hilToRoNTo MEMBER OF COUNCIL REPORT ON OUT-OF-PROVINCE CONFERENCE (To be circulated to standing committees and posted on the internet)
Name of Member of Council: Councillor Ana Bailão
Name of Conference: Vancouver Re:Address Housing Week and Summit
Location: Vancouver. British Columbia, Canada
Date(s) Attended: October27 to 29. 2016
I confirm I attended the following sessions (please use additional sheet it required):
DATE TIME NAME OF SESSION
Oct 27, 2016 8:30am Keynote Speaker: Vicki Been
Oct 27, 2016 9:25am Mayor’s city Leaders Panel: Civic Practice, Global
Significance
Oct 27, 2016 11am Indigenous Insights for Connection in a Global City:
Housing Design & Reconciliation Panel
Oct 27, 2016 1:30pm Future Forward: Short Talks on the Future of Housing
Affordability
, Oct 27, 2016 3:10pm Panel: The Economy Story Within a Housing Context
Oct 27, 2016 4:25pm Keynote Speaker: Nathanael Lauster
Oct 27, 2016 5pm Closing Remarks: Sadhu Johnston
Oct 28, 2016 9am Non-Profit Housing Summit: Business Transformation
Oct 28, 2016 1pm Modular Housing Tour
Oct 29, 2016 9am Tour of the Downtown Eastside and Container Housing
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OVERVIEW
WHAT IS RE:ADDRESS?
Re:Address will convene one of the most significant discussions on Housing Affordability in Canada. While Re:Address Week and the Re:Address Summit have been created by the City of Vancouver, it is crucial that our wealth of local expertise share in the content, communications and credit that come from this unicue series of events.
Housing Aftordanility is the issue right now for Metro Vancouver. touching ansolutely everyone who lives and works here. Over 500 local, nation& and global attendees are expected at the Re:Address Summit and thousands of local experts and engaged citizens are expected to come tagethe’ in the week long series of events. Print, broadcast and social media wI all be flooded with :nformat,on generated by this initiative and the surrounding events and discussons tnat grow -rem it.
Re:Address Week takes place October 24-29 and consists of 11 events on a variety of topics hosted around Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, These 11 events will consist of 8 Public Events (7 free, 1 paid) and 3 Partner Events (Invite Only). Re:Address Summit is a two-day invite-only summit on October 26-27, which will feature keynote speakers and panels of experts on housing from around the globe.
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‘ [ MAYOR GREGOR ROBERTSON MAYOR OF THE CITY OF VANCOUVER
Mayor Gregor Robertson, a progressive leader who Now in his thtd term, Mayor Robertson has priorit zed continues to position Vancouver as an inclusive, affordable and accessible housing, making great diverse and sustainable world class city built on strides with an aggressive ten ycar plan to expand innovation. Vancouver’s growth as a world-class c ty affordability, delivering thousands of new homes while has put unprecedented pressure on affordability, ensuring ex:st’ng affordable homes are protectec. impacting people of all incomes and neignbourboods.
SAPHU JOHNSTON CITY MANAGER
MASTER OF CEREMONIES - DELEGATES WELCOME As City Manager, Sadhu is responsible for to oversee the development and implementation management of the City of Vancouver supporting City of Vancouver’s Greenest City Action Plan, which Council in making Vancouver an even more vibrant build’s off of Vancouver’s successes in building a and sustainable community, including oversight of the green city. Vancouver’s greenhouse gas emissions over siB annual budget with over 7,000 employees. In are currently 6% below 1990 levels despite a growth this role, Sadhu has helped to solve a long-standing in population of 30% and an increase in jobs of over challenge with the purchase of the Arbutus Greenway. 20%. Current activities include citywide curbside thereby creating an 11km greenway across the city. He compost collection, public bike share, home energy has received support from Council to replace the aged retrofit programs, water conservation programs, a viaducts accessing downtown with a road network deconstruction program, green job strategies, electric and revitalized neighborhood. vehicle infrastructure and district energy strategies among others. Prior to serving in this role, Sadhu served for seven years as the Deputy City Manager, where he helped
KATHLEEN LLEWELLYN-THOMAS GENERAL MANAGER OF COMMUNITY SERVICES
MASTER OF CEREMONIES - RE:ADDRESS SUMMIT Kathleen is currently General Manager of Community Kathleen is a licensed professional engineer, who prior Services for the City of Vancouver where she oversees to her role at The City of Vancouver held positions departments focused on the City’s physical, social, that included Strategic Polacy Advisor and acting City and cultural development, most notably, Housng Engineer to the City of Halifax, Chief Operating Officer Policy and Projects and their ongoing evolution of the for the Toronto Community Housing Corporation. City’s Housing and Homelessness Strategy, and Commissioner of Transportation and Community Planning for York Region. She brings a wealth of experience to her position from her 35 year history in and use planning, engineering Kathleen is currently Vice-Chair of the Canadian design and construction, social and affordable Urban institute and former Vice-Chair of the Board of housing, infrastructure asset management, transit, the House of Compassion, a housing non-profit which cjlture and social ool!cy. provdes supportive housing to residents living with severe and persistent mental illness.
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MUKHTAR LATIF CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER CEO, VANCOUVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGENCY As Chief Housing Officer, Mukhtar is responsible Prior to moving to Vancouver, Mukhtar worked for identifying, appraising and delivering more extensively in the UK with 25 years experience of affordable housing in the City. Working with delivering affordable housing across a range of developers, not-for-profits, provincial and federal tenures from supportive housing, general needs a’ agencies to meet housing needs and help implement rented, housing for the elderly, student and keyworker the recommendations of the Mayor’s Task Force in accommodation, shared ownership and outright sale, providing an array of housing types. Mukhtar is also as well as project managing schemes from acquisition the CEO of the Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency to practical completion including estate and urban which has been tasked to deliver 2,500 affordable regeneration projects. housing units by 2021,
GIL KELLEY GENERAL MANAGER OF PLANNING, URBAN DESIGN, AND SUSTAINABILITY Gil Kelley, FAICR is an internationally recognized neighborhood and downtown revitalization, waterfront urban strategist and visionary, having served as development. urban design and sustainability. Chief Planner for several West Coast cities and as an Mr. Kelley has continuously promoted civic engagement independent advisor to cities and governments across and innovative thinking in his public and private work, the globe. He currently serves as the General Manager He served as Practitioner-in-Residence at the School of Planning, Urban Design and Sustainability for the of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State City of Vancouver, British Columbia. University and has taught planning and negotiation In the past, he has served as the Director of Citywide master classes at the University of Amsterdam (NL). Planning for the City of San Francisco, the Director He is a member of the College of Fellows of the of Planning for the City of Portland, OR and Director American Institute of Certified Planners. Mr. Kelley did of Planning and Development for the City of Berkeley, his graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of CA. He has also maintained an independent planning Technology and was awarded the Loeb Fellowship at consultancy and continues to advise cities and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He governments on a range of urban development makes his home in Vancouver. strategies, including economic development
KAVE MATHENY KRISHNA GENERAL MANAGER OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDINGS AND LICENSING Kaye Krishna leads the City of Vancouver’s efforts to Most recently she has been with HR&A Advisors transform the permitting and licensing processes and where, according to a city news release, improve service and turnaround times for applicants she was “the strategy partner for the 100 Resilient Cities program”. She is also responsibility for several key policy issues, including management of liquor licensing and our In 2014 she was included in Urban Land’s 40 Under regulatory framework for marijuana dispensaries. 40 group, which recognizes high achievers in the planning profession. Kaye is a former chief of staff and deputy commissioner for strategy and operations with New York City’s department of housing preservation. She also helped draft New York’s 10-year housing marketplace plan.
