Program – Thursday, May 17

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Shaw Centre, Room 214

9.00 – 10.30 OTTAWA STORY: HOUSING *
9.00 – 9.40 Making Cities Livable: Housing Families in the 21st Century
    Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto, ON, CANADA
9.40 – 10.30 Panel: Creating Child Friendly Communities
    Moderator: Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto, CANADA
    Sue Murphy, Ottawa, CANADA
    Michael Stott, Ottawa, CANADA
    Cliff Youdale, Ottawa, CANADA
    Rym Baouendi, Montreal, CANADA
     
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee Break
   
10.45 – 11.45 PUBLIC PLACES FOR SOCIAL HEALTH *
10.45 – 11.15

Intergenerational Contact Zones: Design for Engagement across the Generations

    Philip B. Stafford, Bloomington, IN
11.15 – 11.45

Playing in the vicinity: The effects of proximity of play environments on child active play

    Lamine Madhoubi, Bristol, UK
     
11.45 – 12.45 A HEALTHY URBAN FABRIC *
11.45 – 12.15 Redesigning Neighborhoods to be healthy
    Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard for Ettore Maria Mazzola
12.15 – 12.45 Implementing the New Urban Agenda: Changing the "Operating System for Growth"
    Michael Mehaffy, Portland, OR

Shaw Centre, Room 214

2.00 – 3.30 OTTAWA STORY: BEYOND 2036 *
  Moderator: Nancy Meloshe, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
  Panel Presentation: Vision
    Steve Willis, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
    Mark Kristmanson, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
     
3.30 – 4.00 Coffee Break
   
4.00 – 5.00 PLANNING WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS IN ONTARIO *
  Moderator: Alain Miguelez, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
  Transit Oriented Walkable Neighbourhoods in Burlington, ON
    Rosa Bustamente, Burlington, ON, CANADA
    Phil Caldwell, Burlington, ON, CANADA
 

Resilient, Sustainable Development by Healthy Urban Design – the Greater Toronto Area Experience

    Alexandru Taranu, Brampton, ON, CANADA
5.00 – 6.00 LIVABLE COMMUNITIES IN VANCOUVER *
  Moderator: Alain Miguelez, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
  Vancouver: Livable Communities from the ‘70’s to the Present
    Joyce Mariann Drohan, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
  Planning for People with Pop-Ups
    Jenniffer Sheel, Vancouver, BC, CANADA

Shaw Centre, Room 209

2.00 – 3.30 THE ROLE OF CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD *
  Moderator: Pedro Godoy, Santa Catarina Pinula, GUATEMALA
    Joint-Use School Developent in Urbanizing Areas
    Pranjali Rai, College Park, MD, USA
    Ralph Bennett, College Park, MD, USA
    Repurposing Urban and Suburban Church Properties
    Barbara Myers, Toronto, ON, CANADA
  Exploring the Consequences of Permanent Public School Closures for the 10-Minute Neighborhood: A Case Study in Kingston, ON
    Patricia Collins, Kingston, ON, CANADA
     
3.30 – 4.00 Coffee Break
   
4.00 – 5.30 OTTAWA STORY: MOBILITY IN A HEALTHY AND LIVABLE CITY *
  Moderator: David Wise, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
  Panel Presentation: Transportation
    Kornel Mucsi, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
    Paul Croft, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
     
5.30 – 6.00 SHORT PRESENTATIONS: IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY
  Moderator: Pedro Godoy, Santa Catarina Pinula, GUATEMALA
  The Capreol 2018 Community Improvement Plan
    Kris Longston, Greater Sudbury, ON, CANADA
 

City Walls – Reclaiming by Reshaping Essential Urban Elements: Wayfinding, Placemaking, and Attracting Eyes to the Streets

    Zachary Meers, Detroit, MI, USA

Shaw Centre, Room 211 

2.00 – 3.00 TOOLS FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES – THE REGION OF PEEL *
  Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Portland, OR
  Health as a Consideration in the Development Application Review Process
    Andrea Dear, Missauga, ON, CANADA
    Althaf Farouque, Brampton, ON, CANADA
 

