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Community Readiness

Symposium 2018

Day 1

8:15am - 9:00am

Light Breakfast

Please ensure you partake of your hotel’s complimentary breakfast. Only a light continental breakfast will be provided at Laurentian.

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9:00am - 9:30am

10:30am - 11:00am

11:00am - 12:00pm

Breakout Sessions

A variety of options will be available

Interactive Training : 30 or 60 minute sessions designed to teach specific skills or concepts, and to address specific planning-related issues. These sessions will provide skill development for planners and may incorporate.

Ignite sessions:  Fifteen minute, rapid-fire presentations with 5 minutes for questions at the end. These come in groupings of 2 or 3. Stay for one session or stay for all! 

11:00am - 12:00pm

Interactive 60

These sessions feature 60 minutes of interactive content.

11:00am - 12:00pm

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11:00am - 12:00pm

104: Resilient Communities in Northern Ontario

Interactive 60 (1 hour presentation)

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11:00am - 12:00pm

105: In Search of the Missing Middle: A How To Discussion Panel

Interactive 60 (1 hour Panel presentation)

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11:00am - 12:00pm

Interactive 30

These sessions feature 30 minutes of interactive content.

11:30am - 12:00pm

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11:30am - 12:00pm

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12:00pm - 2:00pm

Networking Lunch

*Limited sessions happening concurrently.*

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Breakout Sessions

A variety of options will be available

Interactive Training: 60 or 120 minute sessions designed to teach specific skills or concepts, and to address specific planning-related issues. These sessions will provide skill development for planners and may incorporate.

Ignite sessions: Fifteen minute, rapid-fire presentations with 5 minutes for questions at the end. These come in groupings of 2 or 3. Stay for one session or stay for all! 

Mobile workshops:  On the go learning by bus, bike or on foot.  Pre-registration is required and some may be offered at an additional cost.

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Interactive 60

These sessions feature 60 minutes of interactive content.

1:00pm - 1:30pm

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12:30pm - 1:00pm

204: A Tale of Two Populations: Muskoka’s Second Home Study

Interactive 30 (1/2 hour presentation)

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12:00pm - 2:00pm

Interactive 30

These sessions feature 30 minutes of interactive content.

12:30pm - 1:00pm

200B: Planning Food Systems in the North

Interactive 30 (1/2 hour presentation)

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12:00pm - 12:30pm

201A: Official Plan Building Blocks for Resiliency

Interactive 30 (1/2 hour presentation)

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1:30pm - 2:00pm

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12:00pm - 2:00pm

Ignite Sessions

These sessions feature 15 minute presentations.

12:00pm - 12:15pm

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12:30pm - 12:45pm

205B: NHS Research Programs & Community Readiness

brought to you by Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation

Ignite Session (15 minute presentation)

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12:45pm - 1:00pm

205C: Whose Smart City?: Planning Open and Inclusive Smart Cities

Student Ignite

Ignite Session (15 minute presentation)

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1:00pm - 4:00pm

Mobile Workshops

A variety of options will be available - on foot or by bus- some will be an additional cost.

12:30pm - 3:30pm

MW1: Cycle Greater Sudbury - Tour and Discussion of Infrastructure Implementation

Pre-registration required & Additional fees may apply

sponsored by: Sessions Ride Sudbury

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1:00pm - 4:00pm

MW2: Regreening the Moon - 40 years of regenerative landscape design

Pre-registration & Additional fees apply

Mobile Workshop

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1:00pm - 4:00pm

MW6: Up Here Mural Tour

Pre-registration & Additional fees apply

Mobile Workshop

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1:00pm - 4:00pm

MW7: Copper Cliff History Hike

Pre-registration & Additional fees apply

Mobile Workshop

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2:00pm - 3:00pm

Breakout Sessions

A variety of options will be available.

Interactive Training: 30 or 60 minute sessions designed to teach specific skills or concepts, and to address specific planning-related issues. These sessions will provide skill development for planners and may incorporate.

Ignite sessions: Fifteen minute, rapid-fire presentations with 5 minutes for questions at the end. These come in groupings of 2 or 3. Stay for one session or stay for all! 

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Interactive 60

These sessions feature 60 minutes of interactive content.

2:00pm - 3:00pm

301: Planning to be a better Planner under Bill 139

Interactive 60 (1 hour presentation)

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2:00pm - 3:00pm

302: A planner and a firefighter walk into a forest….