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PATRICE IMPEY GENERAL MANAGER OF FINANCIAL SERVICES Patrice Impey is the Chief Financial Officer and organization and then moved to Hewlett-Packard’s General Manager of Finance, Risk and Supply Chain corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California. She Management for the City of Vancouver In this role, returned to Canada and held roles including Corporate she oversees Financial Planning and Analysis, Controller for Crystal Decisions and Vice President Financial Services, Treasury, Supply Chain, Program Finance and CFO of SAP Business Objects Americas. Management and Risk Management. Patrice has Patrice holds a Bachelor of Science degree from more than 20 years experience in senior financial and the University of Manitoba and all M.B.A from the operational management positions in high growth University of Western Ontario. companies in the technology sector before joining the City of Vancouver in 2009.
Following a series of progressive positions at Hewlett-Packard, she served as the Vice-President of Finance and Administration and CFO of the Canadian
ABIGAIL BOND DIRECTOR OF HOUSING POLICY AND PROJECTS Abi has worked in housing for over 15 years, starting out in the not-for profit housing sector in the UK, before working for Manchester City Council to regenerate housing and communities in east Manchester, She moved to Canada in 2001 and worked on affordable housing policy and delivery at the City of Calgary. She moved to Vancouver in 2011 to take up her current position and is responsible for leading a team that delivers Vancouver’s Housing & Homelessness Strategy, by creating more affordable housing options and with the aim of ending street homelessness by 2015.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26
6:00PM - 10:00PM
MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY 6393 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
EVENT OVERVIEW speaking The Summit Delegate Welcome will take place at one Vancouver’s The evening key address will be from Kurt Puchinger experience most significant cultural venues, The Museum of Anthropology. to how, similar to Vancouver, Vienna continues to This evening reception will begin with Mayor Gregor Robertson the challenge of rising land costs and fulfilling its vision to provide welcoming delegates to the Summit. The mayor wil pose questions housing that is affordable to all residents. Dr. Puchinger’s from on the role of civic leadership in the future of housing afforoability, presentation will focus on what is possibie a Vienna is including lessons learned from other cities such as New York, perspective, a city where two-thirds & the housing supply speeches, Seattle, Sydney, San Francisco. Toronto and London. within the non-market sector. Following the talks and guests are invited to spend time connecting with other summit will then present on the innovative Johnna Sparrow-Crawford delegates and participating in museum tours. development partnership formed between Musqueam, Squamish and mlei:Waututh First Nations,
SCHEDULE
6:00PM ARRIVAL, REGISTRATION AND DINNER
7:30PM WELCOME BY MAYOR GREGOR ROBERTSON
7:45PM FIRST NATIONS KEYNOTE SPEAKER
JOHNNA SPARROW-CRAWFORD - Vancouver, Canada AboriginalAdvisor with the MSTA ‘t4usqueam, Squarnish, Ts/eiI-Waututh, Aquilini) Investment Group
8:20PM PREMIERE PARTNER WELCOME
DR. HELEN M. BURT - Vancouver, Canada VP Research & International, University of British Columbia, pro tern
8:30PM KEYNOTE SPEAKER
KURT PUCHINGER - Vienna Austria Housing Construction and Urban Renewal for the City of Vienna, Austr/a La) The City of Vienna has a significant planned growth rate that must be accommodated on 50% of developable land (50% reserved for open areas). Similar to Vancouver, Vienna continues to experience the challenge of rising land costs and fulfilling its vision to provide housing that is affordable to all residents, Dr. Puchinger’s presentation will focus on what is possible from a Vienna perspective, a city where two-thirds of the housing supply is within the non-market sector.
9:15PM GALLERY OPEN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27
7:00AM - 5:00PM
VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE EAST BUILDING 999 Canada P1, Vancouver, BC V6C 3T4
EVENT OVERVIEW Topics of discussion The City of Vancouver’s first international housing summit, poised pane discussions and short presentations. global economic to bring 500 international, national and local thought leaders and will include Indigenous housing innovation, new and the growth of experts together to explore ideas and solutions and contribute to models, shifting generational needs and wants accelerate housing affordability goals. The full day of activities will the non-profit sector. include opening and closing keynotes, a mayors’ round-table,
SCHEDULE
7:00AM REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
8:00AM TRADITIONAL FIRST NATIONS WELCOME AND MAYOR’S OPENING REMARKS
8:30AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER
VICKI BEEN - New York City. USA Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development In March 2016, New York City approved one of the most ambitious affordable housing strategies in North America, including the development or preservation of 200,000 affordable houstng units and the first mandatory inclusionary policy in the USA. Commissioner Been will speak to what it takes to implement an affordable housing plan and comment on what New York is facing, reflecting many similar challenges to Vancouver
9:25AM MAYOR’S CITY LEADERS PANEL: CIVIC PRACTICE GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE
Cities across the world are continuing to experience a housing crisis due to the commodification of housing and dynamic shifts in housing markets, The Mayor will host a conversation with other city leaders from Vienna, New York, San Francisco and Toronto to explore the changing roles of cities and housing affordability solutions for all residents. MODERATOR PANEL
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BAILAO MAYOR GREGOR KURT PUCHINGER VICKI BEEN KATE HARTLEY ANA New York city, us A’San Franc,sco, USA Toronto, canada ROBERTSON vienna. Aust’ia Vanco V er. Canada
10:30AM NUTRITION BREAK
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DESIGN AND RECONCILIATION PANEL 11:00AM INDIGENOUS INSIGHTS FOR CONNECTION IN A GLOBAL CITY: HOUSING,
OPENING SPEAKERS GINGER GOSNELL-MVERS AND OUR! SCOTT
Vancouver: A City Of Reconciliation — Overview Presentation
As a City of Reconciliation. Vancouver seeks insights from this session into how urban Indigenous design can lead cities to prosper through connection to place, social belonging, and sustainability informed by generat½nal values. Examples from presenters and panelists provide examples from North America t and across the world to s:rke a new conversation on beauty, presence and affordability trom Indigenous perspectives.
