Toronto Election

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
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Karen Chapple

Professor

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

Areas of Expertise

• Governance and cities
• Housing affordability
• Job creation
• Residential and commercial gentrification
• Transit-oriented displacement

Office: 416-946-7084
Website
Email: karen.chapple@utoronto.ca
Preferred method of contact: Email

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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Nelson Wiseman

Professor Emeritus

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Political Science

Areas of Expertise

• Canada in the world
• Canada’s political parties and leaders
• Canadian politics and policy
• Elections and Voting
• Provincial politics

Office: 416.922-5595 call or email do not text
Email: nelson.wiseman@utoronto.ca
Preferred method of contact: Phone
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Randy Besco

Associate Professor

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

Areas of Expertise

• Canadian government and politics
• Elections
• How political polls dictate voter behaviour
• Public opinion
• Race & immigration

Office: 905-569-4377
Website
Email: randy.besco@utoronto.ca
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Renan Levine

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream

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

Areas of Expertise

• American politics
• Israeli politics
• Political strategy
• Voting and elections

Office: (416) 208-2651
Home: 416-848-1871
Website
Email: renan.levine@utoronto.ca
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