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Right To Home

COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerabilities in Canada’s housing and shelter systems. In July, CUI, The Shift, and 14 coast-to-coast partners hosted a week of virtual film screenings and live panel discussions about what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next, as we (re)imagine the right to home.

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COVID Signpost: 100 Days

New research on the impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian cities over the first 100 days of the crisis shows that our experiences with the pandemic have depended largely on who we are, and where we live.

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COVID100

June 19 marked 100 days since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. COVID100 marked the day with a look across Canada at how far we have come, and where we must go next. Watch the discussions, read the report, and view the 100 actions we need in the next 100 days.

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Cities in the Time of COVID-19

A new CUI series of online, candid conversations bringing together city builders of all stripes to discuss what’s working, what’s not and what’s next for urban communities across Canada

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CUI’s Impact During COVID-19

Read the latest about CUI’s projects, research and campaigns since the start of COVID-19 in our June newsletter

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A Call to Courage: An Open Letter to Canadian Urbanists

Jay Pitter, award-winning placemaker and CUI Senior Fellow, Equity-Based Placemaking, releases an open letter to Canadian urbanists with a toolkit of resources for responding to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations

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The Case for a Canadian Urban Policy Observatory

Research recommending the development of a “one-stop-shop” housing the best quantitative and qualitative data on Canada’s cities

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COVID-19 Initiatives

This is an all-hands-on-deck moment, one that calls for us to support our local governments and community agencies, and unleash our collective ingenuity.

CityShare Canada

A real-time, crowdsourced platform that houses resources, tools, and stories on how city-builders and residents are responding to COVID-19
#COVID19

CityWatch Canada

An interactive platform that tracks emergency response measures put in place by local governments across Canada, updated daily
#COVID19 #PublicFinance&Governance

CityTalk Canada

Candid conversations, analysis, and commentary on the new urban reality under COVID-19
#COVID19

Bring Back Main Street

A nationally coordinated research and advocacy campaign about finding the best solutions to ensure our main streets recover from COVID-19 and emerge more resilient than ever
#COVID19 #Downtowns&MainStreets #MainStreets

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COVID Signpost 100 Days

Research on the impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian cities over the first 100 days of the crisis shows that our experiences with the pandemic have depended largely on who we are, and where we live.
#COVID19

The Case for a Canadian Urban Policy Observatory

Research calling for the development of a “one-stop-shop” housing the best quantitative and qualitative data on Canada’s cities, as a building block toward greater intergovernmental dialogue on urban priorities.
#COVID19 #PublicFinance&Governance

A Call to Courage: An Open Letter to Canadian Urbanists

Jay Pitter, award-winning placemaker and CUI Senior Fellow, Equity-Based Placemaking, releases A Call to Courage: An Open Letter to Canadian Urbanists, with a toolkit of resources for responding to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations.

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CUI is Canada’s Urban Institute

The Canadian Urban Institute is the national platform that houses the best in Canadian city building – where policymakers, urban professionals, civic and business leaders, community activists and academics can learn, share and collaborate with one another from coast to coast to coast. Through research, engagement and storytelling, our mission is to ensure Canada builds vibrant, equitable, livable and resilient cities. (Registered charity #121844419 RR000)
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