Technology and innovation transform the ways that we interact with governments, purchase products and manage our health and lives. This turmoil affects cities, where the accelerating digitalization of our economy has opened the door for…

In March, urbanist and author Alain Bertaud, a senior research scholar at the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management, visited Toronto to give a presentation on cities and discuss the findings of his new book, Order Without Design: How…

Safety and stability thrust Canada into the spotlight during the Global Financial Crisis and initiated a transformative decade. An influx of global capital, record construction activity, rising home prices and the pace of technological…

“Canadian commercial real estate has been a primary benefactor of a decade of economic growth and distinction on the global stage. Further integration into the global economy coupled with technological change has produced new sources of…

After more than three decades of talk about the potential of building green, we’ve still failed to change the way we design and construct buildings so that the built environment stops being a dominant contributor to runaway climate change.…

A healthy and happy city includes creating social capital — those benefits that come with social networks, public spaces and community, much as the Danes have in their famous city of Copenhagen. Toronto’s focus, too, should be on…

A team of researchers has mapped out smart city technologies across Canada.The plan for Google’s Sidewalk Labs in Toronto has continued to attract criticism. The company has yet to release a clear picture or detailed…

About 100 homes in Angus, Ont. were damaged by a tornado in June 2014. Ten lost their roofs and had to be demolished. Gregory Alan Kopp, Western University, Author providedThe impacts of floods, wildfires and other catastrophic…

Limited and imperfect information is making many landlords question what to do about retail-cannabis tenants. To many, the answer is “wait and see.”

Ontario government releases strict regulations for recreational cannabis retailers.