Registration is now open for the Sustainable Transportation Summit: Building Equity into Ottawa’s Transportation System taking place on February 23rd, 2016 at Ottawa City Hall. To register for the summit click here.
Hosted by EnviroCentre in partnership with the Healthy Transportation Coalition.
Join us as we bring together residents, community leaders and professionals to create a platform where different interests can work together in bringing equity to the forefront of transportation planning in Ottawa.
The half-day event will feature:
· Opening Panel: Understanding Equity and How This Relates to Sustainable Transportation
· Breakout Session One- Barriers to an Equitable Transportation System
o What are the barriers and how can we address them; Dr. Adonia Lugo, Urban Anthropologist and Professor at Antioch and California State Universities (via skype)
· Breakout Session Two - Building Equity into Sustainable Transportation Planning
o How to Apply the Equity Lens When Planning; Suzanne Doerge, Director, City for All Women Initiative
o Built Form and it’s Relation to Equity; Orly Linovski Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of City Planning, University of Manitoba
o What’s Next for Complete Streets; Nelson Edwards, Senior Project Manager, Transportation Planning Branch, City of Ottawa
· Presentation- Living in the Built Environment; Inge Roosendaal, Program Development Officer, Ottawa Public Health
· Group Activity- Join a creative discussion to help identify and prioritize practical steps toward transportation equity solutions in Ottawa.
· Networking Lunch
Click to view Summit Draft Agenda
If you have any questions please contact EnviroCentre by email at [email protected] or by phone at 613-656-0100 ext. 104
See you at the Summit!
Hosted by EnviroCentre in partnership with the Healthy Transportation Coalition.
Join us as we bring together residents, community leaders and professionals to create a platform where different interests can work together in bringing equity to the forefront of transportation planning in Ottawa.
The half-day event will feature:
· Opening Panel: Understanding Equity and How This Relates to Sustainable Transportation
· Breakout Session One- Barriers to an Equitable Transportation System
o What are the barriers and how can we address them; Dr. Adonia Lugo, Urban Anthropologist and Professor at Antioch and California State Universities (via skype)
· Breakout Session Two - Building Equity into Sustainable Transportation Planning
o How to Apply the Equity Lens When Planning; Suzanne Doerge, Director, City for All Women Initiative
o Built Form and it’s Relation to Equity; Orly Linovski Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of City Planning, University of Manitoba
o What’s Next for Complete Streets; Nelson Edwards, Senior Project Manager, Transportation Planning Branch, City of Ottawa
· Presentation- Living in the Built Environment; Inge Roosendaal, Program Development Officer, Ottawa Public Health
· Group Activity- Join a creative discussion to help identify and prioritize practical steps toward transportation equity solutions in Ottawa.
· Networking Lunch
Click to view Summit Draft Agenda
If you have any questions please contact EnviroCentre by email at [email protected] or by phone at 613-656-0100 ext. 104
See you at the Summit!
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