Feature Stories - Municipal World

Creating a more inclusive Canada: Bringing women of all backgrounds to the table

Canada is home to many diverse groups of women, and it is becoming more and more apparent that these women need to be better represented ...

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Manage your energy at work

13 Benefits of Online Engagement

10 election season tips for municipal clerks and communicators

For many communities across the country this year … It’s election season! Potential municipal candidates have already begun to show their faces and raise their ...

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Partnering with private developers to create affordable housing in your municipality

Every community is experiencing some form of social and economic inequality, the most common being income inequality (which can be directly related to housing and ...

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Enforcing residential rental maintenance standards

Municipal leaders honoured for outstanding work building our communities

As the order of governments closest to daily life, municipalities are building tomorrow’s more livable, inclusive and sustainable communities. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) ...

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Smart Cities Challenge improving the lives of Canadians through innovation, data, and technology

At the FCM conference in Halifax, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the 20 finalists of the Smart Cities Challenge, the Government of Canada's new, competition-based approach ...

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Leveraging the power of LEAN in local government

Lean is not a new concept and Lean’s true beginnings are not agreed upon by scholars. Henry Ford is the most talked about pioneer of ...

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What gets measured gets done

It’s likely that we’ve all heard this before: “What gets measured, gets done.” This often-repeated maxim has, as its foundation, the basic principles of performance ...

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Six Canadian municipalities win national awards of excellence

Today, six Canadian municipalities have won national awards of excellence from the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA) in the areas of innovation, environment, and ...

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The struggle behind being liked: Why leaders should test their boundaries

Imagine you overhear a conversation about yourself where someone describes you as “nice” or “agreeable” or “likable.” How would you feel? Would you be pleased? ...

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