Thinking Beyond the Market Film Screening
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Join us January 11th 2026 for a special screening of Thinking Beyond the Market with film maker Brian Doucet. Space is limited – register now to reserve your spot.
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 Thinking Beyond the Market: A film about genuinely affordable housingA film by Brian Doucet Housing is one of the biggest challenges facing our country.Everyone’s talking about it, and everyone has their own ideas about how to solve the housing crisisBut what if we need to think bigger?What if we need to think beyond what the market can do?What if it’s not just a question of how much housing?But what kind of housing, and for whom?Join Dr Brian Doucet as he goes across Canada to learn about policies, programs and projects that are helping to ensure housing is a human right.This film challenges us to think about the root causes of the housing crisis and how many solutions are hiding in plain sight! |
| Running time: 86 minutes | Written and directed by: Brian Doucet | Produced by: George Liu | Music by: Dave Mansell |
| Dr Brian Doucet is an author, filmmaker, photographer, researcher, award-winning teacher and Associate Professor in Planning at the University of Waterloo. Since 2017, he has held a Canada Research Chair, been awarded six major SSHRC research grants and was a 2025 winner of the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Teaching Excellence Award. He is the co-author of the award-nominated book, Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto: a visual analysis of change, and a co-editor of the four volume book series Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities. Thinking Beyond the Market is his first documentary film. |
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