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Welcome to
the web site for the Simcoe Chapter of Lambda Alpha
International, an honorary society for the advancement of land
economics.
For more
information about Lambda Alpha International, visit
www.lai.org or click
HERE to download a copy of
Lambda Alpha's promotional brochure in PDF format.
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SIMCOE CHAPTER
DINNER MEETING
"PROGRESSING THE 3P PARADIGM"
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
at the University Club of Toronto
Moderator: John Hughes, Hemson
Consulting Ltd.
Speaker: Matti Siemiatycki,
University of Toronto
Click
HERE for more information.
For a list of previous dinner
meetings, including speakers and topics, click
HERE.
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"Perverse
Cities" with Pamela
Blais, Principal, Metropole Consultants and Author, Perverse Cities:
Hidden Subsidies, Wonky Policy and Urban Sprawl (October 25, 2011) |
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"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 (September 20, 2011)
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"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.) (April 5, 2011)
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"Whitebelt vs Greenbelt: The Tensions Between Preserving Lands for Agricultural Uses in
the Greenbelt"
with Ron Glenn, Halton Region; and Russell Mathew,
Hemson Consulting Ltd.; and Laura Taylor, York University. Moderated
by David Butler, The Butler Group (Consultants)
Inc. (February 8, 2011)
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"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
(January 12,
2011)
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43rd Annual Meeting
of the
Simcoe Chapter
of Lambda Alpha International
including the induction of new members and the presentation of the
President's Award of Recognition to Neal Irwin (November 29, 2010) |
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"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 (October 5, 2010) |
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"Has Anything Changed? Lessons the
U.S. Financial Crisis Should Have Taught Real Estate Investors and
Lenders"
with Jim Clayton, Ph.D.,
Vice President, Research, Cornerstone
Real Estate Advisors LLC, Hartford, CT (September 14, 2010)
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Day Long
Field Trip to Waterloo
June 3, 2010
Sponsored by
Canada's Technology Triangle
and the Simcoe Chapter. |
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