Public transit in Montreal will soon be free for people age 65 and over. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante made the announcement on Twitter on Wednesday. The measure is expected to be included in the...
As part of the 14th edition of the Montréal Urban Ecology Centre’s Jane’s Walk, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (C77 Bernard Street East, Montréal, QC, H2T 1E7, CA/centre...
Premier François Legault says he recognizes there is a shortage of affordable housing in Quebec but says his comments that a person can rent an apartment in Montreal for between $500-$600 a month...
How do you deal with a pandemic in deep winter in urban contexts? Given that the virus calls for everyone's adaptability, how are northern cities accounting for vulnerable populations in their...
The current pandemic will change cities, experts predict, the way infectious disease outbreaks influenced the development of urban centres in decades past. McGill University urban planning...
How do the millions of people you never meet in the city put you at greater risk of psychosis? And does the built environment shape the social structure of the city in ways that impinge on illness...
A new report from McGill Urban Planning professor David Wachsmuth and his team provides an analysis of Airbnb activity in New York City and the surrounding region in the last three years (September...