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Maytree’s April 2010 Newsletter …link
C A L L S F O R P A P E R S, P R O P O S A L S, A N D A P P L I C A T I O N S
Call for Applications June 22-24: Experience the Creative Economy presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute. Applications due April 26 …more
Call for Papers for Special Issue The Urban Space of the Elites of Urban History Review/Revue d’histoire urbaine Information and proposals: Harold Bérubé, Université de Sherbrooke harold.berube@usherbrooke.ca (819) 821-8000, extension 65572 by April 30 …more
Call for Applications for entry into the 2010 Fall semester Collaborative Doctoral Program in Global Health (CPGH) at the University of Toronto, due April 30 …more
Call for Applications Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the City Institute at York University Towers in the Suburbs: Fixing the Modernist Suburban Legacy in Toronto Applications must be received by May 3 …more
Call for Proposals on Immigration, Housing and Homelessness he Metropolis Project of CIC, and the Homelessness Partnering Secretariat of HRSDC are very happy to announce the launching of a joint Call for Proposals for research that examines the intersection of Immigration, Housing and Homelessness. Proposals are due by May 5 …more
Award Announcement/Call for Applications CERIS invites applications from graduate students at both the Masters and Doctoral levels of study, for a Graduate Student Research Award to support research related to immigration and settlement. Ten awards of up to $500.00 will be made to support significant research projects on immigration and settlement issues in Ontario. Applications from all fields and disciplines of study are welcome. Applications due May 13. For more information, contact Bethany Osborne at 416-946-3114 or bethany.osborne@utoronto.ca.
Call for papers/presentations DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media conference Nov ember 12-14. Presented by Centre for the Study of the United States and the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Due May 20 …more
Logo Contest Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) $500 prize offered by the Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, open to UofT community only, due by June 1st …more
Call for Nominations 2010 Heritage Toronto Awards The Heritage Toronto Awards celebrate outstanding contributions - by professionals and volunteers - in the promotion and conservation of Toronto's history and heritage landmarks. The deadline for nominations is June 1st, 4:30pm. If you have any questions about the nomination process or the eligibility of projects, please contact Nancy Luno at nluno@toronto.ca or 416-338-2175 …more
Call for Applications The IMFG Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance and the Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance have been announced for 2010-2011. The deadline for applications is June 30 …more
Call for Contributors The Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative is calling for community artists and activists that are creatively engaging citizens in public space to participate in a community consultation and contribute to the development of several knowledge exchange tools …more
Call for Interns Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative has multiple volunteer positions available …more
E V E N T S
Saturday, April 24, (rain or shine!) 10am-approx. 12:30pm: John Warkentin's Waterfront Sculpture Walk A GeoTrip presented by the Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning. Starting point is at the Foot of Yonge Street (i.e. at Queens Quay), proceeding along the Toronto Waterfront between Yonge and Bathurst Streets. Suggested donation $10 . RSVP for this Free GeoTrip by April 23 to Andrew Malcolm at mainoffice@geog.utoronto.ca or 416-978-3375 …more
Tuesday, April 27, 3-5pm: Public Issues Forum—Climate Change and the Ethic of Responsibility: The View from Ontario. The Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, co-sponsored by the Centre for Environment and School of Public Policy and Governance. Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk Centre for International Studies, 1 Devonshire Place …more
Tuesday, April 27, 4:30-6pm: Community Resilience and Social Equity in Changing Times Tina Clarke, certified Transition Towns Trainer, consultant with 30 years experience in social change movements. Environmental Health Justice RIG, Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, University College, 15 King's College Circle, Room 256. For more information, contact Stacey Creak cuhi.admin@utoroto.ca.
Wednesday, April 28, 6-8pm: Dark Days (Dir. Marc Singer, 2000) Cities on Film Screening Series presented by Cities Centre and the Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning. The Annex, Room 621, Sidney Smith Hall, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street …flyer
Friday, April 30, 12noon-2:30pm: Reflections on Community Based Research Practice Moderator: Luin Goldring, York University. Commentators: Nancy Mandell, York University and Nasim Haque, M.D., Wellesley Institute. 1. “Participatory Action Research: A tool for newcomer engagement and social change.” Mennonite New Life Center. Tanya Chute Molina and Adriana Salazar. 2. “CBR on Income, Race and Health: Lessons from the Black Creek Project.” Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services. Darren Pham, Ruth Wilson, Patricia Landolt. 3. “Innovative strategies to maximize meaningful target community involvement in researching for social change.” Regent Park Community Health Centre/Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment. Alan Li, M.D.. Presented by CERIS, 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor, Room 548Please RSVP to ceris.reception@utoronto.ca or call (416) 946-3110.
Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2: 4th Annual Jane’s Walk A street-level celebration of Jane Jacobs’ legacy held annually around the world on the first weekend of May that combines the simple act of walking with personal observations, urban history and local lore to knit people together into strong and resourceful communities …more
Saturday, May 1, 2pm: Compassion in Citizenship: The Responsibilities and Advantages of Good Citizenship in a Just Society A conversation with Barbara Coloroso, Pico Iyer, Mark Kingwell and Gabor Mate. Presented by The Globe And Mail Open House Festival, Random . The Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, 2nd Floor. Tickets from uofttix.ca / 416-978-8849 …more
Tuesday, May 4, 12noon-1:30pm: Measuring Attractive Urban Areas Kimberley Moore, University at Buffalo, Candidate for Master's of Urban Planning, Graduate Assistant, Building UB and Urban Design Project. Presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute, MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Ste. 420, 4th Floor …more
Tuesday, May 4, 5-6pm presentation, 6-7pm signing: The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity Richard Florida, Director, Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity, Rotman School of Management, author. Rotman School of Management, 105 St George St., Fleck Atrium, ground floor. $32 plus GST (includes the session, 1 copy of “The Great Reset” and cocktails) …register
Thursday, May 6, 5pm: Tour of Evergreen Brick Works Joe Lobko, Lead Architect, leads a guided tour of the site. All are required to bring or wear hard hats and steel toed boots. Hear about how Joe Lobko and his team are transforming an underutilized, publicly owned Brownfield heritage site into a mixed-use, environmental-based community centre. Refreshments and light snacks will be served, sponsored by BOMA and Diageo. RSVPs are required as space is limited and offered on a first-come first-served basis; email awestenberg@evergreen.ca or call 416 596-1495 x 332. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue …more
Thursday, May 13, 7:30pm: 4th Annual June Callwood Lecture: A Canadian in the Making Ratna Omidvar, President, Maytree Foundation. Music by Dan Hill. Presented by Toronto Public Library. The talk honours the life, work and legacy of journalist, author and social activist June Callwood (1924-2007). The annual lecture provides a platform for the exploration and discussion of contemporary social justice issues. The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library, 2nd floor, 789 Yonge Street (one block north of Bloor Street) …more
Saturday, May 15, 10am-2pm: Walk: Re-Discover Garrison Creek – One Of Toronto’s Lost Rivers Presented by Senior College and Geography & Planning Alumni. Start at south end of Christie Pits Park (Christie and Bloor) and end at Fort York. Bring your own lunch; picnic at Trinity Bellwoods Park. Of interest to geographers of all brands, history buffs, aficionados of old Toronto, and environmental and urban planners. For more information or to RSVP, email whitney.joe@gmail.com
Monday, May 17, 7pm: The City Series: Sharing the Streets Christopher Hume, Toronto Star urban affairs columnist, moderator, and panel. Presented by Toronto Public Library. The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library, 2nd floor, 789 Yonge Street (one block north of Bloor Street) …more
Wednesday, May 19, 9:30-11: DiverseCity Counts Report Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Eric Hoskins and Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy attend the release of this report. Presented by DiverseCity at Ryerson University, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church Street, Atrium, Third Floor …RSVP
Thursday, May 20, 9am-3:00pm: Invisible Cities – An Urban Biodiversity Conference Speakers include: Dr. Aziza Chaouni, University of Toronto Professor and Principal of Bureau East, an ecological architecture firm; Jon K. Grant, Chair, Ontario Biodiversity Council; Christopher Hume, Toronto Star Urban Affairs Columnist; Les Klein, Quadrangle Architects (lead Canadian firm for East Bayfront development); David Owen, author of “Green Metropolis” and New Yorker magazine correspondent; Laura Reinsborough, founder of Not Far From the Tree. Presented by Royal Ontario Museum. Fee and registration required …more
May 27-30: Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City Presented by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at Christie Pits Park in Toronto. The goal of the exhibit is to raise awareness about the plight of the world’s 42 million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) uprooted by war and conflict …more
Thursday, June 3, 5-7:30pm: Canadian Urban Institute’s Urban Leadership Awards Ceremony Liberty Grand, Exhibition Place, 25 British Columbia Road, Exhibition Place, Renaissance Room, registration and fee required …more
C O N F E R EN C E S / S Y M P O S I A
May 5-7: Innovation Systems Research Network (ISRN) MCRI II 12th Annual Conference Register now for the final ISRN Conference taking place in Toronto at the Renaissance Toronto Hotel Downtown, Toronto. Non-ISRN members may register using one of the guest registration options for any or all of the three days …more
