Simcoe Chapter Field Trip

Performance of “The Master Plan” by Michael Healey

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane (in the Distillery District)

A biting satire about the stunning failure to build a smart city in Toronto. Adapted from award-winning writer and The Globe and Mail journalist Josh O’Kane’s best-selling book  Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, the play takes us behind closed doors and reveals the corporate drama, epic personalities, and iconic Canadian figures involved in the messy affair between Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto.

In 2017, when the public agency Waterfront Toronto decided to put up a parcel of land for development, Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google’s Alphabet Inc., swept in with a proposal to create the city of the future. But the project quickly started to fall apart from uneasy partnerships, rigid local politics, and an overwhelmingly negative public response.

Contact Kevin Harper to reserve your tickets and arrange payment.


Mark your Calendars!

The Simcoe Chapter Annual Meeting and Induction of New Members will be held Wednesday, January 14, 2025 at the Royal Canadian Military Institute.

The program will include the induction of new members and presentation of the President’s Award of Recognition.

Watch for additional details!


Call for New Members

The 2024 Call for New Members is now closed.

New members will inducted at the Chapter’s Annual Meeting in January 2025.


LAI Member Survey

The International Membership Committee is conducting a brief survey to learn about the makeup and perspectives of LAI’s members – who they are, their special areas of focus, and what drives them to become and remain members.

The results of this survey will be reported out to the entire LAI Membership and used to optimize programming, communications, onboarding and member support services.

Click HERE to complete the survey.

Your responses are completely anonymous and no personal identifying information will be collected.


Simcoe Chapter LinkedIn Group

Click HERE to join the Simcoe Chapter’s LinkedIn Group. (Please note that membership in the group is restricted to Chapter members only.)


Upcoming Land Economics Gatherings

 

The 2025 Land Economics Gathering will be held in Montreal, Quebec, September 10-13, 2025

Watch for additional details!

News and Recent Events

Simcoe Chapter Dinner Meeting

“Public-Private Delivery of Purpose-Built Rental”

Held Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Military Institute

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Simcoe Chapter Field Trip

Tour of the New Ontario Court of Justice

Held Wednesday, May 22, 2024, followed by dinner at Joey Eaton Centre

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Simcoe Chapter Dinner Meeting

“Spotlight on Project LEAP and the ‘Most Sustainable University in the World’ “

Held Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Military Institute

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Simcoe Chapter Dinner Meeting

“Tackling Land Supply and Affordability”

Held Thursday, March 21, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Military Institute

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Simcoe Chapter Dinner Meeting

“The Role of Modular Housing in Addressing the Shortage in Housing Supply”

Held Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at the University Club of Toronto

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Simcoe Chapter 56th Annual Meeting and Induction of New Members

Held Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Military Institute

The Programme included the Induction of New Members and presentation of the President’s Award of Recognition to Lindsay Dale-Harris.