Future Cities Canada Summit

10/31/18 • 13 min

Jo Flatt, Senior Lead of Policy & Partnerships at Evergreen speaks to us about the Future Cities Canada Summit.

Future Cities Canada is a new national collaborative that aims to accelerate urban innovation to transform cities for the benefit of us all.

The Summit takes place from November 7-9, 2018 at Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto.

Jo Flatt, Senior Lead of Policy & Partnerships at Evergreen speaks to us about the Future Cities Canada Summit.

Future Cities Canada is a new national collaborative that aims to accelerate urban innovation to transform cities for the benefit of us all.

The Summit takes place from November 7-9, 2018 at Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto.

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Bloom Where You're Planted

Alex Lenarduzzi, Water Resources Engineer at Conservation Halton shares her thoughts on the role of the natural environment and how it co-exists with the urban environment.

We talk about:

Differences and similarities between practice in the public and private sector

The lingering impacts of extreme weather and the human stories around such events

Alex's perception of the word "environment" as the "natural environment," rather than "urban environment"

Urbanites exploring the natural world

Seeing the City from the escarpment, or from the water

Working in a career doing something you love

Alex's guide to being outside and how it promotes being in the moment

Growing up in the "Waterfall Capital of the World"

How seeing the world, on the ground, or from space, can affect our perspective

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Desmond Cole talks Future Cities Canada

Desmond Cole, award-winning journalist, activist and author, speaks to the Plangineers on the heels of his opening keynote at the Future Cities Canada Summit, held November 7-9, 2018 at Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto. Click here to see his intriguing presentation.

He points to segregation within the City of Toronto and encourages city builders to similarly call out and use the right language to address what he's seeing.

His first book, entitled "The Skin We're In" will be published in 2019.