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CityTalk Canada

CityTalk Canada  is a virtual town square with webinars and blog posts to engage policymakers, community leaders, and practitioners in making sense of on-the-ground problems, often exacerbated by COVID, that now need permanent ‘fixing’. This platform is laying the foundation for collaborative learning and problem-solving across the urban Canada.

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Type:

Initiative

Date:

2020

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