{"id":33577,"date":"2012-09-19T13:25:51","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T17:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=33577"},"modified":"2012-09-19T13:34:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T17:34:05","slug":"toronto-transit-summit-coming-to-york-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/09\/19\/toronto-transit-summit-coming-to-york-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto transit summit comes to York University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/09\/transit-summit-logo-600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33578\" title=\"transit summit logo-600\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/09\/transit-summit-logo-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>: Going to School transit summit<br \/>\n<strong>WHEN<\/strong>: Friday, September 28, 2012, 10am-4pm<br \/>\n<strong>WHERE<\/strong>: York University, the Underground Restaurant, York Student Centre (4700 Keele Street)<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $75, students &amp; NGOs $20<\/p>\n<p>Spacing is happy to partner with York University and the Canadian Urban Institute to bring you &#8220;Going to School: A Transit Conference for the GTHA&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/canurb.org\/civicrm\/event\/info?reset=1&amp;id=92\"><em>(Register through the CUI&#8217;s website)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This forum is a call to action for the coordinated and sustained funding, construction and maintenance of a regional transit system to support and enhance the civic and economic vitality of Toronto and the entire Greater Golden Horseshoe region.<\/p>\n<p>In a broad context of transportation and transit debates in the Toronto region, <em>Going to School<\/em> will focus on the needs and issues of providing smooth region-wide transportation for the 300 000 students, instructors and staff at Southern Ontario\u2019s institutions of secondary education.<\/p>\n<p>Join in this thought-provoking and action-oriented forum with the heads of the region&#8217;s colleges and universities, transit planners, regional transit chiefs and civic leaders. Come away with new perspectives on what makes the region a region, and the transformative power of effective and efficient transit networks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>10:00 Opening Remarks <\/strong><br \/>\nRoger Keil, Director, City Institute at York University<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:15 Opening Keynote Address <\/strong><br \/>\nThe Honourable Kathleen Wynne<br \/>\nMinister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Province of Ontario<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:45 Panel 1 \u2013 Presidents Panel <\/strong><br \/>\nJohn Tory, Chair, Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance (moderator)<br \/>\nMamdouh Shoukri, President, York University<br \/>\nTim McTiernan, President, University of Ontario Institute of Technology<br \/>\nChris Whittaker, President, Humber College Institute of Technology &amp; Advanced Learning<br \/>\nDeanne Fisher, AVP, Students, OCAD University<\/p>\n<p><strong> 11:45<\/strong> Break<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00 Panel 2 \u2013 Transit and Land Use: planning for transit-oriented (campus) development<\/strong><br \/>\nJennifer Keesmaat, Chief Planner, City of Toronto (moderator)<br \/>\nBryan Tuckey, President and CEO, Building Industry and Land Development Association<br \/>\nChris Wong, Director of Transportation and Master Planning, York University Development Corporation<br \/>\nMarcy Burchfield, Geomatics\/Research Program Manager, Neptis Foundation<br \/>\nSean Hertel, Urban Planning Consultant<\/p>\n<p><strong>13:00<\/strong> Lunch<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:00 Panel 3 \u2013 Transit operators: serving and linking the region\u2019s learning institutions<\/strong><br \/>\nRoyson James, Urban Affairs Columnist, Toronto Star (moderator)<br \/>\nAndy Byford, CEO, Toronto Transit Commission<br \/>\nGary McNeil, President, GO Transit<br \/>\nMichael Collens, Student, York University<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:00 Panel 4 \u2013 Lessons: academics from the region<\/strong><br \/>\nLeslie Woo, Vice President \u2013 Policy, Planning &amp; Innovation, Metrolinx (moderator)<br \/>\nPierre Filion, Professor and Associate Director, University of Waterloo, School of Planning \u2013 Graduate Studies<br \/>\nLaura Taylor, Assistant Professor and Planning Programs Coordinator, York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies<br \/>\nZack Taylor, University of Toronto, Department of Geography, Program in Planning<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/canurb.org\/civicrm\/event\/info?reset=1&amp;id=92\">Registration fees cover<\/a> the cost of refreshments and technical services. 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