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Free to ROAM: Fare-free public transportation arrives in Alberta
One solution to the transit death spiral is to make transit free for riders and find alternative funding. In the past decade, at least six towns in Canada have made public transit free on local routes, including three in Alberta.
Fast Facts: Community vision for Portage Place
The clamour around the future of Portage Place has quieted down to a chirp, for the moment, closer to the timbre of the sparrows that…
In clear view: Confronting Canadian police use of facial recognition technology
If you blinked, you would have missed it: Last June, Canada’s national police force was found to have broken the law when they used facial recognition technology that violated the most basic aspects of Canada’s privacy laws.
The Monitor, March/April 2022
Out of service: Reimagining the future of Canada’s public transit Download 4.2 MB In the two years since Canada’s pandemic experience began, transit ridership across…
Nova Scotia’s homecare system needs more public funding and oversight
The province has a long way to go in improving its homecare infrastructure
The State of the Inner City Report 2021: Placing Community at the Heart of the Recovery from COVID
Download 8.11 MB108 pages Since the 2020 State of the Inner City report, which looked at the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19…
Settler work: The ongoing history of disproportionate force
Exploring the use of disproportionate force and the rise of militarized police forces in Canada through the history of policing in Canada.
Fast Facts: Placing Community at the Heart of the Recovery from COVID
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, February 23, 2022 While the COVID-19 pandemic shows no sign of ending anytime soon, public debates have shifted…
Economic recovery for whom? For all the talk of recovery, many women and gender-diverse people are still struggling
As we head into budget season, the question we should be asking is: recovery for whom?
Upzoning and housing affordability
With the 2022 municipal elections now in sight—and a housing affordability crisis that’s as bad as ever—the City of Vancouver has embarked on two new…
Upzoning Metro Vancouver’s Low-density Neighbourhoods for Housing Affordability
Download 3.06 MB24 pages It’s time to build the housing we need for the future of Metro Vancouver. To address the twin crises of housing…
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