Toronto’s 2026 budget

Enid Slack

Director, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
• Centres
  • School of Cities

Areas of Expertise

• COVID-19 - Financial impact on municipalities
• Intergovernmental transfers
• Municipal finance - revenues and expenditures of municipal governments
• Municipal restructuring
• New sources of municipal revenue
• Property tax reform
• Property tax; property tax reform; intergovernmental transfers; user fees; new sources of municipal revenue
• User fees

Office: 416-946-0328
Email: enid.slack@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Margaret Kohn

Professor

• Campus
  • U of T Scarborough
• Department
  • Political Science

Areas of Expertise

• Cities
• Contemporary political thought
• Privatization of public space
• Social justice
• Urban theory

Office: 4163208840
Website
Email: peggy.kohn@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Matti Siemiatycki

Professor

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Geography and Planning
• Centres
  • School of Cities

Areas of Expertise

• Community and regional planning
• Congestion management
• Cycling
• Housing; Solutions for commercial vacancies
• Infrastructure finance and delivery
• Public-private partnerships
• Transit and commuting
• Transportation policy and planning
• Urban planning
• Urban transit

Office: 416-946-5145
Mobile: 647-680-8963
Website
Email: matti.siemiatycki@utoronto.ca
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Prentiss Dantzler

Associate Professor

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Sociology
• Centres
  • School of Cities

Areas of Expertise

• Community development
• Housing policy
• Neighbourhood change
• Race and ethnic relations
• Urban Poverty

Office: 416-978-8487
Website
Email: p.dantzler@utoronto.ca