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  • No Place: Asylum Seekers & Migrant Housing Deadlock in Canada

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZv7proyWeU Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways1. Cities Are Collective Acts of EmpathyCities are places where shared responsibility and collective empathy are crucial for the well-being of all residents. However, this sense of interconnectedness is often overlooked, leading to feelings of helplessness and isolation. To create supportive urban environments, it’s essential to rekindle…

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    Betting Big: Should Canada be Investing in Cultural Infrastructure?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj1emnUmG7Y&t=2141s Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways1. Cultural Infrastructure is Expanding GloballyThe growth of cultural infrastructure is not just a local trend but a global one. As Natalia Vartapetova highlighted, “What we are seeing really, from this most recent year and from prior years is that the investment in cultural infrastructure internationally continues…

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  • Systems, not symptoms: How do we address Mental Health and Wellbeing in Canada’s Downtowns?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tM43YhISLw Featured Guests You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways1. Mental health appears to be declining in CanadaThe urgency of addressing mental health issues is heightened by their increasing prevalence. Paul Stam, sergeant at Ottawa Police Services reported a “55% increase in mental…

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    Main Street Mosaics: Piecing together investments for complete communities

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciK-cyKLTRM Featured Guests You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeawaysThe new tool, measuringmainstreets.ca, is a comprehensive mapping and analysis platform for main streets across Canada. It provides data on business types, civic infrastructure, and neighborhood demographics, helping communities visualize and assess their main…

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  • Jump Start Investment: How can we accelerate housing-enabling infrastructure?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz-7vkkQ9JM Featured Guests You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways1. Housing-enabling infrastructure is expensiveIt is widely agreed that Canada needs to build more housing. Michael Fenn, Former Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for the Government of Ontario, suggests that half a…

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  • More Than Monuments: What’s on the agenda for capital downtowns?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ2H26_vwkQ Featured Guests You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways1. Bringing (back) vibrancy to downtownsDowntown is the first point of access to people coming into the city and for Capital Cities, they can represent the rest of the nation. A good first impression…

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