Social Imperative

In a recent editorial for the Globe and Mail, John Ibbitson writes "There is only so much Ottawa can do about Canada’s housing crisis." Although there is a desperate shortage of housing in most major

Cities throughout the world are grappling with skyrocketing housing costs, spurred by gentrification and rampant inflation. An increasingly widespread housing crisis has taken hold even in places that

New York City currently has an office vacancy rate of 17.4%, a figure that has skyrocketed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. As urbanists Edward Glaeser and Carlo Ratti claim, this empty

Ever since the trucker occupation in Ottawa, I have been puzzling over the lack of civic literacy coupled with the rise of populism. And are there ways to overcome mis and dis-information, and

We have certainly come through another difficult pandemic year that no one could have imagined. So, let us imagine an opening up of our communities in the coming year as we regain our freedoms. Let us

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced more ambitious climate targets during an April 2021 climate summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden. While the much-anticipated federal budget

You may wonder after the year we have just experienced why I would pick that title? The pandemic has given the world a pause, and ideally, a pause in which we have learned what is truly important to

COVID-19 cases and deaths have been concentrated in nursing homes, homeless shelters and other overcrowded housing situations. Just as we crowd and encroach on wildlife habitats, a major cause of the

Dr. Rob Newell and I will be presenting at a conference in the United Kingdom, November 30 to December 3, 2020. Rob is a former graduate of MEM, my former post-doc and Banting Fellow and is now the

Public dialogue and civic literacy are more important today than ever, yet our space for discussion is shrinking due to decreasing civility and violence over differing perspectives. I am reminded of