[All] Fwd: Fw: Southern Ontario Growth Conference Registration

Mon Feb 7 10:58:16 EST 2022

Just heard about this upcoming conference, through my Nbrhd Assn.

It will be of interest to some of you.

Eleanor Grant

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From: 'Kae Elgie' via Uptown North <uptown-north at googlegroups.com>
Date: Sun., Feb. 6, 2022, 4:05 p.m.
Subject: Fw: Southern Ontario Growth Conference Registration
To: MACA Waterloo <macawaterloo at googlegroups.com>, Uptown North <
uptown-north at googlegroups.com>

Dear MacGregor-Albert and Uptown North neighbours,

I am forwarding an invitation to a really exciting, locally organized
conference that focuses on getting policies that will improve our
neighbourhoods, and make them more resilient to the floods, windstorms, and
extreme temperatures we can expect as part of climate change.

If not of interest, quickly DELETE this message.

If interested, continue reading below or  at http://www.50by30wr.ca

Southern Ontario Growth Conference
Feb. 17 & 18

Feb. 17, 2022, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
  Part 1: Community Focus

   - Learn about available resources and toolkits
   - Hear campaign success stories
   - Understand why the municipal official plan is so important to your
   community

Feb. 18, 2022, 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
  Part 2: Municipal Focus

   - Listen to expert evidence by municipalities, academics & organizations
   - Learn about available resources
   - Hear specific policies that you can use
   - Connect with other peers.

The Friday speakers list is very impressive:

Ken Greenburg - Keynote
an urban designer, teacher, writer, former Director of Urban Design and
Architecture for the City of Toronto and Principal of Greenberg
Consultants. For over four decades he has played a pivotal role on public
and private assignments in urban settings throughout North America and
Europe, focusing on the rejuvenation of downtowns, waterfronts,
neighborhoods and on campus master planning, regional growth management,
and new community planning....

John MacDonald - Keynote
has been an active and engaged citizen of the Grand River Watershed and its
Region of Waterloo communities for over 30 years, where he has raised his
family and founded his full-service design studio, John MacDonald Architect
(JMA). John’s decades of design activity and architectural expertise have
been largely focused on the urban realm, public facilities, and adaptive
re-use....

Clean Air Partnership - Gaby Kalapos
a charitable environmental organization that works with municipalities and
their partners to improve air quality, advance active transportation, and
take bold climate action. We convene networks, lead research and knowledge
transfer, and catalyze transformative action...

Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition - Jenn Court
an alliance of organizations that share a common vision for a healthy,
green Ontario where the economic, social, environmental and health benefits
of green infrastructure are fully realized. Founded in 2009, and guided by
a steering committee, we work to promote awareness and understanding of
green infrastructure, and to support policy and activities...

Climate Interactive
an independent, not-for-profit think-tank that grew out of MIT Sloan in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Based on a long tradition of system dynamics
modeling, our simulations and insights help people see connections, play
out scenarios, and see what works to address climate change, inequity, and
related issues...

C40 Cities
C40 is a network of mayors of nearly 100 world-leading cities collaborating
to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate
crisis. Together, we can create a future where everyone, everywhere can
thrive. Mayors of C40 cities are on the leading edge of climate action, and
are deploying a science-based and collaborative approach to help the world
limit global heating to 1.5°C and build healthy, equitable and resilient
communities...

Climate Reality Project Canada
Former US Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore regularly trains
contingencies of citizens to join the Leadership Corps, a worldwide network
of Climate Reality Leaders advancing solutions and raising awareness in
their communities...

Climate Caucus
a non-partisan network of 400 local elected climate leaders driving system
change to transform our communities in ten years. Collectively, we create
and implement 21st century socially-just policy which aligns the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC), Intergovernmental
Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ( IPBES),
and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(UNDRIP)....

Waterloo Regions Countryside Line - Kevin Curtis

*Submissions being accepted *We are looking for community groups,
organizations, not for profits, academia, experts and anyone that has a
message they wish their municipality to consider when developing their
official plan. You are invited to submit a video. Selected videos will be
shown during the conference.
We will be sending out any submitted videos to their corresponding
municipalities and media outlets after the event.

Click Here to Submit Your Video
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFzIpMkPZ6txA53MZ9d4PpwUKYs_sKu5nDxjs4L7EKwUphtg/viewform?usp=sf_link>

Register at www.50by30wr.ca

*Please share the above information, as well as the attached graphics, and
the press release with friends and any local media.*

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