This Thursday on CityTalk Live

As trade dynamics evolve and political landscapes shift, the importance of sustaining cross-border alliances is more evident than ever. In this CityTalk, panellists will explore how communities can adapt to a changing trade environment, reinforce binational cooperation, and promote long-term regional resilience.

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Sacred Spaces, Civic Value: Making the Case for the Future of Faith-Built Assets

Nearly one-third of the country’s 27,000 churches and faith-built spaces could close within the next decade. As multi-purpose spaces for diverse community and civic needs, the loss of faith buildings is a problem—for everyone.

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Introducing Main Street Canada

An initiative coordinated by the Canadian Urban Institute, with partners working to strengthen the economic, social, cultural and environmental resilience of their main streets.

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Let's Talk About Placemaking

Through project spotlights, policy innovations, and strategic insights from experts, Let's Talk About Placemaking highlights the potential for placemaking to create thriving, resilient communities.

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Climate Ready Infrastructure Service for a more resilient Canada.

The Climate Ready Infrastructure Service is newly established capacity building project for local governments across Canada. The service connects local governments and communities with top climate experts to support the integration of low-carbon resilience into local infrastructure projects.

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Remaking Main Streets

Remaking Main Streets, dives deep into the possibilities of intensifying housing along Canada’s main streets, positioning this approach as feasible, financially viable, and desirable for communities and their residents. Canada has over 248,000 opportunities for housing intensification on main streets — But how do we unlock that potential?

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Making the Case for the Middle

This case report explores the potential of middle housing to alleviate Alberta’s housing challenges, scale production and meet demand by 2030. Funded by the Alberta Real Estate Foundation and created in collaboration with mddl.

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Measuring Main Streets

Discover CUI's one-of-a-kind data tool enabling city builders across Canada to make better investments in our communities through access to critical urban intelligence.

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The Canadian Urban Institute is a national charity on a mission to address urgent social, economic, environmental, and cultural challenges while supporting long-term resilience, vibrancy, and prosperity in communities across Canada.
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