MODERATOR PANEL
PHIL WIHONGI EVAN SIDDALL OURI scoir DAVIDTHOMAS DANIELGLENN Auckland, New Zealand Vancouver, Canada Vancouver, Canada winnipeg, Canada Seattle, USA
12:15PM LUNCH
AFFORDABILITY 1:30PM FUTURE FORWARD: SHORT TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HOUSING
MO DERATOR GUEST SPEAKERS MICHAEL LENNON GARY BELKIN Melbourne, Australia Nec’ York City, USA
Scaling up: Thrive NYC: The Future of Non A Roadmap for Wellbeing profit Role in Affordable and Resilience in the City Housrng Delivery
MARGOT YOUNG PAuL KERSHAW SHARON CHISHOLM Vancouver, Canada Vancouver, Canada Edinburgh, united Kingdom Generation Squeeze: Housing Affordability Generative Though. Solutions for Younger Houstr’g Ps:’c;’ Reflections for the 2tst Century
DAVID HULCHANSKI TDronto. Canada
Generative Though: Housing Policy Reflections for the 21st Century
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2:40PM NUTRITION BREAK
3:10PM PANEL: THE ECONOMY STORY WITHIN A HOUSING CONTEXT to growing Global cities are typ:cally considered major ‘engnes’ of a global economy and not are immune local housin9 economy and socioeconomic challerges This panel will dive into the connections between the within the housing the global influence on economic activity, as well as how we understandwealth inequities both locally and market. How do we engage more deeply into the housing story within an economic story create housing security internationally, and how can financing, planning and policy tools proactively work to for all residents, both current and future
MODERATOR PANEL
11 ANDY BRODERICK WILLIAM AZAROFF DUNCAN MACLENNAN SARAH HILL PAUL SMETANIN Vancouver, canada Vancouver, canada Glasgow, United Kingdom syndney, Austrata Toronto, canada
4:25PM KEYNOTE SPEAKER
NATHANAEL LAUSTER - Vancouver’, Canada Author of: The Death and Life of the Single Family House: Lessons from Vancouver on Building a Livable City of the Future Nathanael Lauster will provide a closing keynote on the ‘death and life’ of the single family house, its symbolism within the nostalgic landscape of Vancouver minds, as well as how well Vancouver is doing to promote livability and density compared to other cities in the world,
5:00PM CLOSING REMARKS
SADHU JOHNSTON - Vancouver, Canada City Manager
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PUBLIC EVENTS
MONDAY, THIS IS: WOODWARDS WALKING TOUR
OCTOBER24 10:00AM - 11:30AM
W000WARDS BUILDING Meet at Woodwards Atrium tour of the Woodwards This Is: brings diverse narratives together into a choreographed, baton-pass style for one of Vancouver’s creative. redevelopment project, providing an ‘nsider look’ into the complexity of planning engaged and low-income n&gbbourhoods.
Free Admission
RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING
7:00PM - 9:00PM
CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE 1 Athletes Way Multipurpose Room #4
in September and posed The UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Leilani Farha, visited Vancouver look like for the City. some intiai questions on what a human-rights based approach to housing would Law, David Hulchanski, FEATURED PRESENTATIONS: Margot Young from the Peter Allard School of and Leilani Farha joining in by University of Toronto, Stefania Seccia, Managing Editor of Megaphone Magazine, some of the opportunities video-stream from the UN, NYC where she is reporting back on Habitat 3, to discuss evet. and challenges for implementing this type of approach at the local
Free Admission
MODERATOR SUESTSPEAKERS
SECCIA LEILANI FARHA FRANcEs BULA MARGOT YOUNG DAVID HULCHAN5KI STEFANIA Vancouver. canada Ottawa. canada vancouver. canada Vancouver, Canada Toronto, canaea
TUESDAY, WEST END GUIDED WALKING TOUR
OCTOBER25 10:00AM - 11:30AM
NELSON PARK COMMUNITY GARDEN 1030 Rute St, Vancouver, BC VGE 1J2 community planning and the Hosted by the City of Vancouver, participants will explore the past and future of role of rental housing in Vancouver’s West End. Free Admission
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TUESDAY, RENTERS, REAL ESTATE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY IN VANCOUVER
OCTOBER25 2:00PM - 4:00PM
UBC ROBSON SQUARE THEATRE 800 Robson Street impacting housing affordability in What would make Vancouver mare resilient to the global market economy, renter equity and the role of the cities across the globe? This session includes a focus on models to support rental housing supply in Vancouver and other cities. Glasgow; Paul Smetanin, Canadian Centre FEATURED PRESENTATIONS: Duncan MacLennan, University of by Kira Gerwing, Manager. for Economic Analysis; and Sarah Hill, CEO, Greater Sydney Commission: Moderated Community Investment at VanCity Free Admission
MODERATOR GUEST SPEAKERS
A SARAH HILL KIRA GERWING DUNCAN MACLENNAN PAUL SMETANIN Syndnev, Australia Vancouver, canada Glasgow, United Xingdom Toronto, canada
MILLENNIAL ACTIVATE
7:30PM - 9:30PM
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM CENTRE 1t81 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3M7 governments to influence An interactive session that encourages millennials to engage with their municipal housing policy and ensure their voices are heard. policy discussion ‘Building FEATURED PRESENTATIONS: Paul Kershaw, will present findings from the targeted at the Citfl Housing and Housing Common Ground’ from earlier in the day, with recommendations provincial election, Homelessness Strategy, National Housing Strategy, and the 2017 be more politically engaged with Vancouver’s Eric Swanson, will present to the audience actions they can take to solutions will also be a key focus, housing issues. Social media and other engagement platforms to inform housing
Free Admission
MODERATORS GUEST SPEAKERS
JILLIANGLOVER ANDREWPASK PAUI.KERSHAW ERicSWANSON Vancouver, canada Vancouver, canada Vancouver, Canada Victoria, canada
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WEDNESDAY, A GUIDED WALKING TOUR OF THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE
OCTOBER26 1:30PM - 3:00PM
OLYMPIC VILLAGE - MAIN PLAZA Meet in the Main Pla2a outside of Terra Breads (1605- Manitoba St) of The Olympic Village A guided walking tour provided by City of Vancouver staff and local community members urban design examples and how and the surrounding False Creek Developments, Discussion will revolve around challenges with financing were overcome.
Free Admission
THURSDAY, THE SUBLIME AND RIDICULOUS
OCTOBER27 7:00PM - 9:00PM
VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE - EAST BUILDING 999 Canada Place, 2nd floor, Parkview Terrace Room Vancouver, BC V6C 3T4 in terms of sublime Global housing markets have resulted in extreme responses across the worlds cibes, both for housing and the innovations and ridiculous antics, These presenters will take you into the realm of dreams future of city building in the not too distant future. Tickets: $20
MODERATOR GUEST SPEAKERS
KIRA GERWING STEVEN cox DAVID EDDY JANICE ABBOTT lEN MURANETZ Vancouver. canada Vancouver. Canada vancouver, canada Vancouver. canada Vanccuven Canada
OURI SCOTT ROWAN ARUNDEL SARAH HILL KISHONE ROY Canada Vancouver, Canada Amsterdam, Netherlands Syndney, Austraha Vancouver.
