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A behavioural look at city planning

Where do people sit when they sit in a park? What activities do they partake as they walk down the street? And, how do you ...

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Political acuity: A guide to managing conflict in the workplace

Political acuity – understanding how the unknowns and the world around us impact the decisions we make – plays a big role in local government. ...

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Cannabis legalization: Change is constant and we're prepared to face it

The only constant in local government is change. And, with the recent legalization of recreational cannabis, municipalities across Canada are gearing up to face the ...

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Urban wellness: Benefits to social innovation

How do we improve urban wellness? With holistic social innovation planning. The City of Edmonton's Samuel Juru (Project Manager, Strategic Planner) and Amanda Rancourt (Strategic ...

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Updating security culture in the workplace

In an organization, everyone who uses a computer should be part of the security team. Frank Fazio from CySAT (Cyber Security Awareness Training) chats with ...

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A reflection on inclusivity and equity in service delivery

How do we understand the needs of the people we serve? How do we go about designing services around these needs? Marc Hébert, Director of ...

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Sex, Lies & Amalgamations ... the Sequel

Inspired by the movie Sex, Lies, and Videotape, my provocatively titled article in the February 1997 issue of Municipal World began by confessing that while ...

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Three pitfalls to avoid in municipal strategic planning

It is easy to get so caught up in the day-to-day aspects of running a municipality or municipal department that you never get around to ...

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Getting women into the game

The United Nations has suggested local governments reach a 30 percent threshold when it comes to adequate gender representation, yet recent Federation of Canadian Municipalities ...

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The many faces and sizes of main street revitalization

Downtowns, main streets, and “four corners” are all areas that often anchor the local economy. As such, finding funds to improve municipal infrastructure and/or aesthetic ...

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Secrets of good asset management planning

Good asset management planning provides elected officials with a better understanding of community infrastructure challenges. While assets provide services that contribute to residential quality of ...

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Hunting gorillas in the corridors

At great length, and in excruciating detail, a manager described a problem she was having with one of her employees. She ended her sad story ...

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