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virtual conference | Sep 23, Sep 30, Oct 7 & Oct 14
Finding a Place in Evolving Communities
#OPPI2020
virtual conference Sep 23, Sep 30, Oct 7 & Oct 14
OPPI President Justine Giancola is pleased to welcome members to OPPI20! OPPI20 will explore the topics of housing, demographics, planning and planners through four keynote presentations and 50+ breakout sessions over four days - September 23 & 30, October 7 & 14. OPPI20 will teach you, inspire you, and delight you! Because we know as planners you're always learning, always guiding, always inspiring - AlwaysON.
In our keynote panel presentation at OPPI20, moderator Jeanhy Shim, President of Housing Lab Toronto will lead a conversation with several panelists discussing affordable housing in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Ontario is currently experiencing a housing crisis. Existing affordable housing stock is limited and to make matters worse, the 2016 Census projects that the population of Ontario will grow by 38% by the year 2046, and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is poised to be one of the fastest-growing parts of the province. How can planning, and planners, address current and future housing needs? Our keynote panel will discuss this question and others through the exploration of affordable housing initiatives from municipalities in the GTHA. For more information on our OPPI20 program, please click here. To register for OPPI20, please click here.
In his talk at OPPI20, David Wachsmuth, Canada Research Chair in Urban Governance at McGill University, will explore what professional planners need to know about short-term rentals. This includes their rise in Ontario and the world, their impacts on existing housing stocks, why some communities are fighting back, and how planners can contribute to regulating this industry in the public interest. David’s talk will also include a first look at a forensic analysis of thousands of short-term rental hosts who have put their properties back on the long-term rental market during the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information on our OPPI20 program, please click here. To register for OPPI20, please click here.
OPPI would like to thank members and others for submitting their session ideas. OPPI's PKE Committee and Program Team have gone through the submissions and selected program sessions. OPPI would like to thank our volunteer members for reviewing and curating OPPI20 sessions. OPPI20 would not be able to take place without the leadership of our PKE Committee and interested volunteers: