BUILDING RESILIENCE 2017 CONFERENCE
JUNE 17 TO 20, 2018

BY THE NUMBERS: 

• Over 200 presenters 
• 5 Workshops  
• 8 Learning Tours 
• 47 Short Sessions 
• 2 Keynote Speakers
• 2 Awards Luncheons
• 1 Welcome Reception at the Studio Bell

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: 

• Charles Marohn
• Tamika Butler

SESSIONS: 

Saturday June 17, 2017

• WOR-01: Urban Design Charette (David Down, Dan Leeming, Alexandru Taranu, Sonny Tomich, Eric Turcotte, Lothar Wiwjorra, Xia Zhang, Gayle Bursey)
• WOR-02: Urban Land Institute UrbanPlan (Sean Geygan, Jyoti Gondek, Chelsea Jersak)
• WOR-03: Development Charges – Someone Has To Pay, But Who? (Lynda Cook, Kathy Dietrich, Shanie Leugner, Kim Sare, Joel Short)
• WOR-04: Planning for a Resilient Future – A Spatial and Policy Framework for Community Energy (Devin Causley, Will Cleveland, Brent Gilmour, Hugo Haley, Sarah Marchionda)
• WOR-05: The Future Game – An innovative tool for community engagement in regions facing economic transitions (Lehna Malmkvist)

• LT-01: The Redevelopment of the Kensington Legion: An Innovative Model for Social Organizations (Mark Barham, Jason Curtis, John Lewis, Olier Trutina, David White)
• LT-02: Quarry Park, Calgary: From a gravel extraction site to a green “complete” community (Gillian Lawrence, Benjamin Lee)

Sunday, June 18

• PLS-1: Opening Remarks & Keynote Speaker – Charles Marohn

• PLS1-X: Charles Marohn: Building Strong Communities – Continued (Charles Marohn)
• SS-01: Resilience through generational adaptations (Rasika Acharya, Komal Shaikh)
• SS-02: Biomimicry and resilience (Marjan Eggermont)
• SS-03: Women in Planning – A Candid Discussion (Diane Colley-Urquhart, Jyoti Gondek, Diana Hawryluk, Gillian Lawrence, Kathy Oberg)
• SS-04: Designing Main Streets as Complete Streets and Places for People: Cross Canada case-studies (Cara Fisher, Tamas Hertel, Afrah Rayes, Erin Toop)
• SS-05: Reflections on the Planning Process and Public Participation (David Couroux)
• SS-06: Data Systems and Forecasting Models: Examples from Ontario and Alberta (Adam Bentley, Davi Forsey, Russell Mathew, David McElroy, Paul Radchenko)
• SS-07: Kolkajen Masterplan – A case study of resilient masterplanning in Stockholm (Danny Bridson)
• SS-08: How to Build a Shared Community Narrative through Historic Preservation & Placemaking (Melissa S. Lee)
• SS-09: Good in Theory. When Planning Policies and Community Engagement Aren’t Enough (Kenneth Melanson, Kathy Oberg, Liisa Tipman)
• SS-10: Social Cohesion, Intersectionality, Creativity & Resilience: Experiences in Metro Vancouver & Beyond (Tasha Henderson, Joy Masuhara, Ellen Woodsworth)
• SS-11: Case Studies from Recent Alberta Fires: Slave Lake and Wood Buffalo (Jamie Doyle, Schaun Goodeve, Ann Aasfrid Holden, Erin O’Neill, Jill Tapp)
• SS-12: Business Investment and Readiness in Alberta (Jamie Cook, Erik Karvinen)
• SS-13: Indigenous Economic and Cultural Resiliency (Aaron Aubin, Lee Crowchild)
• SS-14: Growth Management in a Canadian Context (Malcolm Bruce, Larry Clay, Constance Gourley, Nabila Haque, Melanie Hare)
• SS-15: Is the Dual Planning System of New Zealand under the Resource Management Act a Resilient Process (Leonard Dissanayake, Marian Dissanayake)
• SS-16: Building a resilient career: learn some lessons from the Fellows (Mary Bishop, Rob Buchan, Lindsay Dale-Harris, Patricia Maloney, Alexandru Taranu, Ian White, Richard Parker)
• SS-17: Pro Forma Analysis and Resilience (Steven Webber)
• SS-18: Project Resiliency: Examples from Edmonton (Madeleine Baldwin, Sean Lee, Angela Mao, Lara Pinchbeck, Kirstin Smith Pacheco, Imai Thomas Welch)

