{"id":51233,"date":"2015-03-26T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=51233"},"modified":"2015-03-26T13:40:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T17:40:33","slug":"event-the-city-as-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2015\/03\/26\/event-the-city-as-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENT: The City as Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>: The City as Laboratory (TEDxYMCAAcademy 2015)<br \/>\n<strong>WHEN<\/strong>: Saturday, April 11, 12pm-2pm<br \/>\n<strong>WHERE<\/strong>: <a title=\"Toronto-Central Grosvenor Street YMCA Auditorium\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/place\/Toronto+Central+Grosvenor+St.+YMCA+Centre\/@43.663155,-79.385028,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x882b34b411e31381:0x3cc22b2111ff9dd8?hl=en\">Toronto-Central Grosvenor Street YMCA Centre Auditorium<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: Free!<br \/>\n<strong>TICKETS<\/strong>: <a title=\"TEDxYMCAAcademy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tedxymcaacademy.com\/attend.html\">Click here<\/a> to reserve<br \/>\n<strong>MORE INFO:<\/strong> <a title=\"TEDxYMCAAcademy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tedxymcaacademy.com\">www.tedxymcaacademy.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE EVENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How can engaging with the people and places in your local neighbourhood foster new a new understanding of a city\u2019s vitality?<\/p>\n<p>Why is it so important to teach young people about urbanism \u2014 and what\u2019s the best way to go about it?<\/p>\n<p>What can the gloriously messy, electrifyingly experimental nature of a modern city offer educators seeking experiential learning opportunities?<\/p>\n<p>These questions, and many more, will be explored at \u201cThe City as Laboratory,\u201d the 2015 edition of the annual TEDxYMCAAcademy speaker series.<\/p>\n<p>This event features talks by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shawn Micallef<\/strong> (<em>Spacing<\/em> senior editor and <em>Toronto Star<\/em> columnist)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zahra Ebrahim<\/strong> (Founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.architextinc.com\/\">Architext<\/a> and co-lead of the Community. 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Initiative.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Josh Fullan<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/maximumcity.ca\/\">Maximum City<\/a> founder and teacher at University of Toronto Schools)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pamela Robinson<\/strong> (Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryerson.ca\/surp\/current\/graduate\/\">Master\u2019s of Urban Development program<\/a> at Ryerson)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrew Davies<\/strong> (Executive director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.no9.ca\/1.html\">No. 9 Contemporary Art &amp; the Environment<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leslie McBeth<\/strong> (Greenwood College teacher and facilitator at <a href=\"http:\/\/cohort21.com\/\">Cohort21<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Todd Harrison<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ymcaacademy.org\/\">YMCA Academy<\/a> teacher and <em>Spacing<\/em> senior editor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These seven change agents will share projects and ideas purpose-built to spark innovation and foster engagement in Canada\u2019s urban landscape.<\/p>\n<p>We live in a rapidly urbanizing world. 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