Mary W. Rowe is President & CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute, Canada’s applied research charity focussed on identifying key challenges and place-based solutions that build better cities for a better Canada. A leading urban advocate with broad experience working in Canada and the U.S, under Mary’s leadership CUI leads practice-based research and policy advocacy across a range of challenges including housing, transit, infrastructure, governance, local economic development, place-making and resilience and has initiated key initiatives including Main Street Canada and CityTalk.