October 25, 2011
"Perverse Cities" with
Pamela Blais, Principal, Metropole Consultants and Author, Perverse Cities:
Hidden Subsidies, Wonky Policy and Urban Sprawl
September 20, 2011
"Rail and Road Reclamation: or how
we are turning 19th and 20th century symbols of progress and
transportation’s scars on the landscape into the 21st century’s
urban gardens" with Leslie M. Klein,
Quadrangle Architects Limited, Designer of the Toronto Gardiner
Green Ribbon
April 5, 2011
"Urban Design-Driven Official Plans: Are we getting better buildings, cities and public
realms?" with
Paul Bedford (Paul Bedford and Associates; former
Chief Planner City of Toronto), Joe
Berridge (Partner, Urban Strategies Inc.), Robert
Glover (Partner, Bousfields Inc., former Director of Urban Design, City of Toronto), Adam
Vaughan (Toronto City Councillor
Ward 20); moderated by Gary
Switzer (President & CEO, MOD
Developments Inc.)
February 8,
2011
"Whitebelt
vs Greenbelt: The Tensions Between Preserving Lands for
Agricultural Use in the Greenbelt" with Ron Glenn* (Halton
Region), Russell Mathew* (Hemson Consulting Ltd.) and Laura Taylor
(York University). Moderated by David Butler* (The Butler Group
(Consultants) Inc.)
January 12,
2011
"Sometimes I wonder if
the world's so small, that we can never get away from the sprawl!':
Global Suburbanism and the Challenge of 21st Century Urbanization"
with Roger Keil, Director, City
Institute and Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
November 29,
2010
43rd Annual Meeting and Induction of New Members
October 5,
2010
"Trying
Out California’s Proposition 13 in Ontario: Could We Live With the
Consequences?"
with
Dr. Enid Slack, Director,
Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance at the Munk School of
Global Affairs, University of Toronto
September 14, 2010
"Has Anything Changed?
Lessons the U.S. Financial Crisis Should Have Taught Real Estate
Investors and Lenders"
with
Jim Clayton, Vice President,
Research, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors LLC, Hartford, CT
June 3, 2010
Day-long field trip to Waterloo
Sponsored by
Canada's Technology Triangle
and the Simcoe Chapter.
April 14, 2010
"Why Even Michael Bloomberg Couldn't
Make a Good Mayor of Toronto"
with Jeffrey L. Davies*, Partner,
Davies Howe Partners
February 9, 2010
"Employment Lands: Do They
Deserve/Need Special
Protection?"
Moderator: Paul Johnston*
(Johnston Litavski Planning Consultants);
Speakers: Stephen
Diamond* (Diamondcorp); Randy Grimes* (IBI Group); Bruce Krushelnicki*(City of Burlington); Mark Noskiewicz* (Goodmans LLP); Ed Sajecki* (City of Mississauga); Raymond
J. Simpson*
January 12, 2010
"Planning by Design: a healthy
communities handbook"
with Sue Cumming, President, Ontario
Professional Planners Institute
December 1, 2009
42nd Annual General Meeting and
Induction of New Members
October 6, 2009
Should Heritage Trump Planning
Issues?"
Moderator:
Lyn Townsend*, Townsend and Associates, Barristers and Solicitors
Panelists: Patrick Devine*, Partner, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP;
Michael McClelland, Principal, ERA Architects Inc.; Catherine Nasmith, Principal, Catherine Nasmith Architect;
N. Jane Pepino*, Partner, Aird and Berlis LLP.
September 9, 2009
"HST: The Good, the Bad and the
Ugly"
with Frank Clayton*, Executive Vice
President, Economic Consulting, Altus Group
May 27, 2009
Tour of ARTSCAPE
WYCHWOOD BARNS
with Joe Lobko,
Parnter, du Toit Architects Limited
April 21, 2009
"Regional Transit -
What's Next:
Funding, Land Value
Recapture and Revenue Tools"
Moderator: Angela Iannuzziello*, Vice
President, Transit and Transportation Planning, ENTRA Consultants
Panelists: Rob MacIsaac, Chair, Metrolinx Board and President, Mohawk
College of Applied Arts and Technology and Paul Bedford, Metrolinx Board
Member, Urban Mentor and Chief Planner Emeritus of the City of
Toronto
March 3, 2009
"What Are the Think Tanks Thinking?"
a presentation by Professor
David Hulchanski,
University of Toronto
January 27, 2009
"Municipalities: What is the Silver
Lining for Them in the Current Economic Slowdown?"
