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Cities are central to capitalism—and could be central to its undoing
The decades after the French Revolution were tumultuous in Paris. Every few years, it seemed, the popular classes, made up of the poor and oppressed…
Canadian policy innovations
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The intersectional city
Cities reflect the avoidable—yet escalating—inequality that stems from prioritizing financial profits over the well-being of people and our environment.
Taking back our cities
When I was living in Edmonton, I managed to snag one of the (relatively) rare apartments in that city where you could walk to the…
#Blocksidewalk, the last progressive NIMBY effort?
#Blocksidewalk was a grassroots campaign that formed in 2019 after a Toronto Star article reported that Google-subsidiary Sidewalk Labs was after hundreds of acres of publicly owned…
The Monitor – Spring 2024
Today, more than 80 per cent of Canada’s population lives in cities. They’re the engines of economic growth, but far too many cities are stuck…
Electoral reform could be key to solving the housing affordability crisis—and more
“People are struggling across this country like I have never seen before in my lifetime.”
It’s time to make reparations for the transatlantic slave trade
Today, there is an international conversation in former slave-trading nations about the intergenerational economic, social and cultural effects of the transatlantic slave trade.
Envisioning a well-being economy: inspiration and hard questions
Another world is possible—let’s imagine what it looks like
Insights into a well-being economy
How could we reorganize Alberta’s economy to serve the needs to the people and the land?
The role of financial institutions
What would an economy organized around well-being look like—and what type of financial institutions would it support?
On hope and seeking common cause in 2024
We can’t make systemic changes without looking at the system.
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