Resources and tools

Finding Common Ground: Integrated Climate Action for Open Smart Communities in Canada

22 Ideas for Earth Day and Beyond

From community clean-ups and e-waste drop offs, to tree planting and seedling giveaways, Earth Day (April 22) activities have become an import…

Open Smart Communities in Practice

This report documents the progress of several ‘smart city’ initiatives currently underway in communities across Canada. It will be particularl…

Are you applying to the Northern Access Round of the Housing Supply Challenge? Fiv…

Key takeaways from the Northern Access Round Launch

Placekeeping, righting relationships and an Indigenous reimagining of cities

An interview with author and Civic-Indigenous Toolkit writer Tanya Chung-Tiam-Fook

Smart Cities and Human Rights

In this brief, the authors outline the risks that smart city technologies pose to human rights as set out in Canadian law.

Innovation Toolkit: A community resource for data and technology projects

Many Canadian communities are starting to include smart technology in their planning. As smart technology becomes more accessible and affordab…

Civic-Indigenous Placekeeping and Partnership Building Toolkit

Aani bozhoo, kweh, tansi, shé:kon, éy swayel, ulakoot, greetings!

Getting Started with Community Broadband

Getting Started with Community Broadband is the first installment of this suite of toolkits designed to support small communities across Canad…

Technology procurement: Shaping future public value

New technologies are raising a wide range of uncharted digital rights and digital governance issues, while also challenging long-established p…

Advancing Community Resilience through Smart Approaches: A Resource for Canadian C…

The Toolkit is an outcome of the lessons learned by Canadian communities that attended the British Columbia Idea Camp in Victoria, British Col…

The Key Role Supportive Housing Plays in Canada’s Housing Supply

Evergreen is asking experts from the housing sector across Canada to share their experiences and highlight some key barriers to new housing supply.

Nourishing smart city solutions: Data collaboration and food policy

This research brief explores the issue of data collaboration among local community partners, drawing lessons from efforts to address food inse…

The Future Fix: Tech lessons COVID taught us

The Future Fix is a collaboration between Evergreen and Spacing for the Community Solutions Network.

Partnering for Success with Community Broadband

Partnering for Success with Community Broadband is the third instalment of this suite of toolkits designed to support small communities across…

Parks and Open Spaces: Challenges and Opportunities of Smart Technologies

Authors: Danielle Lenarcic Biss, Pamela Robinson This research brief explores the implications of deploying new technologies into public space…

Building Our Urban Futures: Inside Canada’s Infrastructure and Real Estate Needs

The time has come to massively invest in Canada's infrastructure. Canada’s historical underinvestment in infrastructure has reached a critical…

The Future Fix Podcast: The secret life of sensors

The Future Fix is a collaboration between Evergreen and Spacing for the Community Solutions Network

Ontario Affordable Housing Calculator

Introducing the Ontario Affordable Housing Calculator - a tool built to inspire and support emerging affordable housing developments and polic…

Design Thinking Module: 1. Understand

Develop a system understanding of your Housing Supply Challenge solution. At this point, your team has a challenge statement, which describes …

In Conversation with Edward Burtynsky

This session was presented as part of Future Cities Canada: #UnexpectedSolutions.