This is the outline for a course given as part of the 2005 WIRA Summer Institute. Course content is organized around a number of broad thematic areas related to neighbourhood studies. Themes include: defining the inner ...

"To mark the 25th anniversary of Winnipeg's unified civic government, the Institute of Urban Studies organized "The State of Unicity-25 Years Later Conference," held at The University of Winnipeg, October 3-4, 1997. The ...

While in Canada health care falls in provincial jurisdiction, health itself is everyone's responsibility, and, it may be argued, particularly that of municipal government. Health, according to the World Health Organization ...

This report attempts to analyze the main trends and the most significant work in the field of urban historiography and it is organized around four key themes. The report is, in part, a historiographical essay. But it is, ...

Land use planning in Canada is in the process of undergoing a radical shift as legislation, much of which dates from the 1980s or even the 1970s, is less and less able to cope with the increasing complexity of land use ...