Semester In Residence Projects
Browse all CityLAB projects completed by Semester In Residence students below.
Fall 2025
Fall 2024
What can the City do to encourage use of Copps Pier Park (could be for events, temporary art, storytelling, etc) that will help connect residents to the place and use it more frequently? What resources could be developed? How will staff evaluate success?
How can the City of Hamilton provide dynamic procedural information to citizens wishing to speak to Council, and onboarding information for those citizens appointed to the City’s agencies, boards and sub-committees?
How can ArcGIS StoryMaps be used to effectively disseminate information and increase engagement and transparency? What stories could be shared to support initiatives that are vital to the health of our city’s population, economics and environment?
What barriers are there to developing the lands? What opportunities are there to the residents of Hamilton as well as visitors? What is the potential?
Where should Open Streets operate in 2025 and beyond? How do other cities choose where to put their Open Streets programs?
Fall 2023
How might we identify problems surrounding urban sprawl and create a public education tool that addresses Greenbelt protection and the intersection of land use and environmental protection?
Amending Municipal Law to Protect the Right to Health and Safety
Incorporating Climate justice into decision-making
Building a Healthy Active Living: Empowering Riverdale Residents
Fall 2022
How might we accurately assess the needs and balance competing priorities of residents and other stakeholders in the community regarding the housing market?
How might the City of Hamilton work with partners and citizens to address challenges in market rental housing and ownership affordability?
How might we, as SIR CityLab students, identify problems surrounding housing to build a long-term Housing Sustainability and Investment Plan (HSIP) that addresses affordable home ownership in cooperation with various stakeholders in Hamilton?
How might we help design strategies and policies to strive to ensure that there is a sufficient amount of adequate rental properties that are affordable for the residents of Hamilton?
How might we focus on engaging the residents of Hamilton to determine how we can understand the current issues around community housing and help Hamilton develop a better housing investment and sustainability plan for them?
How might we learn more about the needs and experiences of those using transitional and community housing in Hamilton in order to deliver a housing strategy which ensures a decrease in unstable living conditions?
Fall 2021
How can we improve community engagement and encourage feedback from the community on cycling infrastructure projects?
How can Green Development Standards be implemented equitably and inclusively in Hamilton to promote sustainable development?
What community improvements do Hamiltonians want to see with the construction of the new LRT, in order to address social concerns and provide real, tangible benefits to the community?
Who is and isn’t voting in Hamilton’s municipal elections, and how can we enhance access to voting and elections information for all Hamiltonians?
Fall 2020
How can Hamilton maximize community engagement and citizens needs in the development of a Master Parks Plan?
What can be done now to prevent disastrous climate change consequences down the road for the Hamilton community?
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, how can we increase physical distance between pedestrians and maintain safe thoroughfares for cyclists?
How can public engagement be enhanced in Hamilton by further utilizing the Engage Hamilton platform?
How can the City of Hamilton best re-establish community engagement that has been lost during the pandemic?
