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  • Main Street Action Week: Rapid Placemaking for Main Streets

    https://youtu.be/oTbTiXRNEHE Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Olivier LegaultProject Manager at Rues principales and Co-founder, Winterlab Mitchell ReardonSenior Urban Planner & Designer, Happy Cities Elora WilkinsonProject Manager, Cogswell District Project, Halifax Regional Municipality Ebrahim VarachiaCo-Founder and Director of Operations, Patronicity Andrew NazakawaDirector of Strategic Planning, MASSIVart Summary Panel…

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  • Details of an old building against a modern newer building in downtown Montreal.

    Main Street Action Week: Small Business-Friendly Policy for Main Streets

    https://youtu.be/N0NIzRIwfaI Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Judy LamManager, Urban Renewal, City Of Hamilton Chris RickettDirector, Economic Growth, Culture and Entrepreneurship, City of Markham Antoinette RodrigueDirectrice location, Marchés publics de Montréal Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas, themes and…

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  • People eat outdoors on restaurant patios in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on a sunny day.

    Main Street Action Week: Operational Trends and Actions for Retail Recovery

    https://youtu.be/1b9DbhC-RYs Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Louroz MercaderExecutive Director, Yonge + St. Clair BIA Lisa HutchesonRetail Consultant Judith VeresukExecutive Director, Regina Downtown Business Improvement District Darryl JulottManaging Lead, Digital Main Street Dane WilliamsCo-Founder, Black Urbanism TO Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways A roundup of…

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  • Details of an old building against a modern newer building in downtown Montreal.

    Cities in the time of Covid-19: What is the Role of Architecture in the Urban Recovery?

    https://youtu.be/u-4Pbl8a5Qo Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Shirley BlumbergFounding Partner, KPMB Architects Sam ObohAdjunct Director, AIA International Ryan GorrieSenior Associate and Lead, Indigenous Design Studio, Brook McIlroy’s Daniel PearlProfessor, Université de Montréal Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 Key Takeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas,…

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  • Toronto, Canada - November 22, 2011: Tents in St. James Park in downtown Toronto during Occupy Toronto protests with St. James Church in the background on the last day of the protests before the park was cleared of the demonstrators.

    COVID Signpost 200 Days: How Do We Realize the Right to Home in the Next 100 Days?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3SYfpsYPTM Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. NakusetED, Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal Michael VonnCEO, PHS Community Services Society Martin BlakeVice President, Daniels Corporation Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas, themes and quotes from this candid conversation 1. COVID-19…

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  • A blur of motion and falling snow at the intersection of Spring Garden and Queen streets in front of the newly completed Halifax Central Public Library. Long exposure.

    COVID Signpost 200 Days: How Should Our Cities Prepare for Winter?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVY3UV976JY Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Sheena Jardine-OladeCo-founder, Night Lab Rami BebawiPartner & Cofounder, Architect, KANVA Olivier LegaultProject Manager at Rues principales and Co-founder, Winterlab Isla Jackson TanakaWinter City Planner, City of Edmonton Catherine Craig-St-LouisTerritorial and Urban Planning Advisor, Gatineau office manager, Vivre en Ville Summary Chat…

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