Moderator: Andrea Gabor*, Partner,
Urban Strategies Inc.
Panelists: Gregg Lintern, Director,
Community Planning - Etobicoke York District, City of Toronto; and
John Livey*, Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Markham
December 2, 2008
41st Annual General Meeting and
Induction of New Members
September 23, 2008
"Exploring a New Urban Format for
Old Land Intensive Retail"
Moderator: Tony Hernandez*,
Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Speakers: James Hawkey, Vice
President, Real Estate Development, Canadian Tire; Gordon
Driedger*, Vice President, Corporate Real Estate Retail, BMO
Financial Group
May 6, 2008
"Another Layer of
Development Review and Approval? The New Reality of Native
Land Claims"
Moderator: Susan Schiller*
Speakers: Hon. David Crombie,
President,
David Crombie & Associates Inc.; Joanne Davies, Director of
the Legal Services Branch of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and
Housing; and Richard Brookes, Solicitor, Regional
Municipality of Waterloo.
April 8, 2008
"Planning Our Communities
in an Age of Diversity: Front Yard Cabbages, Funeral
Parlours Next Door and Four Grandparents Under One Roof"
Moderator: Russell Mathew*,
Partner, Hemson Consulting
Speakers: Sandeep Agrawal,
Director, Graduate Program, School of Urban and Regional
Planning, Ryerson University; and Gary Gregoris, Vice
President, Land-Halton Division, Mattamy Homes Limited
February 25, 2008
"Just What Are We Getting
Into? The Impacts of the GTA's Condo Boom"
Speaker: N. Barry Lyon*,
Senior Partner and President, N. Barry Lyon Consultants
Limited
January 30, 2008
"Understanding the
Dimensions of Prosperity: How Rotman's New Prosperity
Institute is Going to Measure Success"
Speaker: Kevin Stolarick,
Associate Director, Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman
School of Management, University of Toronto
December 4, 2007
40th Annual General Meeting and
Induction of New Members
November 6, 2007
"Megacity Redux: The Tenth
Anniversary of the Amalgamation of Toronto"
Moderator: Susan Schiller*
June 12, 2007
"Potentials,
Problems, Pitfalls and Perils:
International
Projects in Russia and China"
Speaker: Philip Weinstein,
Partner, The Planning Partnership
April 25, 2007
"The Economics of
Going Green: Why Telus Decided to Build a LEED Project"
Speaker:
Trish Clarry, Director
of Real Estate, Telus Corporation
with an
introduction by Ian Jarvis, Chair,
Canada Green Building Council
March 7, 2007
"Getting There: Responding
to Transportation Challenges in the GTA"
Speakers: Rob MacIsaac, Chair,
Greater Toronto Transportation
and Paul Bedford, City of
Toronto Representative on the GTTA Board
January 31, 2007
"The Real World Challenge
of Getting Jobs to Toronto's Waterfront"
Speaker: John W. Campbell,
President and CEO, Toronto Waterfront Revitalization
Corporation
December 7, 2006
39th Annual General Meeting and
Induction of New Members
September 27, 2006
"Bill 51: What's New and
What Remains"
Speaker: Dennis Wood*, Wood
Bull LLP
June 5, 2006
"A Compact History of Urban
Sprawl"
Speaker: Professor Robert Bruegmann, University Illinois at
Chicago
April 26, 2006
"Toronto's Cultural
Revolution"
Speaker: William Thorsell,
President and CEO, Royal Ontario Museum
February 2, 2006
"The Changing Playing Field
for Municipalities:
Bills 51 and 53"
Speaker: Leo Longo* (Aird &
Berlis LLP)
November 30, 2005
38th Annual General Meeting
and Induction of New Members
Speaker: Eberhard Zeidler*
October 18, 2005
"Financing the Urban
Agenda"
Speaker: David Amborski*
(School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson University)
May 25, 2005
"The Fight for Employment
Lands"
Speakers: Jeannette Gillezeau*
(Clayton Research Associates Limited) and Russell Mathew* (Hemson Consulting Ltd.)
April 19, 2005