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SATURDAY, INNOVATIVE HOUSING DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION PART 1: OCTOBER29 THE ‘HOWS & WHYS’ OF MODULAR HOUSING
10:30AM - 12:00PM
MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER 1100 Chestnut Street. Vancouver, BC V6J 3)9 housing’, what do you see? This session The Hows & Whys’ of Moduiar Housing — When you think ‘modLla flexibility, sustainability and will show how modular housing works to achieve urgent housing needs with examples, as well as local modular housing affordability using construction and design innovation. International and earning, models will be presented with opportunities to explore hands-on exhibits of the history of modular housing FEATURED PRESENTATIONS: Thomas Froese will provide an overview Housing Agency’s plans for and the Chief Housing Officer, Mukhtar Latif will present the Vancouver Affordable Ammr Vandal (nArchitects, new modular housing, along with ocal and international examples presented by the work of design and Brooklyn) and Kapul Gill Vice President of Manufacturing (Horizon North), Additionally, the event, architecture students from UBC, Kwantlen, and Emily Carr will be showcased throughout
Free Admission
MODERATOR GUEST SPEAKERS
“4- AMMR VANDAL KAPUL GILL KAVE MATHENY THOMAS FROESE MUKHTAR LATIF Vancouver, canada Toronto, canada calgary, canada KRISHNA Vancouver, canada Vancouver canada
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SATURDAY, INNOVATIVE HOUSING DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION PART 2: OCTOBER 29 THE FUTURE OF AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
1:00PM - 3:30PM
MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9 sustainabUity and simplicity, Part 2 of Innovative Housing Design will focus on the intersection of affordability, the tallest wood building to be discussing the role of the passive house, as well as other innovations such as built at USC. within the sustainability framework for the The Future of Affordable, Sustainable Design — How does affordability fit towers’ and other green buidng future, Join USC and the City as they explore the future of passive house, ‘timber affordability for Vancouver residents. technologies that promote healthy buildings, simple systems, and enduring fit within a flexible FEATURED PRESENTATIONS: Oliver Lang will show how affordability and sustainability on other green designs that buildng frameworks, Aubrey KeI’y on USC’s ‘timber tower’, and Bryn Davidson Additionally, the work of orornote healthy buildings and simple systems for multi-family homes in Vancouver. throughout the event, design and architecture students from USC, Kwantlen, and Emily Carr will be showcased
Free Admission
MODERATOR GUEST SPEAKERS I
BRYN DAVIDSON MARIANNE AMODIO GIL KELLEY OLIVER LANG AuBREY KELLY Vancouver, canada vancouver, canada Vancouver, Canada Vancouver, Canada Vancouver, canada
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TUESDAY, BUILDING HOUSING COMMON GROUND
OCTOBER25 9:00AM - 5:00PM
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 515 W Host ngs St. Vancouver, BC V56 5K3 ecosystem to identify common Generation Squeeze hosts 40 key thought leaders from throughout the housing in support of a housing system that ground to influence policy adaptation municipally, provincially and federafly worKs for all generations.
HOSTED BY
PAUL KERSHAW Vancouver, canada
FRIDAY, NON-PROFIT HOUSING SUMMIT: BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
OCTOBER28 9:00AM - 12:00PM
LAW COURTS INN 800 Smithe St 5Th Floor Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2E1 in contemporary Non-profit housing providers across the globe are discussing the oaradigm-shift occurring has occurred economic contexts. lnternatonal and local delegates will explore how business transformation best practice in non-profit in countries like Australia and the UK and identify opportunities to grow Vancouver housing delivery for Canada, Housing Policy for FEATURED PRESENTATIONS: Sharoni Chisholm, Director of Shaping Futures: University of New South Wales, the 21st Century, wtli moderate a panel discussion with Michael Lennon, Federation of BC; and David Hulchanski, University of Toronto; Thom Armstrong, Cooperative Housing Mark Guslits, Principal, Mark Guslits & Associates Inc.
Tickets: $55 OR Free for Summit Registrants rMODERATOR GUEST SPEAKERS
THOM ARMSTRONG MARK GUSLIT5 SHARON cHISH0LM MICHAEL LENNON DAVID HULCHANSKI vancouver, Canada Toronto. Canada Ednburgh. Melbourne. Ausnra’a Toronto, canada United Kingoom
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FRIDAY, REGIONAL SUMMIT: HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
OCTOBER28 1:00PM - 4:00PM
LAW COURTS INN 800 Smithe St. 5Th Floor Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2E1 accommodate new and existing Vancouver is connected to a network of cities across the region, workng to and the City of Vancouver, residents in the region. This partner event is co-hosted by Metro Vancouver and future generations, other costs of discussing solutions for housing affordability within the context of current housing delivery. living such as transportation and childcare, and the changing roles of cities in speaks about the Metro FEATURED PRESENTATIONS: Margaret Eberle, Senior Planner, Metro Vancouver housing affordability differently in Vancouver Housing and Transportation Cost Burden Study to understand Centre for Economic Analysis, the region. Paul Kershaw, Generation Squeeze, and Paul Smetanin, Canadian the context of incomes and offer unique policy and evaluation perspectives op housing affordability within leave for young families. employment, as well as rising costs for transportation, childcare and parental Tickets: $55 OR Free for Summit Registrants
MODERATOR GUEST SPEAKERS
At. PAUL SMETANIN GIL KELLEY MARGARET EBERLE PAUL KERSHAW Toronto, Canada vancouver. canada Vancouver, Canada Vancouver, Canada
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GUEST SPEAKERS
MARIANNE AMODID VANCOUVER, CANADA everyday suppositions Marianne Amodlo Architecture Studio By challenging encouraging an (MAAS) practices unabashed architecture about architecture and speaks to and of the client, that strives to be concise and practica yet artfulness that novel works that are poetic and personal to the client. we are able to create honest and affable; open and playful yet solutions The studio focuses on design not removed from affordability. that explore alternative ways of borne Architecture Studio was ownershio and dwelling. This practice is Marianne Amodio AIBC Emerging Firm rooted in the belief that through creative recently awarded the Arthur Erickson Award for thinking) we can craft solutions that Award and the speak to todays issues of affordability and Emerging Architect. sustainability. We believe in the usefulness of creativity.
ROWAN ARUNDEL AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS of completing Howai Arundel is a researcher within He is in the final stages recently published the Centre of Urban Studies and the his PhD. He has across Department of Geography, Planning on ‘declining homeownership era.’ ‘trends in and International Development at Europe in the post-crisis and shared living,’ the University of Amsterdam in the parental co-residence upcoming publications Netherlands. He is embedded within the and has several to the parental EU-funded research project HOUWEL on ‘boomerang returns in housing and focuses on quantitative research home’, growing inequalities as well as ‘labour into changing housing careers of young wealth accumulation, and the end of mass adults, growing housing inequalties market insecurity and the relationship between labour hom eowneship.’ market divides and housing outcomes.
