CityTalk Canada

About CityTalk Canada

What's working, what's not and what's next for Canada's cities. Presented by noted urbanist Mary Rowe, president and CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute.

Publisher

Canadian Urban Institute

Category

science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jul 2023

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

57 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Deep River Booms

   Innovation is, as with invention, another offspring of necessity... and it can happen in any community ⏤ like, for example, Deep River, Ontario. In this episode, Mary Rowe is pleased to introduce Neil Milton, whose novel approach to building affordable apartments in small communities is more than simply timely. Find out more about Neil's projects here. Talk to us from your city

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Jane's Ideas - Then & Again

   Contemporary urbanists continue to find inspiration in the ideas crafted, tested and authored by American-Canadian activist Jane Jacobs more than fifty years ago. Mary Rowe revisits some of Jane's visionary work with two fellow devotees - Toronto environmental writer Lloyd Alter and former Toronto mayor John Sewell - and how it's as timely as ever to Canada's rapidly-shifting economy. Carbon Upfront - Lloyd Alter on Substack The Story of Upfront Carbon - book by Lloyd AlterBooks by...

3. 

   1 Oct 2026

   The Economics and Politics of Place

   This increasingly longer and larger 'moment' of economic and geopolitical upheaval impacts communities across Canada, though the extent is often had to gauge at ground level. That's one reason the world gave us economists. Veteran economist and columnist Armine Yalnizyan give Mary Rowe her wide horizontal view of fresh policies being added by the Carney government and their effects on the ground...here and elsewhere. Talk to us from your city

Who has been a guest on CityTalk Canada

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Eleanor McMahon
• Lanrick Bennett Jr
• Leona Medley
• Anneke Smit
• Andrea Barrack

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

27 ratings

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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