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Postwar towers — apartment buildings over five storeys built before 1985 — are the backbone of the purpose-built rental sector in Canada and home to hundreds of thousands of households of modest and low incomes. The majority of these buildings (over 80%) are privately owned an...
/oppi/conferences/conference-2020/program/day-2-september-30/1-15-pm/stream-4/407b-advancing-tower-renewal-and-high-rise-retrofits-policy,-practice,-and-financing 8/6/2020 11:22:47 AM
Intensification efforts to respond to growing population in urban centres combined with the commodification of land have impacted the size, quality, and quantity of children’s spaces to live, play, walk, and cycle.   The complexity of social and spatial dynamics experience...
/oppi/conferences/conference-2020/program/day-1-september-23/3-00-pm/stream-3/302b-challenges-and-opportunities-for-child-friendly-public-open-spaces-in-downtown-toronto 8/11/2020 9:47:13 PM
Ottawa is becoming the most livable mid-sized city in North America! This session will outline how Ottawa’s new official plan (OP) identifies nodes, corridors, and neighbourhood designations across a vast swath of the inner suburbs and urban core to lay the policy groundwork f...
/oppi/conferences/conference-2020/program/day-3-october-7/3-00-pm/stream-4/410a-ottawa’s-new-op-bold-moves-to-facilitate-densification-of-the-inner-city-while-conserving-ne 8/17/2020 9:54:27 AM
Housing is recognized internationally as a basic human right, yet in Ontario, affordable housing and homelessness remain a challenge for communities large and small. A recent survey in rural Ontario found that 30% of all households were low income and that half of these househ...
/oppi/conferences/conference-2020/program/day-4-october-14/12-00-pm/stream-2/213-homelessness-and-housing-in-rural-ontario-understanding-the-issue-and-finding-solutions 8/17/2020 11:16:46 AM
Finding affordable, suitable housing in many Ontario communities is becoming more challenging. In response to rising housing challenges, the Province of Ontario passed legislation in 2018 which allowed municipalities to implement inclusionary zoning, a new planning tool to req...
/oppi/conferences/conference-2020/program/featured-sessions/inclusionary-zoning-for-your-community 9/2/2020 2:31:29 PM
Housing is recognized internationally as a basic human right, yet in Ontario, affordable housing and homelessness remain a challenge for communities large and small. A recent survey in rural Ontario found that 30% of all households were low income and that half of these househ...
/oppi/conferences/conference-2020/program/featured-sessions/homelessness-and-housing-in-rural-ontario-understanding-the-issue-and-finding-solutions 9/2/2020 2:34:59 PM
This intensive 2-hour session will provide an essential primer for planners in the legal and constitutional frameworks that have shaped post contact Indigenous histories in Ontario and how Indigenous land rights will reshape the future of planning in Ontario. The session will ...
/oppi/conferences/conference-2020/program/day-2-september-30/12-00-pm/stream-3/306-indigenous-rights,-land-and-the-future-of-planning-in-ontario 9/3/2020 8:33:24 AM
This intensive 2-hour session will provide an essential primer for planners in the legal and constitutional frameworks that have shaped post contact Indigenous histories in Ontario and how Indigenous land rights will reshape the future of planning in Ontario. The session will ...
/oppi/conferences/conference-2020/program/day-2-september-30/1-15-pm/stream-3/307-indigenous-rights,-land-and-the-future-of-planning-in-ontario-(continued) 9/3/2020 8:34:20 AM
In May 2020 Canadian Urban Institute initiated a national program, www.bringbackmainstreet.ca to galvanize people’s commitment to investing in the future of their local ‘main street’. COVID has brought numerous challenges to independent businesses and community amenities typ...
/oppi/conferences/conference-2020/program/day-1-september-23/1-45-pm/stream-2/201b-why-bringing-back-main-streets-is-critical-to-covid-recovery 9/15/2020 8:07:04 AM
It’s all about the user experience. How do we make residents feel comfortable, that there concerns are valued, and that we are reaching the voices that want to be part of the discussion. Virtual engagement has allowed residents to join from the comfort of their homes, cutting ...
/oppi/conferences/conference-2020/program/day-4-october-14/10-45-am/stream-2/212b-engaging-without-borders 9/22/2020 8:37:50 AM
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