AtM BAILAO TORONTO, CANADA builders securing new affo’dable ive/work space Ana Bailäo is the City Councillor for Ward obstacles for private-sector to buiid more for Toronto artists. 18. First elected in 2010, and then re-elected and providing incentives went on to lead in 2014, Ana was hand-picked by newly affordable housing. Ana Having recently convened a successful the mass sale of elected Mayor john Tory to lead Toronto’s the charge against National Housing Summit in Toronto, Housing Corporation housing agenda as Council’s Housing Toronto Community Councillor Bailao has emerged as a homes, championing Advocate. In this role, Ana has been tasked (TCHC)’s single-family leading municipal advocate in the push the portfolio with implementing and shaping Toronto’s a solution that maintained for a National Housing Strategy in Canada financial viability. multi-faceted strategy to improve housing and restored its and remains a dynamic and energetic services. low-income families affordability and expand housing In addition to Affordable Housing, Ana voice for women, and continues to has also served as a strong advocate for and New Canadians When asked to Chair the Affordable that as a board member of live in Ward 18, the same community Housing Committee in her first the arts in Toronto Toronto Arts Council. welcomed her when she first arrived in term, it was at a time when external Artscape and the projects Canada at the age of 15. housing funding was shrinking. Ana Locally, Ana has championed Arts Centre while created new opportunities by reducing iike the Toronto Media
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VICKI BEEN NEW YORK, USA of the Center for New York City use, uroan policy, and affordable housing boards Vicki Seen is responsible for leading the Art issues as how to build Neighborhoods and the Municipal largest municipal housing agency and addressed such nation’s chairing the program committees more resilient and inclusive communities, Society, and is charged with implementing Mayor on shape development of both boards. She also has served Blasio’s Five Borough Housing Plan, a how zoning regulations Bill de boards of Pratt Center for Community 200,000 patterns, and the fairness and effectiveness the bold initiative to create or preserve the Next responses such as mortgage Economic Development and affordable homes and apartments over 10 of foreclosure extensive American City, and was a member of Prior to her appointment as HPD modifications. She has done years. York City Council’s Workforce research on the housing affected by the New was Director Task Force and the Association of Commissioner Vicki Been Superstorm Sandy, the nexus between Housing Real Estate City of New York’s Special for NYU’s Furman Center for development and environmental justice, the Bar of the renowned on Community Benefit ano Urban Policy, a nationally land use and housing policy reforms Subcommittee to the Been is a 1983 graduate of academic research center devoted needed to promote racial and economic Agreements. real School of Law, where public policy aspects of land use, integration, and on a variety of affordable New York University She also Scholar. She clerked estate and housing development housing and land use policies, from she was a Root-Tilden of Weinfeld of the Southern served as the Boxer Family Professor inclusionary zoning to supportive for Judge Edward York and Justice Harry Law at NYU School of Law and Affiliated housing developments. District of New Professor of Public Policy of the NYU B!ackmun of the Supreme Court of the widely used land Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Co-author of a United States. She and her husband live in use casebook, Land Use Controls, Manhattan and have two children. Furman Ms. Been’s scholarship at the Commissioner Seen has served on the Center focused on the intersection of land
GARY BELKIN NEW YOR K, U SA advancing innovative approaches Dr. Belkin is currenty the Executive Deputy through health. He was Associate Commissioner of Mental Hygiene in the to public mental Department of Psychiatry New York City Department of Health and Professor in the School of Medicine, Mental Hygene and was most recently at New York University Director of the NYU the Medical Director for Behavioral Health and founding Mental Health, which in the Health and Hospitals Corporation Program in Global advance innovative of the City of New York, which operates was developed to and policy approaches 11 public hospitals in New York City. Dr. implementation population mental Belkin has served as Chief of Psychiatry to scale and improve (Interim) at Bellevue Hospital and has health strategies, led large delivery systems and policy development in urban health settings
ANDY BRODERICK VANCOUVER, CANADA Vermont. There he Board, and chair of the National Now VP of Impact Market Development 2009) of Housing Housing Association of State and Local Equity after 5 years serving as head helped found Green Mountain at VanCity Andy current serves on the board is also a Equity Funds raising over $150 MM for Funds, of Community Investment, Andy Economic and Vermont Rural of the Tsawwassen First Nation managing director of New Market Funds. affordable housing CDFI investing in lower Development Corporation. a non-profit owned fund management Ventures, a in Vermont, company raising and deploying capital income neighborhoods needs and that both serves community Formerly a member of the Vermont achieves risk-adjusted market returns, Housing and Conservation Board, Home Loan Bank Andy was head of development (1996- chair of the Federal Housing Advisory 2000) then President and CEO (2000- of Boston Affordable
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SHARON CHISHOLM EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM insight Institute and was a member of the long career which she managed on behalf of StAndrews Sharon Chishoim has had a & Enterprise Group Recently she has contributed to St Andrews Knowledge in progressively seniorpositions with University for the Government of Norway on (StAKE). municipal governments and non-profit researcn for evolving a more efficient housing housing groups. She developed over 3000 options Until June of 2008, Sharon was Executive advised the Province of units of social and coop housing. She also rental sectorand Director of the Canadian Housing and on housing policy. She was led advocacy coalitions. developed policy Nova Scotia Renewal Association, Canada’s per-eminent Exchange Specialist and its and directed research. the Knowledge housing association where she oversaw University Honorary Research Fellow at the affairs for l4years. Prior to that, she worked currently directs Shaping Futures: Her work Sharon of StAndrews from 2009-2012. extensively in housing development as Housing Policies for the 21st Century, an of was intended to increase the impact Housing Development Managerforthe City multi-sectoral knowledge the international the housing research undertaken by of Ottawa, Housing Director for the City of project. This project grew out of a university exchange university. She representedthe Dartmouth and Managerof Access Housing. Business: similar project, New Times: New as a Governor with the Scottish Universities Housing Provision in Times of Austerity
IOHNNA SPARROW-CRAWFORD VANCOUVER, CANADA Olympic Games, Musqueam, As a member if the Musquem Indian Band, Followingthe and TsIeil-Waututh, her interest iohna Sparrow-Crawford has a long standing Squamish, became a career in a varietyof areas within and outside in community development is now looking to ensure of her community, with a specific interest in passion and Johnna economic development of First the development and growth of Aboriginal the future in her role as Aboriginal communties. Nations peoples Relations Advisor at Aquilini Construction and every level Johnna has participated at almost Development. withinthe Musqueam Indian Band,from community service, toservng on Chief and Council forthree terms, as well as being the lead Four Host First Nations 2010 Olympics Games Representative for Musqueam.
THOMAS FROESE VANCOUVER, CANADA Thomas has been active in the CSCE in the involved in research and development of Thomas Froese isa Professor the 1980’s, He tools for construction since 1986, Construction Division since Department of CivU Engineering at the computer is a pastChairof the division, and iscurrent in Vancouver, has authored overls3 papersand reports on Universityof British Columbia International Hehasfounded two companies, co-chair of the 2015 CSCE Canada. His research and teaching the subject. national and Construction Specialty Conference. interests are in construction management, consulted on several projects involving databases, computing,and sustainability.Thomas international web-based systems for the originally studied Civil Engineering at UBC BIM, CAD, and industry. before obtaining his Ph,D.from Stanford construction University in 19g2. Thomas has an innovative teacher of related Thomas isan authority on information construction managementand has driven the creation of new technology for the construction industry, topics. He in construction and particularly systems integration through the courses and programs and as introduced many use of industry data standards and Building in urban systems, in teaching methodology. Information Models (BIM), Thomas has been innovations
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KAPUL GILL CALGARY, CANADA Yachts, and other Senior Positions at for aerospace, and luxury yachts. From 2012 As Vice President Manufacturing in England. was the Chief Operating Jaguar, Honda, and Rover Horizon North, Kapul oversees the to 2015, Kapul Composites Inc. Prior execution of camp and modular unit Officer at ZCL Kapul received his Bachelor of Science at ZCL, he worked in Senior from estimating, design, manufacturing, and to his role Degree and Doctorate in Philosophy positions for companies in He was installation activities as well as access mat Management the Coventry University in England. PMP (Automotive) Ltd., manufacturing. Ontario including; also award his Masters of Science Degree Kapul and Pratt & Whitney Aerospace. from the University of Warwick. of Kapul brngs with him over 28 years brings with him international experience within a experience in manufacturing working as General Manager at Princes number of industries including automotive,
JILLIAN CLOVER VANCOUVER, CANADA
Jillian Glover is a communications specialist in urban issues at Modus Planning,Design and Engagement. She is a former VancouverCity Planning Commissioner and holds a Master of Urban Studies degree from Simon Fraser University. She was born and raised in Vancouver and writes about urban issues at her b!og, This City Life, named one of the best city blogs in the world byThe Guardian.
