Smart Growth Seminars

 Health Impacts of Sprawl
 and How Smart Growth Can Solve Them

Wednesday, October 5, 2005

Toronto, Ontario

(IMPORTANT: We have moved to a larger venue to accommodate the demand! Robert Madden Hall which is located in Carr Hall at St. Michael's College/University of Toronto.  100 St. Joseph Street, Toronto. Carr Hall is located on the northeast corner of Queen's Park Crescent and St. Joseph Street.  A map and basic directions can be found at http://www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/about/location_map.html.  )

According to public opinion polls, healthcare has been the number one issue in Ontario for most of the last decade.  Unfortunately, trends indicate that obesity, heart attacks, colon cancer, osteoporosis, respiratory and mental health ailments are all on the rise.  Mounting evidence in Canada and the US indicates that a large part of this dilemma can be attributed to urban sprawl and community design.  To understand the links between these issues and offer solutions, several experts will be discussing how smart growth research, policy, planning and community outreach can help to reduce negative health effects in Ontario and beyond (see full agenda below).  Please join us for this important discussion! 

Who Should Attend:

  • Architects and Planners

  • Civic Leaders

  • Community Groups

  • Developers

  • Educators

  • Elected Officials

  • Environmentalists

 

  • Government Planners and Administrators

  • Health Care Professionals

  • NGOs

  • Policy Makers and Legislators

  • Private Sector Executives

  • Rate Payers Associations

  • Students

 

To Register: Please click HERE.

Date:  October 5, 2005
Time:  12:45 PM - 6:30 PM (Registration from noon to 12:45).  Please be advised that only coffee/tea/juice and muffins will be served during breaks so make sure that you have a good lunch prior to arrival!
Location: Robert Madden Hall which is located in Carr Hall at St. Michael's College/University of Toronto.  100 St. Joseph Street, Toronto. Carr Hall is located on the northeast corner of Queen's Park Crescent and St. Joseph Street.  A map and basic directions can be found at http://www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/about/location_map.html. 

Registration Deadline: Oct. 4, 2005.  You may show up at the event but seats will not be guaranteed.  A late fee of $10.00 will be charged to your rate.

Registration Deadline:  Friday, September 30, 2005

Further Information:  Contact smartgrowth@greenontario.org  or call 416-533-1635 x.3. 

 


 Agenda
 

Time

Speaker/Break

Title / Organization

Topic

12:00 – 12:45

Registration

 

 

12:45 – 1:00

Marty Collier

Ontario Smart Growth Network

Welcome

1:00 - 2:00

Dr. Riina Bray

 

Ontario College of Family Physicians – Co-Author of “Report on Public Health & Urban Sprawl in Ontario”

Impacts of urban sprawl on:

  • Respiratory health

  • Safety

  • Mental health

  • High risk groups

2:00 – 2:30

Dr. Sheela Basrur

Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Health and Long-Term Care

Provincial perspective on public health, sprawl and smart growth

2:30 – 2:45

BREAK

 

 

2:45 – 3:30

Melanie Hare

Partner, Urban Strategies Inc.

Planning, Community Design and Air Quality

3:30 – 4:00

Lorna Heidenheim

 

Executive Director, Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition

Raising community/individual awareness, empowerment and engagement.

4:00 – 4:45

Mayor Hazel McCallion

City of Mississauga

Municipal  perspective on public health, sprawl and smart growth

4:45 – 5:00

BREAK

 

 

5:00 – 6:00

Dr. Larry Frank

(intro by Stephen Samis of Heart & Stroke Foundation)

UBC Associate Professor, Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transportation and Co-Author of Public Health and Urban Sprawl

Links between public health and land use, travel choices, the environment, land development, and transportation investment.

6:00 – 6:15

Marty Collier

Ontario Smart Growth Network

Conclusion

 

To register, please click here.

 

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