Interactive 60 (1 hour presentation)

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2:00pm - 3:00pm

303: Community Energy Planning: Small Scale, Big Purpose

Interactive 60 (1 hour presentation)

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2:00pm - 3:00pm

306: Moving Forward on Climate Change

Interactive 60 (1 hour presentation)

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2:00pm - 3:00pm

Ignite Sessions

These sessions feature 15 minute presentations.

2:00pm - 3:00pm

305A: Cities Should Include, Not Decide

Bilingual

Ignite Session (15 minute presentation)

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2:30pm - 3:00pm

305B: Estates General – Francophone Community of Greater Sudbury

Bilingual

Extended Ignite Session (30 minute presentation)

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2:00pm - 2:15pm

307A: Fueling Design Solutions Through Evidence-Based Learning: Future-Proofing UGCs For Improved Walkability

Ignite Session (15 minute presentation)

In the Winter of 2018, The Province of Ontario, through the Places to Grow Implementation Fund, initiated the “Achieving Urban Growth Centre Activity Integration through Walking” initiative. The objective of the project was to explore ways of improving the integration of activities within Urban Growth Centres (UGC) through enhanced walking conditions. Combining both qualitative research, evidence-based evaluation, and design thinking, the Project Team explored how to improve the pedestrian realm within three UGC typologies; being Developed, Mall-Focused, and Undeveloped.
 
This presentation will provide a brief summary of the categorization of UGCs within this research. It will then introduce the analysis-tool used to evaluate existing conditions within the three Case Study UGCs, being a modified version of Transit-Oriented Development Standard 3.0 (TOD Standard 3.0). Using this tool, the Project Team was able to deduce opportunities, constraints, and key themes within each Case Study UGC and envision how these centres could transform to encourage connectivity and walkability, as conveyed through the Project Team’s design solutions.

2:15pm - 2:30pm

307B: Our People are the Planners: Community Plan Development at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory

Ignite Session (15 minute presentation)

This session will be a quick overview of our ongoing update of the Six Nations Community Plan, our approach to community engagement and lessons learned to date. We will explore the notion of “Our People are the Planners” by highlighting how the community voice has been centred in the planning process. We intend to include a significant portion of discussion for participants to ask questions of our experiences and provide feedback to advance our planning process. 

2:35pm - 2:50pm

307C: Flood Perception of Toronto and Calgary Residents with Respects to their Local Floodplain

Ignite Session (15 minute presentation)

The importance to engage with citizens to understand their perception to successfully implement future climate change policies and programs.

3:00pm - 3:30pm

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Breakout Sessions

A variety of options will be available.

Interactive Training: 30 or 60 minute sessions designed to teach specific skills or concepts, and to address specific planning-related issues. These sessions will provide skill development for planners and may incorporate.

Ignite sessions: Fifteen minute, rapid-fire presentations with 5 minutes for questions at the end. These come in groupings of 2 or 3. Stay for one session or stay for all! 


3:30pm - 4:30pm

Interactive 60

These sessions feature 60 minutes of interactive content.

3:30pm - 4:30pm

400: Sand: The untold story of a scarce resource

Interactive 60 (1 hour presentation)

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3:30pm - 4:30pm

401: Growing Up: Economics of Tall Building Design in Mid-Sized Cities

These sessions feature 60 minutes of interactive content.

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3:30pm - 4:30pm

403: Municipal Asset Planning

Interactive 60 (1 hour presentation)

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3:30pm - 4:30pm

404: Community Readiness for a Strong Tourism Sector

Interactive 60 (1 hour presentation)

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3:30pm - 4:30pm

406: Housing Calculator

Interactive 60 (1 hour presentation)

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3:30pm - 4:30pm

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3:30pm - 4:30pm

408: Main Street Ontario: Accessibility in Heritage Buildings

brought to you by Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

Interactive 60 (1 hour presentation)

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3:30pm - 4:30pm

Interactive 30

These sessions feature 30 minutes of interactive content.

3:30pm - 4:00pm

405A: Planning and Reconciliation

Interactive 30 (1/2 hour presentation)

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4:00pm - 4:15pm

5:30pm - 6:30pm

OPPI Annual General Meeting & Awards Presentations

OPPI members and invited guests welcome.

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