Walking About: Utilization of Walking Audits for Policy Projects in Mississauga

    Jordan Lee, Mississauga, ON, CANADA
    Sebastian van Gilst, Mississauga, ON, CANADA
     
3.00 – 3.30 Coffee Break
     
3.30 – 4.30 STRATEGIES FOR TRANSFORMING HOMOGENIZED CITIES *
  Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Portland, OR
  Non GMO Cities: Craft, Specialization and Nostalgia in Development
    Alexandro Medina Lara, Oakland, CA, USA
  Networks of Urban Acupuncture, and the non-Contiguous P.U.D.
    Samuel Friesema, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
     
4.30 – 5.30 THE CHALLENGE OF GATED RESIDENTIAL COMPOUNDS *
  Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Portland, OR
   
     
 

Life on the Other Side of the Wall: The Shaping of Practices In and Outside Gated Communities in Mexico

    Emma Regina Morales, Puebla, MEXICO
     
5.30 – 6.00 SHORT PRESENTATIONS: FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN HOUSING
  Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Portland, OR
 

Place Keeping: “Let’s Make Our Community… Better… Where We Have Ownership!”

    Douglas Williams, Urbana, IL, USA
  Healthy Transitions: Providing Housing for Syrian Refugees in the U.S.
  Jason Hegenauer, Manchester, CT, USA

Shaw Centre, Room 202

2.00 – 3.00 TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING 10-MINUTE NEIGHBORHOODS *
  Moderator: Phil Stafford, Bloomington, IN, USA
  Identifying the Right Tools for Creating 10-Minute Neighbourhoods
    Elora Wilkinson, Halifax, NS, CANADA
    Jacob Ritchie, Halifax, NS CANADA
  Livable Medicine Hat
    Stan Schwartzenberger, Medicine Hat, AB, CANADA
     
3.00 – 3.30 Coffee Break
     
3.30 – 4.30 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT *
  Moderator: Phil Stafford, Bloomington, IN, USA
  Food Map: Growing Social Cohesion and Local Food
    Amber Zirnhelt, Campbell River, BC, CANADA
  Convivial and Inclusive Urban Square and Park in Central Jakarta
    Felia Srinaga, Jakarta, INDONESIA
     
4.30 – 5.30 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE *
  Moderator: Phil Stafford, Bloomington, IN, USA
 

CHESS (Community Health Engagement Survey Solutions): The App that Maps Communities’ Health Assets and Barriers

    Denise Stevens, Providence, RI, USA
 

Services Accessibility and Self-Reported Health/Quality of Life in a Low-Income Urban Neighborhood

    Pablo Cabrera-Barona, Quito, EQUADOR
     
5.30 – 6.00 SHORT PRESENTATIONS: THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE
  Moderator: Phil Stafford, Bloomington, IN, USA
 

Wellbeing Synergies Between Walkable Neighborhoods and the Enhances Use of Greenspace

    Adriana Zuniga Teran, Tucson, AZ, USA
  The Effect of Water Fountains and Storefronts on Plaza’s Perceived Livability
    Dina Abdulkarim, Pasadena, CA, USA
 

Pedestrians’ Perception of Attractiveness of Streetscapes: A Review of the Existing Literature

    Dena Kasraian, Toronto, ON, CANADA

FOTENN, 223 McLeod Street

6.00 – 7.30 Drinks Reception and Networking Event  

NCC Urbanism Lab (2nd Floor, 40 Elgin Street)

6.30 – 8.30 URBANISM LAB: THE CAPITAL AND THE HEALTHY 10-MINUTE NEIGHBORHOOD *
  Moderator: Stanley Leinwand, NCC Urbanism Lab
    Speaker: Benjamin Grant, SPUR (San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association) – Rethinking the Corporate Campus