May 7-8: Senses and the City: A Workshop Vincent Shen, Dao in the City, Juhn Ahn, An endless trail of incense and prayers: A cultural biography of the Koryo capital Kaegyong, David Bialock, Decomposing Spaces--Sound, Scent, and Decay in Medieval Japan; Stephen West, Staging Bianliang: Contingency and Materiality, Linda Rui Feng, Vertigo: Height, Might, and the Art of Disappearance, in a 9th-century Chinese Capital, Tom Keirstead, Premodern Places; Atsuko Sakaki, What's the Matter with 'M'? -- Horie Toshiyuki ,Addresses Multi-sensorial Multiculturalism in Paris, circa 1995, Jordan Sand, Rediscovering the City of the Senses in Tokyo: from Organicism to the Vernacular, Paize Keulemans, The Disciplined Observation of Everyday Sounds: Michel de Certeau and the Focused Footsteps of Late-imperial Beijing Tales. Presented by the Department of East Asian Studies, Purple Lounge, Robarts Library, 14th floor …information and registration
May 17-18: Discovery 2010 presented by Ontario Centres of Excellence. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building …more
May 30-June 2: Transportation and Logistics Trends and Policies: Successes and Failures Canadian Transportation Research Forum 45th Annual Conference, Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto, 475 Yonge Street, Toronto ...more
June 7-8: Green Oslo and Beyond: Investigating the Origins and Shaping the Outcomes of Green Urbanism Global/Local Symposium with speakers from North America, Europe and Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway …more
June 16-17: Transforming and Revitalizing Downtown Summit Yorkland Hotel, 185 Yorkland Boulevard, Toronto. For information contact Arielle Munshaw, Client Support Executive 416-944-9200 x 200 customercare@strategyinstitute.com
June 17: Canadian Water Summit UofT’s Centre for Environment is one of many sponsors. International Centre, Toronto…more
June 18: Transport Futures Summit Road Pricing & Leadership Summit:Talking Tolls: What’s leadership got to do with it? Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto …more
June 20-23: Urban Environmental Pollution: Overcoming Obstacles to Sustainability and Quality of Life. Organized and sponsored by Elsevier and the journal Environmental Pollution. Boston, USA … more
June 22-24: Experience the Creative Economy presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute. Applications due April 26 …more
July 18-25: 2010 iGov Research Institute The Hague & Delft, The Netherlands. Presented by Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany …more
August 5-8: The 79th Couchiching Conference: Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity presented by Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs at YMCA Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching, Orillia. Opening keynote speaker, Dr. Margaret MacMillan, is the well-known author of Paris 1919 and Nixon in China. Speakers include Dean of the Rotman School of Business, Roger Martin; President and CEO of the Conference Board of Canada, Anne Golden; financial analyst Nick Le Pan; renowned environmental scholar Thomas Homer-Dixon; and author and economist Jeff Rubin. Register before June 1st at discounted rates …more
August 22-25: Guardians of Our Communities, from Local to Global 62nd IPAC National Annual Conference, Institute of Public Administration of Canada …more
October 4-8: Justice and Migration: Paradoxes of Belonging 15th International Metropolis Conference 2010, Municipality of The Hague, The Netherlands …more
November 12-14: DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media Presented by Centre for the Study of the United States and the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto …more
E X H I B I T I O N S
Saturday April 24, 2pm: RETHINKING SPACE: Explorations in the invisible city A curatorial project by Deborah Wang. The event starts at 2pm, and will be followed by a reception at the gallery from 5 to 7pm. Participants come to XPACE between 2 to 5pm to pick up maps that direct their self-guided walking tours and ask them to do something with the city. This event is free and open to the public. XPACE Cultural Centre, 58 Ossington Avenue ...more
Continuing to April 25, 12-5pm daily: Building Storeys 2010 A collaborative effort by Heritage Toronto and Robert Dyke, Sean Galbraith, Rick Harris, Mathew Merrett, Timothy Neesam, Olena Sullivan, Toni Wallachy. Building Storeys is a visual documentation and anecdotal exhibit of city's heritage building and sites. Featured in the Exhibition: Ashbridge's Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant; Ashbridge's Bay Pumping Stations; CNR Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop, 85 Laird Drive - click here to read the Spacing blog about its history
Continuing to June 13: Community Centred Installations by E.R.A. Architects Inc. (People Per Hectare), Public Workshop (Under The Gardner), du Toit Architects Limited (L’Arche Daybreak), Martha Eleen (Necessities of Life). Architecture at York Quay Centre, Harbourfront, 235 Queen’s Quay West …more
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