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OVERDUE: The Case for Canada’s Public Libraries is the product of three years of CUI’s engagement with Canada’s urban public libraries through the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, issued with the Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC/CBUC) details the significance of public libraries for Canada’s post-pandemic recovery, competitiveness, and resilience.

Let’s Talk About Placemaking is a new magazine-like publication developed collaboratively by Canada’s Placemaking Community, a CUI initiative, Community Foundations of Canada, and a range of leading practitioners across Canada and internationally. It’s a visually rich resource that provides a comprehensive look at the value created by contemporary placemaking in Canada.

A Jump Start: Providing Infrastructure for More Housing, estimates that the cost of housing-enabling infrastructure across Canada averages over $100,000 per new home. Considering Canada’s housing targets, the report suggests there are likely hundreds of billions of dollars required to fund the housing-enabling infrastructure needed across the country.

Faith spaces across Canada are disappearing at an alarming rate. With congregations shrinking and maintenance costs soaring, nearly one-third of the country’s 27,000 churches and faith-built spaces could close within the next decade. The report, Sacred Places, Civic Value highlights the urgent need for collaboration between religious and secular leaders to preserve these spaces as critical community infrastructure.

Remaking Main Streets, dives deep into the possibilities of intensifying housing along Canada’s main streets, positioning this approach as feasible, financially viable, and desirable for communities and their residents. Canada has over 248,000 opportunities for housing intensification on main streets — But how do we unlock that potential?

Charting the Path to Office Conversions in Canadian Cities builds upon the work of CUI’s Solutions Lab. The research findings and accompanying Supportive Toolkit invite every municipality in Canada looking to support office-to-residential conversions to choose, adapt, and reorient elements responsive to their own unique contexts.