At the crossroads: Summit on the state of Canada’s cities

Left to right: Karen Chapple, Director, School of Cities and Professor, Geography & Planning, U of T; Don Iveson, Former Mayor, Edmonton and Canadian Urban Leader, School of Cities; Scott Stirrett, Founder, Venture for Canada; Andrew Bond, Inner City Health Associates; Ursula Eicker, Next Generation Cities, Concordia University; Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist, Conference Board of Canada. All pictured at the State of Canada’s Cities Summit meeting in Ottawa, Ontario. (Photo: Hot Shoe Productions)

The School of Cities partnered with the Canadian Urban Institute to prepare the first annual State of Canada’s Cities report, which was released on November 30, 2023 at a summit in Ottawa.

The report includes entries from many researchers associated with the School of Cities, including a feature co-authored by Karen Chapple, a professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and director of the School of Cities, on how universities can support cities. Other suggestions include making better use of public land and converting office buildings into housing.