Publications List (Free of charge) The following is a list
of publications available to you free of charge:
“Broadband in Ontario from an Urban and Regional Perspective: digital divides, content inflation, citizen engagement, and criteria for success” A report prepared by the Canadian Urban Institute in 2007.
"Bracing
for the Demographic Tsunami:
How will Canada's Seniors Fare in
an Aging Society?" Presentation
to the Canadian Institute of Planners, Québec
City, June 4, 2007 by Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP, Director, Education
and Research, Canadian Urban Institute, Gordon Harris, MCIP, President
and CEO, SFU Community Trust, Ian Ferguson, MD, FRCPC and Sébastien
Lord, B.Sc.Urb., M.Sc.Arch.
“Nature Count$: Valuing Southern Ontario’s Natural Heritage”
With major emphases on recent rural demographic and economic changes, human health, social benefits and the importance of natural assets to the rural and provincial economies, Nature Count$ provides a review of the socio-economic contributions of natural areas in southern Ontario. The study also presents a preview of research needs for a comprehensive investigation of greenspace benefits. While commissioned by the Ministry of Natural Resources, at the request of the Natural Spaces Leadership Alliance, the Nature Count$ study is for discussion purposes only and does not represent ministry or government policy, or the policy of any of the Alliance member organizations.
"Mobility Impaired - Mobility
Repaired: Are Planners Ready for an Aging Society?" Presentation
to the Canadian Institute of Planners, World Planners Congress,
Vancouver, B.C., June 18, 2006 by Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP, Director,
Education and Research, Canadian Urban Institute, Gordon Harris,
MCIP, Principal, Harris Consulting and Ian Ferguson, MD, FRCPC. Warning: large document Click
here to download.
"Can Planners Help Protect the Mobility of an Aging Population?" Presentation given by Glenn Miller, Director,
Education and Research, Canadian Urban Institute, Dr. Ian
Ferguson, psycho-geriatrician, and Gordon Harris, principal,
Harris Consulting, at the 2005 Canadian Institute of Planners
Conference in Calgary Alberta. By 2041, over a quarter of
Canada's population
will be comprised of seniors. This panel reviews the social,
economic and design challenges planners will face in the
near future across all Canadian urban regions. Warning: large document Click
here to download.
"Business Competitiveness in the GTA: Why Toronto is Losing
Ground" - June 2005 The Canadian
Urban Institute, with Gordon Harris of Harris Consulting, was retained
by the Toronto Office Coalition to study the effect on business competitiveness
of current property tax inequities between Toronto
and the surrounding jurisdictions. The report also examines
the longer-term consequences of development patterns
in the region.
“Assessment of Options for Homes and the ‘Options’ Model for the production of Low – Income Ownership Housing”
A CUI report submitted to Toronto Community Housing Corporation & City of Toronto’s Let’s Build Program in 2005, prepared by Jeff Evenson, Executive Vice President and David Millar, David Millar Associates. Click here to download.
