4:30 at University of Toronto

https://t.co/BNe96ivPni

[School of Cities @UofTCities]

Sept. 25, 1 p.m. ET: CERES welcomes Sara O’Connor to speak about her book on how people in urban spaces maneuver authorities to advance common interests & affect change in the policy while staying safe in settings of political repression. Register: https://t.co/lFCo60E87c

[Etobicoke Climate Action @EtobicokeCA]

Check out this recent project @UofTCities mapping street space allocation in Toronto.

It shows that more than 80% of transportation infrastructure in T.O. is designed for cars, far more than how people actually travel & what residents want prioritized.
https://t.co/w4REOv5URx

[UTM Research & Innovation @UTM_Research]

🏡New for @thewalrus , Prof. Alan Walks (@UTM_GGE) joins researchers Aniket Kali and Jeff Allen from @UofTCities to discuss the shifting political attitudes in Canada's suburbs.
https://t.co/YEtia5yetS

[IMFG @imfgtoronto]

Don't want to miss our upcoming City Manager's Address or our latest paper? Keep up with the latest in IMFG's papers, events, and updates by subscribing to our mailing list here.

https://t.co/njyVIkBVSr

[IMFG @imfgtoronto]

Jean-Philippe Meloche and Fanny Tremblay-Racicot conclude the latest IMFG paper with observations of the state of eco-fiscal tools in Canada. 4/4
https://t.co/wOhqTgo4if

[HousingNowTO @HousingNowTO]

@OLTCAnews @UofTCities …encouraging our not-for-profit and municipal partners at #AMO2025 to engage with available @UofTCities & @IIutoronto programs at @UofT like the new cohort of “Social Purpose Real Estate” (SPRE) innovation + acceleration projects…

LEARN MORE - https://t.co/5picrJZneI

[University of Toronto @UofT]

Marginalized neighbourhoods across Canada have fewer & smaller street trees, according to a new #UofT study 🏡 https://t.co/eONdkIooOh

[U of T International @uoft_intl]

Last week, @UofTCities announced a partnership with four institutions from across the globe to conduct joint research on how urbanites navigate and shape the environment in which they live. 🏢

Read more: https://t.co/Bn29TKNex2

[University of Toronto @UofT]

Reimagined 90 Queen’s Park project to foster collaboration, city-building and civic engagement ➡️ https://t.co/gbXr76aXqz

[University of Toronto @UofT]

#UofT researchers use AI to 'see' beyond a structure's facade in Google Street View 📍 https://t.co/8AveQzb6uP

[IMFG @imfgtoronto]

Join us on June 10 as IMFG Graduate Fellow Peter Wu discusses the impact of the introduction of the land transfer tax in Toronto in 2008.

Register for the in-person seminar:
https://t.co/CzVh47Urn8

[Spacing @Spacing]

Congestion confusion: @LanrickBennett on What We Feel, What We're Told, and What the Data Reveals https://t.co/ccGMJQLCg7

[HousingNowTO @HousingNowTO]

[Toronto, ON] APRIL 2025 - Federal Election Results by Riding.

🔴 FEDERAL LIBERALS (23 x MP Seats w/ 7-Rookie MPs)
🔵 FEDERAL CONSERVATIVES (1 x Rookie MP Seat)

Our #AffordableHousing volunteers are available to assist w/ MP & Staff briefings & tours.

https://t.co/qae3V0x0a3

[Spacing @Spacing]

What’s in a Name? @LanrickBennett argues that Toronto should develop Indigenous names for Toronto's municipal wards. https://t.co/V8AnYIdWjU

[IMFG @imfgtoronto]

Did you miss IMFG @ 20? Watch panels including IMFG co-founders Enid Slack and Alan Broadbent; Gabriel Eidelman, Alexandra Flynn and Zack Taylor on municipal governance; and Enid Slack, Adam Found and Matti Siemiatycki on municipal finance.

https://t.co/6C06zKkzRc