GINGER GOSNELL-MVERS VANCOUVER, CANADA RelationsManager Aboriginal issues led herto Ginger is the Aboriginal - of Nisga’a and toadvancing Ginger Gosnell-Myers of Vancouver where she is work as the Western Assistant tothe late with the City Kwakwak’awakw heritage is passionate the Indian and Northern central to advancing Vancouver as advancing Aboriginal rights and and former Ministw of about world’s first official City of Reconciliation, barriers Affairs Development Andy Scott, advising knowledge, while breaking down departments issues pertaining to BC and is working across all City between both Aboriginal and non- the Minister on to bridge Aboriginal policies, programs people. and Alberta. Aboriginal and relations, the inspirational book: Throughout 2008-2011 Ginger worked on Ginger isfeatured in Canada’s Young Activists: A the Environics Urban Aboriginal Peoples Notesfrom Stands up for Change (2007). Studyas both Project Managerand Public Generation the CBC documentary Engagement Director. In 202 as partof series 8th Fire’cGingerwashighlightedand at several She hasfacilitated and spoken profiled for her views on Aboriginal issues events, provincial, national and international and relations in Canada. GingerisanAction Indigenous including the International Canada 2004 Fellcv,ç formerCo-Chairto the the Senate Women & Weilness Conference, Assembly of First Nations Nationai Youth Peoples, Standing Committee on Aboriginal Council,former Presidentof Urban Native Forum andthe United Nations Permanent Youth Associaton. and sits as a Board of of Indigenous Peoples. Her commitment Directorforthe Inspirit Foundation.
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MARK GUSLITS TORONTO, CANADA Now, after three years of working an affordable housing during those years. In Toronto. Mark Gusilts, B-Arch, practiced as of their Mark left a four year stint with HOK Architects as manager architect until the early 1990’s, and now, as January of 2005 (where he set up Pan Am Athlete’s Village project, Mark principal o Mark Guslits and Associates with the City of Toronto affordable housing has returned to the private sector and Inc, works primarily as an urban and managed the City’s Build), to become re-launched his residential development development consultant for clients wishing division called Let’s Officer for the Toronto consultancy firm, Mark Guslits & to create new mixed-income, mixed tenure Chief Development In this Associates, along with joining the faculty as well as a developer of Community Housing Corporation. communities; Without Boundaries, a post For capacity he created and managed a new at the Institute both non-profit and market housing. the for the Corporation graduate urban design program within years, between 1990 and 1999, Mark Development Division nine school of George Brown College Group which was, along with other development design was a partner with the Cards at for major urban in Toronto: and of the masters program where he created and ran their affordable work, responsible such as the 69 the Munk School of Global Affairs at the housing arm which was responsible for redevelopment initiatives community in downtown University of Toronto, Canada, the development of over 3000 units of acre Regent Park
KATE HARTLEY SAN FRANCISCO, USA needs funding sources, working families, veterans, special Kate Hartley’s 25 years of housing layered and varied architectural populations, and seniors. Most recently, development work includes a wide range while also supervising she led the closing of MOHCD’s $2 billion As an affordable housing design, community outreach, and of experience, ‘ecapitalization program, interdepartmenta! project approvals. public housing developer, she built for-sale, rental, 3,500 worked for five years as which will rehabilitate and preserve special needs, and senior homes, She Ms. Hartley also project manager, units of housing for extremely low-income spent four years as an affordable housing a for-profit development conversions to households. financial consultant, specializing in tax overseeing warehouse credit syndications, tax-exempt bond residential use. Ms. Hartley holds an MA. degree from mortgage Jurisprudence and Social financings, and expiring federal Currently, she is responsible for Berkeley Law in from the University of recapitalizations. implementing MOHCD’s affordable rental Policy, and a BA. which include new and California, Santa Barbara. As a project manager with the San housing programs, for homeless families Francisco Redevelopment Agency, she preserved housing iow- and m,ddle-income closed multiple transactions involving and individuals,
SARAH HILL SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA worked as a Director of and revitalization of some of Europe’s Sarah is the Chief Executive Officer of Previously Sarah a leading economic largest housing estates and mixed-use the Greater Sydney Commission, a new, Hill PDA Consulting, this time Sarah oevelopmcnts. independent organization responsible for planning firm, During a leading expert the planning of Greater Sydney. Sarah is became recogn;zed as While working for the LBH Sarah created with specific also an Adjunct Professor at the University the field of housing policy, a new planning authority known as the housing. She was of Technology Sydney in the Faculty regard to affordable London Olympic and Paralympic Joint New South Wales of Design, Architecture and Building, also a member of the Planning Authority responsible for the for affordable housing Sarah is Planning Institute of Australia’s Ministerial taskforce master-planning and approvals for the Chair for the review of the current NSW Planner of the Year and also and the industry London 2012 Olympic Games and its Area renewal. Australian Planner of the Year for 2016. Redfern Waterloo Legacy. In turn, Sarah acted as a lead London Olympic Prior to this Sarah worked as a Principal consultant for the Sarah is also the recipient of two and where she developed Delivery Authority on planning, design international planning awards including Planner in London Borough of Hackney environmental matters. the Mayor of London Planning Award for and led the London Team. The team was Excellence and the Royal Town Planning (LBH) Major Projects leading on the planning Institute Award for Planning. responsible for
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DAVID HULCHANSKI TORONTO, CANADA Centre for Human Settlements. David Hulchanski is a professor of housing of the UBC the director of the Univershy of and community development at the He was for Urban and Community University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Toronto’s Centre from 2000 to 2008. Faculty of Social Work, where he holds the Studies Housing. He is Chow Yei Ching Chair in He is currently the principle investigator the geography cross-appointed with both and director of research of a 7-year the urban and planning program, and $2.5 million research partnership, the studies program. Neighbourhood Change Research focused on neighbourhoods His PhD is in urban planning. His research Partnership, change in Canadian and teaching is focused on housing, and socio-spatial comparisons. The neighbourhoods, and community cities with international and Humanities Research development. In the 1980’s he was a Social Sciences Canada and other partners fund professor of community planning at the Council of University of British Columbia and director the research.
