Munk + Urban Policy

As mentioned in my previous blog post, our class had the opportunity to write a report for the United Way Greater Toronto for our final…

This week our seminar group provided our final reports to the United Way in support of their ILEO initiative. The reports were meant to…

For our final assignment, a recommendation report to United Way Greater Toronto, my group faced the daunting task of finding tax…

Last night marked the official end of the course on urban policy, a thoroughly positive experience unlike any other course I participated…

Our PPG2017 — Urban Policyclass as part of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy taught by Gabriel Eidelman has come to an…

During our last Urban Policy seminar, we presented our preliminary research and report for our final United Way presentations. During my…

Themes about inclusive growth and gentrification sparked my thoughts about the intersection of how neighbourhoods change over time, and…

In our last formal seminar, our Urban Policy class explored the United Way and its unique position in the community. With the numerous…

I will begin this post by fully disclaiming that I am most certainly not an expert in European policy so what follows is more so personal…

This week set the stage for our final assignment with trips to the United Way Greater Toronto, the Golden Mile neighbourhood, and the…

Last week we explored the non-profit role in urban policy. We normally think about the role of different governments in urban policy, but…

During last week’s visit to the United Way Greater Toronto headquarters and the Greater Golden Mile of Scarborough, we were introduced to…

In an episode of Shameless, protagonist Frank Gallagher acquires a homeless shelter in Chicago’s rapidly-gentrifying South Side. His new…

Over the course of this semester we have learned about many different ways to think about the intersections between urban life and public…

This past week our class for PPG2017 — Urban Policy had the opportunity to meet with people who work for or have experience working with…

As we discovered during our class trip this week to Scarborough’s Golden Mile, the solution to the problem of gentrification isn’t as…

Despite living in Scarborough for almost 20 years and visiting my uncle every week near Victoria Park and Eglinton, I had no idea that the…

This week, which marked our final week of instruction, we were introduced to the civil society perspective of municipal governance. The…