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Unlocking Our Urban Futures: A Practical Toolkit for Infrastructure Planning

As Canadian cities and communities respond to calls to “build back better” in a post-COVID-19 era, this is an opportune time to think differen…

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Video: Welcome to the Community Solutions Portal

In this short video we introduce our solutions-based podcast the Future Fix and how we develop toolkits for communities

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Five Questions with Hayley Johnson of the City of Revelstoke

This new Innovation Series features some of the inspiring people working on smart solutions in communities across Canada

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

The Open Smart Community (OSC) and climate change movements can merge in productive ways

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The idea incubator: everything you need to know about the Northern Ideas Developme…

Got a great idea for solving a supply chain issue that impacts housing in Canada's northern and remote regions?

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10 tips for applying to the Housing Supply Challenge

Helpful hints for building and submitting your application.

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Five Questions with Ken Sanderson of Teach for Canada

This new Innovation Series features some of the inspiring people working on smart solutions in communities across Canada

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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…

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Placekeeping, righting relationships and an Indigenous reimagining of cities

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

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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…

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Unlocking Our Urban Futures: A Practical Toolkit for Infrastructure Planning

Video: Welcome to the Community Solutions Portal

Five Questions with Hayley Johnson of the City of Revelstoke

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

The idea incubator: everything you need to know about the Northern Ideas Developme…

10 tips for applying to the Housing Supply Challenge

Five Questions with Ken Sanderson of Teach for Canada

Open Smart Communities in Practice

Placekeeping, righting relationships and an Indigenous reimagining of cities

Innovation Toolkit: A community resource for data and technology projects

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Civic-Indigenous Placekeeping and Partnership Building Toolkit

Getting Started with Community Broadband

Parks and Open Spaces: Challenges and Opportunities of Smart Technologies

22 Ideas for Earth Day and Beyond

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

Nourishing smart city solutions: Data collaboration and food policy

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

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Parks and Open Spaces: Challenges and Opportunities of Smart Technologies

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

The Future Fix Podcast: The secret life of sensors

Ontario Affordable Housing Calculator

Design Thinking Module: 1. Understand

In Conversation with Edward Burtynsky