N E W S B U L L E T I N 16 April 2010
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N E W S
The Canadian Urban Institute announced that its website has a new URL, http://www.canurb.org, and also that Toronto City Summit Alliance is the winner of the David Crombie Award, one of its Urban Leadership Awards …more
New research paper from the Conference Board of Canada include Building From the Ground Up: Enhancing Affordable Housing in Canada …more
Citiscope launched at World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro …more
Cities Around the World presents over 6,100 photographic images from the slide collections of the American Geographical Society Library …more
A new postdoctoral fellow will join Cities Centre for a period of one year in September 2010, thanks to a scholarship from the Canadian Bureau for International Education. A sociologist at the Polytechnic of Milan, one of Dr. Roberta Cucca’s areas of research is a comparative overview of global competitiveness and social inequalities between Europe and Canada. While at Cities Centre, she will undertake a project entitled Contemporary cities between global competitiveness and social inequalities: a comparative overview between Europe and Canada.
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 Volunteers CERIS Student Caucus, for their 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference (Re) Imagining Canada: Migration, Transnationalism, and Diaspora Friday, April 23 9am-5pm at York University. Please contact cerisgradvolunteers@gmail.com by April 20 …more
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.
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
Friday, April 16, 12noon-2pm: Ethnic Clustering for More Jobs? The Effect of Enclave Residence on Immigrants' Labour Force Activities Moderator: Dr. Tony Fang, CERIS Economic and Labour Market Integration Domain Leader. Presenter: Dr. Jiong Tu, Researcher, HRSDC - Labour Program. Presented by CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre. 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor, Room 548 Please RSVP to ceris.reception@utoronto.ca or call (416) 946-3110 …more
Friday, April 16, 5pm: Climate Wise Women Moderator: Sarah Wakefield, Associate Professor, Department of Geography. Panelists: Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg (Keynote address) Professor, OISE; Katrina Miller, Campaigns Director, Toronto Environmental Alliance; Danny Harvey, Professor, Department of Geography. Climate Wise Women: Constance Okollet (Uganda, Africa), Chairperson, Osukura United Women Network; Ulamila Kurai Wragg (Cook Islands, the Pacific), Coordinator, Pacific WAVE Media Network; Sharon Hanshaw (Biloxi, Mississippi, USA); Executive Director of Coastal Women for Change. Presented by Centre for Environment, Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning, and Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto. The Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George St., Adel Sedra Auditorium BA1160. Free, all are welcome …more
Tuesday, April 20, 10:30am-noon: Surveying Korean Transnationalism: Pilot Test Findings from the Study on Toronto Korean Families Room 830, York Research Tower, Keele Campus, York University, 4700 Keele Street. For more information ycar@yorku.ca ..more
Wednesday, April 21, 10:20am (Coffee 9:45am): Why Architecture Matters Christopher Hume. Academy for Lifelong Learning. Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. Members free (no reservation necessary), Non-Members $6 …more
Wednesday, April 21, 4-6pm: Economies of Scale in Ontario Municipal Services: Are Larger Municipalities Really More Efficient? Adam Found, Hon.B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D Candidate, Department of Economics, University of Toronto. Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance 2010 Graduate Fellowship Seminar Series. Room 208N, North House, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire Place …register
Thursday, April 22, 8am-12noon: The Value of Water: Emerging Issues First of three in the series Water Finance presented by Centre for Environment and Canadian Urban Institute. Registration and fee required. Bahen Building, Room BA1170 …more
Thursday, April 22, 10am-3:30pm: Centre for Environment Research Day 2010 Featuring opening remarks by Ingrid Stefanovic (Director, Centre for Environment) and presentations by Chris Kennedy (Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities; Tajinder Singh(Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Forestry and Centre for Environment) Forecasting Volatility of World Carbon Markets; Erika Jermé (M.Pl. candidate, Dept. of Geography Program in Planning Centre for Environment) Growing a Just Garden: Environmental Justice and the Development of a Community Garden Policy for Hamilton, Ontario; Alicia Harvey (Hons B.A. student, Environmental Policy & Practice major), Mike Lawler (Hons B.A. student, Environment & Society major), Daniel McCaffrey (Hons B.A. student, Environment & Society, and History major), and Debra Weinryb (Hons B.A. student, Environment & Society major) Promoting Environmental Stewardship Among Private Landowners: Success Stories from Local Conservation Authorities; Elizabeth Edwards (Professor, Dept. of Chemical Eng and Applied Chemistry) New Frontiers in Bioremediation; Ellie Farahani (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Environment) The Study of Energy Conservation: Integrating Engineering and the Social Sciences; Smith Sundar (Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Forestry and Centre for Environment) The Use of Cellulose Fiber in Bio-based Composite Manufacturing: Improving Orientation and Dispersion for Value Addition; Tyler Hunt (M.A. candidate, Dept. of Geography and Centre for Environment) Big Wind in Small Town Ontario: Residents’ Opinions and Perceptions of the Wolfe Island Wind Farm, Frontenac County. University of Toronto, Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks, 2nd floor …more and free registration
Thursday, April 22, 4-5:30pm: Contaminated Soil: Is it really an issue for urban agriculture? Development of an evidence-based protocol to guide the assessment of soils for use in urban agriculture Josephine Archbold, Environmental Health Research and Policy Specialist Environmental Health Justice in the City, A Centre for Urban Health Initiatives Research Interest Group. University College, Rm 256, 15 King’s College Circle …more
Thursday, April 22, 5:30-7:30pm: ULI Toronto - Athletes Village for the Pan Am Games: Legacy Project on the West Don Lands. Speakers: David Peterson, Chair, Pan Am Games Committee; Meg Davis, VP Development, West Don Lands Waterfront Toronto; John Campbell, President and CEO, Waterfront Toronto. Moderator: Adam Vaughan, City of Toronto Councillor. Presented by Urban Land Institute. The Toronto Board of Trade, 1 First Canadian Place, 4th Floor. Fee and registration required.
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, 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 …more
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
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
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 …email
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
April 15-16: 2010 Urban Symposium Presented by Association of Municipalities of Ontario at the Lincoln Alexander Centre in the City of Hamilton …more
April 22, 10am-3:30pm: Centre for Environment Research Day 2010 University of Toronto, Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks, 2nd floor …more and free registration April 22-23: Complete Streets Forum Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT) …more
April 23: Who Decides? Democracy, Power and the Municipal Franchise in Cities of Immigration Speakers include Ron Hayduk, David Earnest, Leslie Seidle, Myer Siemiatycki, Marcus Gee, Alan Broadbent, Desmond Cole, Peter-John Sidebottom and moderators Melissa Williams and Pamela Bryant. Presented by The Strategic Knowledge Cluster’s "Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue" and the School of Public Policy & Governance. Please send RSVP to Kelsey Norman (kpnorman@gmail.com) …more
April 23: (Re) Imagining Canada: Migration, Transnationalism, and Diaspora CERIS Student Caucus 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference. Research Tower, York University. Register by April 21 …more
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 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 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
E X H I B I T I O N S
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; Canada Linseed Oil Mills; R.L. Clark Water Treatment Plant; Commissioners Street Transfer Station; R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant; R.L. Hearn Generating Station; The John Street Roundhouse; North Toronto Wastewater Treatment Plant; The Pease Foundry, 211 Laird Drive; Toronto Island Water Filtration Plant. The Gladstone Hotel, 3rd & 4th Floors, 1214 Queen Street West …more
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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