Jun
9
4:00pm
Post-COVID Toronto: How can we come back well?
By TPL Innovation
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge us, over the course of 2021 there is real hope that we’ll begin the process of returning to a more open, social, public life in-person. We have an important opportunity now to think creatively, inclusively and intentionally about what it means for us to return well. Who do we want to be together in our post-COVID lives? What kinds of deliberate efforts can we make now so that as we return to a more public life, we are active about being more inclusive, equitable and sustainable in our community investment and engagement efforts?
Panelists:
Adriana Beemans, Director, Inclusive Local Economies Program, Metcalf Foundation
As Inclusive Local Economies Program Director at the Metcalf Foundation, Adriana works with community partners on long-term strategies that improve precarious employment and enable access to good jobs, advance innovative approaches for community wealth, and support community organizing for structural change. Since 2013 Adriana has led the program’s vision, strategic development and implementation. Adriana is a curious learner, lateral thinker, catalytic funder and values driven leader. Her skills in systems-thinking, capacity building, strategy development, and partnership development were honed over a decade with Working Women Community Centre as Director of Programs & Services, Toronto Community Housing as Social Investment Fund Manager, and UN-Habitat Afghanistan as a project manager and consultant. Adriana is an alum from UofT, Trent, and Kings College, avid NBA fan, and mum to an amazing 9 years old.
Daniel Fusca, Manager, Public Consultation for Parks, Forestry & Recreation, City of Toronto
Daniel is a recognized leader and innovator in municipal civic engagement with extensive experience in process design and policy development. For five years, he served in the Chief Planner’s Office as the Stakeholder Engagement Lead for the City Planning Division, where he worked to improve the Division’s overall approach to public engagement, bring new, hard-to-reach voices into planning processes, build the Division’s social media presence, and transform its approach to communications. He also led the creation of City Planning's first Youth Engagement Strategy, as well as of the Toronto Planning Review Panel, an innovative Resident Advisory Committee selected through civic lottery that is representative and provides input into strategic planning initiatives over a two-year term. Today, Daniel is the Manager of Public Consultation for Toronto's Parks, Forestry, and Recreation Division, supporting the capital projects branch. Daniel speaks regularly at conferences all over Europe and North America, is a trained facilitator and Partnership Broker, and teaches a course on civic engagement at the University of Toronto.
Pamela Robinson, MCIP RPP, Professor and Director, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson
Throughout her career as a planner her research and practice have focused on complex, emergent challenges that Canadian communities face. Her current research focuses on the question: who is planning the Canadian smart city? Since 2010, Pamela has written a regular column for Spacing Magazine where she writes about technology and civic engagement in Canadian cities. Robinson recently served as a member of Waterfront Toronto’s Digital Strategy Advisory Panel and was an inaugural member of the Multi-Stakeholder Forum for the Government of Canada’s Open Government Partnership work. She is an Advisor on the Toronto Public Library’s Innovation Council. And in 2020 Pamela received the inaugural Canadian Institute of Planners President’s Award: Academic.
This program is part of the Innovation Council Presents: Spring Program Series.
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