MUNISCOPE is Canada’s national resource on municipal issues, sponsored by the Provincial-Territorial Officials Committee on Local Government (PTOC), formerly the Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research (ICURR). With a dedicated team of professional researchers backed by the largest circulating library of its kind in Canada, Muniscope is your best source for information to support local government policies, practices and service delivery.
REPORTS
Federal Budget 2022–2023: Highlights and Reactions
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COVID-19 News Update: Actions and Guidelines to Address the Pandemic for Canadian Local Governments (March 28–April 11, 2022)
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Strategic Plan 2020–2025 of the Provincial-Territorial Officials Committee on Local Government
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LIBRARY
SERVICES
The Muniscope library is one of Canada's foremost document collections focusing on material related to local government and planning. The catalogue provides access to the library's many books, papers, technical reports and conference proceedings as well as web-based reports and journal articles.
New Books This Month:
Delivery by design: Intermunicipal contracting, shared services, and Canadian local government
/ Spicer, Zachary Devon. — Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2022.
Dream states: Smart cities, technology, and the pursuit of urban utopias
/ Lorinc, John. — Toronto, ON : Coach House Books, 2022.
Rights and the city: Problems, progress, and practice
/ Agrawal, Sandeep Kumar. (Ed.). — Edmonton, AB : University of Alberta Press, 2022.
Supporting shrinkage: Better planning and decision-making for legacy cities
/ Johnson, Michael P.; Hollander, Justin B.; Kinsey, Eliza W.; Chichirau, George R.; & Burnett, Charla. — Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2021.