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
REPORTS
COVID-19 News Update: Actions and Guidelines to Address the Pandemic for Canadian Local Governments (November 22–29, 2021)
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Federal Budget 2021–2022: Highlights and Reactions
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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:
Big city elections in Canada
/ Lucas, Jack & McGregor, R. Michael. (Eds.). — Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2021.
Keeping Canada running: Infrastructure and the future of governance in a pandemic world
/ Doern, G. Bruce; Stoney, Christopher; & Hilton, Robert. — Montréal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021.
Nature-based solutions for more sustainable cities: A framework approach for planning and evaluation
/ Croci, Edoardo & Lucchitta, Benedetta. (Eds.). — Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
The platform economy and the smart city: Technology and the transformation of urban policy
/ Zwick, Austin & Spicer, Zachary Devon. (Eds.). — Montréal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021.