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    Art of City Building 2020 – Session 4: A Conversation with Eric Klinenberg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLLh5BDnpe0 Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Eric KlinenbergDirector, Institute for Public Knowledge, NYU Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 Key Takeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas, themes and quotes from this candid conversation 1. The dilemma of “social distancing” The call to practice “social…

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  • Art of City Building 2020 – Session 3: Inclusive Placemaking & Development

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmRg4D6xRXg Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Paul MacKinnonCEO, Downtown Halifax Business Commission Andy FillmoreMember of Parliament for Halifax Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 Key Takeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas, themes and quotes from this candid conversation 1. Engagement must be meaningful Rodney…

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  • Art of City Building 2020 – Session 2: Coastal Mayors CityTalk

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PytA4cZ4R1g Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Mike SavageMayor of Halifax Lisa HelpsMayor of Victoria Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 Key Takeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas, themes and quotes from this candid conversation 1. Addressing multiple crises during the state of emergency Coastal…

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  • Gatineau, Canada - April 28, 2019: The severe flooding on Rue Jaques-Cartier along the Quebec side of the swollen Ottawa River. Pointe Gatineau is one of several areas in Eastern Canada that is suffering flood conditions. It is suspected the area will see flood levels will be even worse than they were in spring 2017.

    Art of City Building 2020 – Session 1: Justice, Sustainability & Climate Resilient Cities

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlOLr5CL3iI Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Tamika ButlerDoctoral Student, UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs Mike SavageMayor of Halifax Jay PitterFounder, Jay Pitter Placemaking Alex BozikovicArchitecture Critic, The Globe and Mail Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 Key Takeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas,…

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  • CityTalk Leadership Lecture: From Making the City to Using the City

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h71XlT3EKuM Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Zahra EbrahimCEO, Monumental Dan HillDirector of Strategic Design, Vinnova Cynthia DorringtonPresident, Vale & Associates Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas, themes and quotes from this candid conversation 1. “Technology is the answer.…

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  • Vancouver, Canada - July 4, 2020: View of Strathcona Park in downtown Vancouver full of tents and homeless people with sign "Permanent solutions now" in the background

    Right to Home: How can the right to housing equip local governments to end homelessness?

    https://youtu.be/LvQsaWtVC3A Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Scott McKeenFormer Edmonton City Councillor Rebecca AltyMayor of Yellowknife Lisa HelpsMayor of Victoria Berry VrbanovicMayor of Kitchener Ana BailãoFormer Deputy Mayor, Toronto Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas, themes and quotes from…

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  • Right to Home: Different futures: How do we (re)imagine housing in a pandemic world?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZHjdCtRf08 Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Ruth GobaED, Black Legal Action Centre Michel TremblayCFO and Senior Vice-President, Corporate Services, CMHC Margaret PfohCEO, Aboriginal Housing Management Association Leilani FarhaGlobal Director, Make the Shift Jeff MorrisonExecutive Director, Canadian Housing and Renewal Association Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5…

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  • VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - MARCH 30, 2018: A tent occupied by a homeless person under the Granville Street Bridge.

    Right to Home: Homeless during a pandemic: What are the challenges and looming threats?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkuWSUn7pJI Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Stephanie AllenVice-President of Strategic Business Operations and Performance, BC Housing Krista LoughtonFilmmaker, For a City That Cares Karen MontgrandAnti-Homelessness Advocate Eddie GolkoParticipant, Us and Them Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas, themes…

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  • Right to Home: What is the right to housing and why does it matter? Lessons from around the world

    https://youtu.be/dkCPZjdWd88 Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Shivani ChaudhryExecutive Director, Housing and Land Rights Network Paula C MarquesLisbon City Councillor Michel TremblayCFO and Senior Vice-President, Corporate Services, CMHC Leilani FarhaGlobal Director, Make the Shift Brennan RigbyProject Lead, Shift Aotearoa Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways A…

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  • A COVID-19 closed playground sign caution taped to a park bench with playground in background

    Cities in the time of Covid-19: How is the pandemic transforming young people’s lives and experiences?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KaSfPr5TRI Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Miatta DukulyYouth Advocate Josh FullanPrincipal Consultant, Maximum City Jordan BighornCo-Director, Community Education Development Association Joe SalmonYouth Advocate Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas, themes and quotes from this candid conversation 1. We…

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  • Cities in the time of Covid-19: How is the pandemic affecting ageing populations?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR3oihAwfCs Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Rob LeblancPartner, Founder Director of Planning, Fathom Studio Meghan WintersEpidemiologist, Simon Fraser University Laura Tambly WattsCEO, CanAge Brenda VrkljanProfessor, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript 5 KeyTakeaways A roundup of the most compelling ideas, themes…

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  • Woman wearing medical face mask commuting in a tram train during corona virus outbreak. Female travelling in metro during Covid-19 pandemic.

    Cities in the time of Covid-19: How is the pandemic transforming the way we move?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt91IQHJ5N0 Featured Guest You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions. Stephanie CadieuxMLA, Surrey South Eddie RobarBranch Manager Fleet & Facility Services, City of Edmonton Armi de FranciaActive Transportation Coordinator, The Corporation of the Town of Ajax Amina YasinCo-Chair, Canadian Institute of Planners Social Equity Committee Summary Panel Transcript Chat Room Transcript…

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