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CUI Awards recognize Urban Leaders across Canada
CUI News, Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Toronto, Ontario – Seven individuals and groups have been chosen as the winners of this year’s Urban Leadership Awards program for making Canada’s cities healthier, safer, and more dynamic places to live and work. Ranging from a mixed-media collaborative documentary program that helps communities re-envision their highrise neighbourhoods to a volunteer-led festival of urban literacy, to individuals who have dedicated years...
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Internship Opportunities Available at CUI
CUI News, Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Calling all youth! Recruitment for the Canadian Urban Institute's (CUI) 2013 International Youth Internship program has begun! CUI is looking to place twenty interns across projects in Ethiopia, the Philippines, Ukraine and Jamaica to improve urban management and foster local economic growth. For more information, visit CUI's Careers & Internships web page. Recruitment is open until the positions are filled, but applicants...
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William “Bill” Teron to Receive the 2013 Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award
CUI News, Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Glenn Miller, acting President & CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute, is pleased to announce that the winner of this year's Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award is William "Bill" Teron, who is well known in Eastern Ontario and beyond as the "Father of Kanata," a greenbelt satellite city now amalgamated into the City of Ottawa. Mr. Teron will receive...
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Now Accepting Nominations For the 10th Annual Urban Leadership Awards
CUI News, Thursday, January 24, 2013
The Canadian Urban Institute is now accepting nominations for the 10th Annual Urban Leadership Awards which will be held on June 17th, 2013 in Ottawa, Ontario. The Urban Leadership Awards (ULA) Program is an annual initiative designed to recognize those who have made significant contributions to improving the quality of life in Canada’s cities and urban regions. ULA recipients define the...
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New Report By Strategic Regional Research: A Region In Transition
CUI News, Tuesday, January 01, 2013
At a time when there is so much focus on transit and congestion throughout the Greater Toronto Area, Strategic Regional Research (SRR), an entity established to provide independent research on regional issues of competitiveness, today released its first in depth study. The 70 page report says that the key to solving GTA transportation problems is a comprehensive planning vision that...
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New Report Published: Housing For Older Canadians — The Definitive Guide To The Over-55 Market
CUI News, Friday, November 02, 2012
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has just released “Housing for Older Canadians — The Definitive Guide to the Over-55 Market,” a five volume virtual document developed to address the housing needs of Canadians aged 55 and older. The intended audience is developers, project sponsors and industry stakeholders such as faith groups and other non-profit developers. The guide, prepared by...
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New CUI Report: The Value of Investing in Canadian Downtowns
CUI News, Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) was engaged by the International Downtown Association – Canadian Issues Task Force to carry out one of the most significant reviews of Canadian downtowns to date. This project is the first of its kind - examining 10 Canadian downtown (Halifax, Fredericton, Ottawa, Toronto, London, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria) to assess changes in attitudes, perceptions,...
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CUI Partner in Jamaica takes ‘Best Community’ Title
CUI News, Thursday, September 13, 2012
Treasure Beach, one of CUI’s partner communities in Jamaica, won the title of ‘Best Community’ for 2012. The National Best Communities Competition and Programme was launched in 2006 to encourage the development of sustainable communities through their involvement in a variety of activities that promote local governance, self-help and self-reliance. The Treasure Beach Community Development Committee (CDC) will collect a...
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CUI Among Official Canadian Delegation to World Urban Forum 2012
CUI News, Friday, August 31, 2012
The Canadian Urban Institute’s (CUI) Canadian and international staff and partners will be journeying to Naples, Italy to participate in the sixth session of the United Nations Human Settlement Programme’s (UN-HABITAT) World Urban Forum (WUF6). CUI will be attending as part of Canada’s official delegation, led by Colleen Swords, the Associate Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and...
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Philippines Loses A Champion of Good Local Governance: Jesse Robredo, 1958 – 2012
CUI News, Sunday, June 24, 2012
This past week in a tragic airplane crash, the Philippines lost its cabinet minister responsible for the country’s local government system. The Honorable Jesse Robredo was the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, under the administration of President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III. As the country mourns the loss of an inspirational leader and a man admired for his decency,...
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