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The Lawyer’s Daily: Windsor Law Centre for Cities report examines impact of pandemic on municipal governance

(13 October 2020) The Lawyer's Daily reports on the centre’s first report, States of Emergency: Decision-Making and Participatory Governance in Canadian…

Centre for Cities Director Dr. Anneke Smit joins CBC morning radio shows across Ontario to discuss Centre report on municipal states of emergency

Director of the Windsor Law Centre for Cities, Dr. Anneke Smit joined CBC morning radio shows across the province on…

University of Windsor Daily News: Professor Chapdelaine takes up research fellowship to explore regulation of big data

(22 October 2020) Windsor Law Centre for Cities faculty affiliate, Professor Chapdelaine, is assuming the role of research fellow at…

Climate Blog: World Habitat Day a moment to highlight housing, climate intersections

(5 October 2020) by Narmada Gunawardana. Today, October 5th 2020, marks this year’s World Habitat Day. According to the UN…

Guest Blog: Strengthening democracy through intersectional environmentalism in post-COVID-19 Windsor-Essex

(2 October 2020) By Cameron Fioret and Niharika Bandaru The COVID-19 crisis is the most serious global health emergency in…

CTV News Windsor: Windsor Law Centre for Cities releases first report focusing on municipal governance during COVID-19

(29 September 2020) CTV News Windsor looks at The Windsor Law Centre for Cities' first report, "States of Emergency: Decision-making…

CBC WINDSOR: Professors Sukanya Pillay and Kristen Thomasen comment on use of COVID-19 database

(08 September 2020) According to a CBC Windsor article, the Windsor Police Service's decision to access the provincial COVID-19 database…

Climate Blog: Windsor Ward 7 by-election candidates share their views on climate change in Cities and Climate Action Forum survey

(1 October 2020) by Klaudia Grabkowska, Narmada Gunawardana, Katie Pfaff and Valerie Tan The City of Windsor’s Ward 7 by-election is scheduled…

States of Emergency: Decision-making and participatory governance in Canadian municipalities during COVID-19

Read the report here (29 September 2020) The Windsor Law Centre for Cities has released its first report, on states…

Guest Blog: Take the students outside this school year, especially in our cities

(17 September 2020) By Josh Fullan [cross-posted with Spacing.ca] With school resuming, the most important message many Canadian students can…

New podcast “Just Planet: Laws, Life and Global Crises” from Sukanya Pillay touches city-related topics

The new series from Centre for Cities-affiliated researcher Sukanya Pllay often addresses city-related topics. Recent episodes have included housing rights,…

Cities and Climate Action Report Release: Canadian Municipalities’ Community Energy Plan (CEP) Case Studies

(31 August 2020) This research report was completed by Windsor Law 2019-2020 Cities and Climate Action Forum students on request…