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Canada’s recreation and parks are more than fun and games, they are indispensable community assets

Connected Communities Martin Sampson and Jacob Gorenkoff -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org Parks are indispensable community assets. More federal funding would reinvigorate recreational spaces and help municipalities respond...

Follow the U.S. lead on funding inter-regional bus service

Connected Communities Colin Pratte -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org (Version française disponible ici) Since 1981, the number of weekly intercity coach departures in Quebec has fallen...

Communities are essential to powering change

Connected Communities Pamela McGill -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org There is often a tension in response to the climate and ecological crises, pitting individual action...

Community broadband: providing a local solution with a global reach

Connected Communities Shraddha Kumbhar -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com According to a 2023 study by the International Telecommunications Union, approximately 2.6 billion people are unconnected...

Could using smart devices to schedule on-demand public transportation provide better service at lower cost?

Connected Communities Seyed Mehdi Meshkani, Nizar Bouguila, Siavash Farazmand and Zachary Patterson -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Suburban residents often face challenges receiving reliable and accessible bus transit — riders often complain about...

A world in crisis requires we recover the common good beginning in the places where we live

Connected Communities Patrick Mazza -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org A world going in the wrong direction The converging crises facing our world today shout out the...

Envisioning a Steady-State Comprehensive Plan

Connected Communities Dave Rollo -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org ”Economic growth” is commonplace in the daily news. We assume it’s a good thing, that ...

China’s clever plan to save its dying shopping malls

Connected Communities John Rennie Short -
Click here to view original web page at www.fastcompany.com The U.S. invented shopping malls, but China is writing their next chapter. On a recent research trip...

Program at Hamilton Public Library shows how libraries can expand the social services they provide

Connected Communities Nicole Dalmer,Bridget Marsdin and Leora Sas van der Linden -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com When we need help or advice, it’s not always clear where to go, what resources are...

Building a Local Farming Food Hub

Connected Communities Larry Pynn -
Click here to view original web page at thetyee.ca The Comox Valley Organic Co-operative connects growers ...

The AI Act: deregulation in disguise

Connected Communities Aida Ponce Del Castillo -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu The loopholes in the AI Act emerging from trilogue negotiations ...

Ontario’s regional universities are in jeopardy — and so are the future of our communities

Connected Communities Deborah MacLatchy and Charlotte Yates -
Click here to view original web page at spon.ca Regional universities are shouldering the costs of educating citizens and face ...

How 120 of the world’s major cities could cut transport CO2 by 22%

Connected Communities Charlotte Liotta and Vincent Viguié -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Cities are often overlooked as being a major contributor to climate change. Yet their diversity has...

Turning a new leaf: Can compact development help salvage suburbia

Connected Communities Bart Hawkins Kreps -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Social critic James Howard Kunstler referred to suburban sprawl as “the greatest misallocation of resources in...

How Community Energy Initiatives Can Be an Effective Tool for Degrowth

Connected Communities Mariana Villegas-Mendoza -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org The consensus among scientists is resounding: climate change poses a grave threat to both human...

Canada’s trains are key to a sustainable future

Connected Communities Curated by SocialCommons.ca -
Click here to view original web page at breachmedia.ca https://youtube.com/watch?v=5MhQI_Mcux4 Imagine this: It’s a hot summer day, and you want to escape Toronto for Georgian Bay. You...

It’s time for a national bus service

Connected Communities Charlotte Dalwood -
Click here to view original web page at rabble.ca In Part One of a new series on building a post-car Canada, Charlotte Dalwood outlines the...

Local Food Initiatives for Rapid Transition

Connected Communities Henry Coleman -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org As a nature-loving child growing up in the 2000s, I was debilitated and depressed by the...

What the TTC can learn from the Delhi Metro

Connected Communities Shreya Kalra -
Click here to view original web page at rabble.ca Other than the fact that New Delhi and Toronto are struggling hard to be recognized as...

On frontlines of social crisis, librarians resist fortress mentality

Connected Communities Cierra Bettens -
Click here to view original web page at breachmedia.ca Increasingly the ‘first responders’ to homelessness and the overdose epidemic, library workers are struggling to maintain...
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