PAUL KERSHAW VANCOUVER, CANADA prizes for his research. “Armed Paul Kershaw is the Founder of the national and a raft of statistics,” The Generation Squeeze campaign. He is a wth a laptop describes Kershaw as farmer morning and night. By day, he is a Vancouver Province road show trying to change University of BC professor, public speaker, “a one-man at time,” volunteer, and regular media contributor. BC one talk a thinkers Kershaw is one of Canada’s top Since Kershaw knows a one-man show Canadian about generational equity with will never be enough, he’s suiting up and as “the Family magazine describing him spreading out with tens of thousands ‘Generation Squeeze’ guru.” across the country to ensure Canada generations. At the University The Confederation of University Faculty works for all is a policy professor in the Associations of BC awarded Kershaw of BC, Kershaw and Public Health its prize for Academic of the Year in School of Population member of the Human Early 2016. Twice the Canadian Political Science and faculty Partnership. Association has also awarded Kershaw Learning
NATHANAEL LAUSTER VANCOUVER, CANADA photos the Canadian Arctic. Beyond culminating in an exhibition of youth Nathanael Lauster is author of the recent crisis in has published cross-national regarding what “At Home Looks Like” at book, The Death and Life of the Single- Canada, he and focused on particular Vancouver’s Roundhouse Community Family House: Lessons from Vancouver comparisons issues facing Sweden and the Centre, Other on-going research projects on Building a Livable City. Based in housing He is co-editor of the book focus on the regulatory context of housing, interviews, archival research and statistical United States. of Children? Changing Trenos in the nature of Chinese immigration data. the book provides important context The End and Childhood and a special and settlement in Vancouver, and the for understanding Vancouver’s turn toward Childbearing Housing Studies on conceptualization and measurement of alternative forms of dwelling. Professor issue of the journal the Family.” hoarding as a housing problem. Lauster is an internationally recognized “Housing and at the housing expert and sociologist He is currently leading a longitudinal University of British Columbia, investigation into how people make housing in the midst of general housing In addition to his research on Vancouver, into home Vancouver and Arviat, recently he has also investigated the housing crises in
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MICHAEL LENNON MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA estaolished and became government investment. Collaboration Michael’s 25-year international career in In 2008 Michael Choices Australia, with quality service partners is key to his housing, planning and urban development the CEO of Housing as Managing business strategy spans his role as CEO of the Glasgow until 2012 and returned in 2014. In the interim he ed Housing Association, where he oversaw Director Additional experience includes work of the internationally and lead the largest housing stock transfer the restructure with high lever government industry and Australian Housing and Urban in Europe. -ecognized academia, including Advisor to the World InstItute. Research Health Organization and an experienced Prior to then he was the inaugural CEO within Housing Choices Board Director as a University Governor of Housing New Zealand Corporation. His leadership grow to a and a range of organizations. resulting in a period of rapid growth has seen the organization base of over 560Dm, and success substantial asset current operations in three states and and experience He has finely honed skills a major focus on growing the business
— planning in urban development initialing, substantially nationally. Michael is infill, and delivering a range of renewal, committed about making housing greenfield and mixed-use developments. affordable, safe and accessible for the hign level As a result, Michael has acquired most marginalized community members, with commercial judgment combined utilizing a mix of commercial and wide-ranging policy analysis acumen.
DUNCAN MACLENNAN GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM in 2005 he held a In 1397 he was awarded a CBE in MacLennan is an international After moving to Canada Duncan of his contribution to housing cities, joint appointment as Professor of Urban recognition expert on the development of and is also the University of and renewal policies in the UK the renewal of neighbourhoods and the Economic Policy at an honorary member of both the UK Royal After a long career Ottawa and as Chief Economist at the economics Df housing. and the Charted Department for Infrastructure, Town Planning Institute at the University of Glasgow, where he Federal governments on Institute of Housing. directed the Cent’e for Housing and Urban Duncan has advised in the UK, Poland, France, Research (1982-96), the ESRC Cities housing policy New Zealand, Canada Programme (1g96-9g) and the Centre for Sweden, Ireland, has also served as Public Policy on Regions (2004), he worked and Australia, He to the OECD. in senior government and academic posts Principal Consultant in both Australia and Canada.
KURT PUCHINGER VIENNA, AUSTRIA policy and regional planning, urban research, land use, Kurt Puchinger took Regonal planning development, regional planning, location architecture, urban design and surveying. studies at the Vienna University of economics, community program development, Technology and doctor of technical analysis: project/ Kurt also took part in the implementation evaluation. sciences in 1977, Completed scientific monitoring and of the Priority Area 10, Institutional capacity planning at of framework work in the field of regional Kurt Puchinger was Director of Planning and cooperation, as part the Technology from the Danube the Vienna University of in the Executive Group for Construction of the European Strategy for a degree in 1313 to 1985. He then received and Technology for the City of Vienna until Region. civil engineer for urban planning from the responsible for the overall 2012. He was Currently, Kurt Puchinger is a member Austrian Federal Chamber of Architects of urban planning in Vienna, coordination of the Administration Group for Housing, and Consulting Engineers in 1979 and outlining strategies and in particularfor Housing Construction and Urban Renewal opened his own regional planning office in the fields of urban coordinating projects for the City of Vienna Administration, with a focus on urban planning, regional development and cross-border regional
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OURI SCOTT VANCOUVER, CANADA active and instrumental with First Nations communities across As one of the first Indigenous women to firm, she acts as an of both indigenous western Canada in the areas of community graduate from the University of British voice for the integration design in all aspects development, traditional knowledge and Columbia’s Master of Architecture program, values and sustainable of clients, indigenous governance. She also works Ouri Scott is driven to resolve prevalent, yet of projects for a diverse range communities internationally with UNESCO in the area often unaodressed design issues that face from individual ndigenous Her most recent of Traditional Knowledge. Ouri regularly First Nations people across Canada, and to academic institutions, concept speaks at national and international around the world. work includes an award-winning for a net-zero, mixed-use development in conferences on sustainable development, develop a As a designer, she looks to Seattle that incorporates renewable energy infrastructure planning, and design issues that in Canada, modern language of architecture strategies and intensive vertical farming. that affect Indigenous people reflects and responds to contemporary First and is a member of the newly formed RAIC member of the Tlicho First Nations culture. In her work at DIALOG, As a proud lndgenous Task Force. Canada, Ouri works an interdisciplinary and integrated design Nation in northern
STEFANIA SECCIA VANCOUVER, CANADA
Stefania Seccia is the managing editor of Megaphone. She is working in partnership with The Tyee’s Housing Fix team on a six-part homelessness solutions series beginning in Novemoer.
