Media Alert/Hold the Date - Re-Thinking the Urban Commons - Trudeau
Foundation Conference on Life in Canadian Cities - Nov 19-21
Tomorrow (Nov 19), the sixth annual Trudeau Foundation Conference on Public Policy begins, bringing some of the brightest minds together to tackle the subject from unique, fresh and actionable angles.
WHAT: Trudeau Conference on Public Policy: Canadian Cities and the Public Sphere: Rethinking the Urban Commons. Keynote speeches, dialogue sessions with renowned specialists on critical issues such as diversity, migration, the environment, public housing, urban economics and planning, arts and culture, and urban Aboriginals, among others. The conference will also discuss new poll results on urban Canadians' attitudes about life in the city. The results are currently available at: http://tiny.cc/YwqFI. WHEN: November 19-21, 2009 WHERE: Chateau Laurier Fairmont Hotel Ottawa, Ontario WHO: Conference speakers and specialists include: - Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Winnipeg; 2007 Trudeau Mentor - James Bartleman, Former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario; 2009 Trudeau Mentor - Mark Kingwell, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto; award- winning author - Susan Fainstein, Professor of Urban Planning, Harvard University - Cynthia Ghorra-Gobin, Research Director, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris - Jean-Paul L'Allier, Visiting Professor, Laval University and Former Mayor of Quebec City - Hazel McCallion, Mayor of Mississauga - Lluis Recoder Miralles, Alcalde (Mayor), Sant Cugat del Vallès (Spain) - Ilmar Reepalu, Kommunalradet (Mayor), Malmo (Sweden) - John B. Robinson, Professor of Geography, University of British Columbia; 2007 Trudeau Fellow - Witold Rybczynski, Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism, University of Pennsylvania Full conference program: http://tinyurl.com/y976xxt
For further information: Media Pre-registration or Inquiries: Sheryl So (English), Environics Communications, (416) 969-2725, [email protected]; Alida Alepian (French), Capital-Image, (514) 739-1188 ext. 225, [email protected]; On site Nov. 19-21, Elise Comtois, The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, (514) 466-1575 (Mobile), [email protected]
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