PAUL SMETANIN TORONTO, CANADA Paul was reporting Since 2002, Paul has led the Paul Smetanin is the President of his banking career, Head of Market Risk interdisciplinary teams of researchers at the Canadian Centre for Economic to the board as the Australia’s third largest CANCEA with a focus on household and Analysis (CANCEA’;, a research and data Management for in 42 countries and healthcaro microsimulation modeling, organization that provides independent bank, with operations government and fiscal policy systems and evidence-based analysis in order to 75,000 employees. analysis, socioeconomic system risk, understand the short and long term risks several high Paul also served as a leader of and infrastructure evaluation. Paul has and returns behind policy decisions and the divide performing teams that bridged authored over 100 papers and reports and prosperity outcomes. and decision between quantitative analysis has won several awards for his work. level positions Paul is a 30-year veteran in the making, including executive and the Industrial implementation and operation of risk at Algorithmics, KPMG, management systems and socio-economic Bank of Japan simulation platforms. At the height of
ERIC SWANSON VAN CO U VER, CA NA DA stagnant wages and mounting private and Eric Swanson has soent over a decade generational equity, He currently serves as public debts and he’s dedicated to work in Canada’s non-profit sector, most of Executive Director of Generation Squeeze, with them to develop a more powerful that time with Victoria-based Dogwood and is guided by an overarching lesson voice in policy and politics. Initiative, where he directed a campaign that our democracy belongs to those who to halt the expansion of oil tanker traffic on organize and show up. In his early thirties, B.C’s coast. he and his peers are joined by millions of hard-working, resourceful young In 2013 he transtioned from pipeline and Canadians who are worried by rising costs, tanker politics to the overarching issue of
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DAVID THOMAS WINNIPEG, CANADA Agamik Student David Thomas is a designer at Ayshkum including the Migizh of Manitoba and Inc. an indigenous engineering and Centre at the University redevelopment! He archhecture firm in Winnipeg. He isa the APTN Head office completed installations member of Peguis First Nation and has has designed and Museum for Human Rights a Master of Architecture degree and a for Canadian building in downtown Bachelor of Environmental Design degree and Manitoba Hydro spent much of his from the University of Manitoba. His Winnipeg. David has speaking to First work at Ayshkum is primarily ,n northern time mentoring and design and the design communities along with a major urban Nation youth about interests reserve project for Long Plain first Nation profession. David’s personal indigenous resurgence in Winnipeg. include exploring and identity through architecture, design David spent Prior to joining Ayshkum and filmmaking. several years with Prarie Architects deve’oping urban indigenous projects
AMMR VANDAL TORONTO, CANADA Museum in Ammr Vandal, AlA, is an Associate Place, Wyckoff House Pavilion in Taiwan Principal of Brooklyn, NYC based Brooklyn, and Forest Associate Principal-in- nARCHIIECIS. Ammr received a Master and is currently She has of Architecture from GSAPP at Columbia Charge of A/D/D in Brooklyn. GSAPP and has University, after earning her Bachelor taught with Eric Bunge at Pratt, Parsons, and of Arts n Economics from the Collece been a guest critic at of Wooster, in Ohio. Prior to joining C U NY. nARCHITECTS, she trained in New York, Caracas, and Pakistan. At nARCHITECTS, Ammr has led several award winning projects at the office, including Carmel
PHIL WIHONGI TAMAKI MAKAURAU, NEW ZEALAND with Máori design Phil is a member of le Tau-a-Nuku (Mãori Phil is a roof tiler, landscape architect and Auckland’s built form thinking. Phil sees that a Landscape Architects collective), Ngã Aho planner. recently engaged by Auckland and Maori design form and function (Máori Design Professionals rOpu), sits Council as Mãori Design Leader within culturally attuned built Council’s on a Mãori academic beard at the Unitec Council’s Auckland Design Office. He has is key to delivering Auckland standalone identity Institute of Technology in Auckland, and considerable experience in environmental bold vision of a point of is curmntly Chair of his whãnau Waipapa and working within a Mãori for Auckland that is its unique consultancy farming operation difference in the world. This identity s Ahuwhenua Trust tribal authority. Tai Tokerau. anchored firmly by its indigenous Maori located in Opahi, identify Phil’s current role seeks to culture and openly celebrates Australia’s for infusing and implement opportunities place in the South Pacific,
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WILLIAM AZAROFF VANCOUVER, CANADA He is proud to William is the VP of Community Vancouver and Victoria, an organization Investment at VanCity, a values-based be Chair of the Board of remove 9-13 private financial co-operative serving the needs of that is estimated to with every new its half-mullion member-owners and their vehicles from our roads communities. He leads steam that delivers Modo car added. brand by developing on the Good Money’ A founding editor of both the Credit businesses, opportunities with progressive Union Water Cooler and Co-op Water and co not-for-profits, social enterprises Cooler websites, he’s a longtime blogger, more vibrant, operatives working towards a seasoned speaker and dialogue facilitator economy. sustainable and inclusive local focused on the intersection of community engagement William was elected in 2014 to the Board of investment, leadership, world of co-ops. Modo, a car-sharing co-operative offering marketing and the 500 cars, trucks, vans, hybrids and EVs to a growing membership of 15,000 in Metro
FRANCES RULA VANCOUVER, CANADA Globe & Mail’s BC, Frances Bula is a journalist specializing contributions to the on Business, in urban issues and c[ty politics in the section and Report she covered Vancouver region, which Other publications she has written for in the end up the last two decades. Frances course of her career include the Vancouver issues in this covering a broad range of Sun (where she worked for 20 years), bike endlessly changing city: drug policy, BCBusiness, Canadian Architect Canadian proiects, Lanes, billion-dollar development Business, Literary Review of Canada, and more. homelessness, garbage debates, South China Morning Post, The National Straight, Frances has a regular column in Vancouver in Abu Dhabi, the Georgia and the magazine, Urban Fix, where apparently Western Living, Homemakers, Frances does political some people like what she does so much Guardian. As well, and CBC radio, that she won a few regional and national commentary for CKNW awards for it. Frances also make frequent
STEVEN COX VANCOUVER, CANADA to an external consultant to many of North Steven Cox is the Creative DIrector of From real estate development justice brands, America’s leading Real Estate developers. Cause+Affect where he has overall sustainability and social for his unwavering He has received a Masters of Architecture responsibility for steering and directing Steven is widely known and from the University of Manitoba and all brand work. Steven is actively involved honesty, design sophistication truly influential. professional qualifications as an Architect with all of Cause+Affect’s clients and unique knowledge of the award- in the UK from the South Bank University. works with the creative team to maintain His work experience includes and projects for the unique directive for the comoany. winning campaigns clients including The Globe Foundation range Steven has accumulated a broad of Canada, Volkswagen, Virgin Atlantic of branding experience across markets, Airways, The Vancouver Art Gallery and strives geographies and disciplines. He Tides Canada. to develop fully integrated brand systems Cause+Affect, where graphic, architectural, and digital Concurrent to his work at advisory board member communications are brought together to Steven sits as an Film School and acts as form holistic brand experiences. to the Vancouver
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KIRA GER WING VAN COU yE R, CAN ADA positive impact in Kira Gerwing Kira is a Manager of that create high-value, emerging Community Investment for VanCity Credit communities and that leverage sectors of Union. Her work focuses on enabling the opportunities in sustainability development of social enterprise real the economy. in community estate projects that result She has worked on projects and policies green ownership, affordability, and for affordable housing and social purpose bildings. reai estate development. as well as local the creative Kira’s work at Vancity stems from eight food, materials diversion, forestry, years of urban planning n Dowrtown economy, community-based and eco-tourism. Eastside neighbourhoods with the City of sustainable fisheries, for finding Vancouver. She has a passion Kira is married to an entrepreneur who to ensure creative and engaging ways works with her to parent two fine young flourish. everyone’s fundamental right to children. She loves riding her bike in high centered on focal As such, her efforts nave heels to get around the city. economic development: crafting deals
ANDREW PASK VA N COU VE R, CAN ADA Andrew works Andrew °ask is the founder and director During daytime hours, the City of of the Vancouver Public Space Network as an urban planner with project lead on the (VPSN), an all-volunteer, non-partisan Vancouver. He was the organization that has been championing recently completed Grandview-Woodland
- innovative process the importance of good public space since Community Plan an directions for 2006. The VPSN focuses on placemaking that mapped out long-term of the city’s and creative interventions, research, growth and change in one advocacy and communications relating to most eclectic neighbourhoods. the city’s public realm. Andrew was trained as both an anthropologist and city planner, studying in Holland and Canada and has worked with municipalities and non-profit organizations across the country.
MARGOT YOUNG VANCOUVER, CANADA
Margot Young is Professor n the Allard School of Law at UBC. She teaches and researches in the areas of constitutional law, urban theory, and social and economic rights such as women’s equality rights and housing rights. She is a board member of Justice For Girls and the David Suzuki Foundation, and is Co--editor of the Law and Society Review.
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