• LT-03: Exploring Inglewood: Calgary’s Oldest Neighbourhood (Kevin Barton, Carlie Ferguson, Frank Frigo, Marcus Paterson, Afrah Rayes)
• LT-X: Guided Archaeological Tour – Paskapoo Slopes First Nations Sites (Brian Vivian)

• PKN-01: Pecha Kucha for Planners Part I (Samuel Alatorre, Philip Dack, Jonathan Hume, Jean-Noé Landry, Patrick Lucas, Chris Madland, Pascal Marceau, Madeleine Miller, Evan Peterson, Pamela Robinson, Timothy Shah, Isabelle Thomas, Keira Webster, Patrick Bohan)
• PKN-02: Pecha Kucha for Planners Part II (Emily Davies, Leslie Evans, Lyna Saad, Rick Stuckenberg, Carrie Yap, Hayazouma Fati Machelle Yé, Patrick Bohan)

Monday, June 19

• PLS-2: Keynote Speaker – Tamika Butler

• LT-04: Main Streets – where rubber hits the road (Kevin Barton, Desmond Bliek, Carlie Ferguson, Natalie Marchut)
• LT-05: Building Community Resilience – A walking tour of Calgary’s Emergency Operation’s Centre (Toby Bellis, Mike Luchia)
• LT-06: From Pilot to Permanent: A bike tour of the Centre City Cycle Track Network (Jason Bell, Kimberly Fisher, Katherine Glowacz)
• LT-07AM: East Village + St. Patrick’s Island Tour AM (Mark Johnson, Amber Osadan-Ullman, Josh Satorelli, Kate Thompson)
• LT-07PM: East Village + St. Patrick’s Island Tour PM (Mark Johnson, Amber Osadan-Ullman, Josh Satorelli, Kate Thompson)

• SS-20: Implementing the UN New Urban Agenda in Canada: issues, opportunities and responsibilities (Elizabeth Ballantyne, Robert Catherall, Penny Gurstein, Kathleen Heggie, Allison Lasocha, Eleanor Mohammed)
• SS-21: Planning for reconciliation & resilience: A cross cultural approach to land use planning in the NWT (Ambe Chenemu, Peggy Holroyd)
• SS-22: Building Resilience Governance and Service Delivery Models – Case Studies from the West Coast (Dan Huang, James Klukas)
• SS-23: Transit and Infrastructure: Unpacking Impact and Evaluating Planners’ Roles (Camille Auble, Pierre Barrieau, Lourette Swanepoel)
• SS-24: Transportation Plans: Case studies from Edmonton and Mississauga (Sarah Feldman, Alex Heath, John Lewis, Bill Menzies, Stephen Schijns, Nicole Swerhun, Shonda Wang, Andrew Miller)
• SS-25: Flood Resiliency: Examples from Alberta and Manitoba (Melissa Ayers, Spencer Croil, Andrei Friesen, Khalid Mohammed, Jeff Pratte, Stan Schwartzenberger)
• SS-25A: Affordable housing and Urban Resilience: Comparative Perspectives (Abi Bond, Maurice Rachwalski, Sasha Tsenkova)
• SS-25B: Partnerships for Affordable and Resilient Housing: Lessons from Calgary & Vancouver (Jen Arntfield, Gary Barron, Penny Gurstein, Teresa Goldstein)
• SS-26: Embracing Tradiitons, Constructing Futures: Reconciling Western Urban Design & Local Culture in Dubai (Sabeen bin Zayyad)
• SS-27: ˌrekənˌsilēˈāSH(ə)n/ lessons learned from collaborative land use planning in the NWT (Jessica Hum)
• SS-28: Building Community Resilience, Building Libraries (Rosemary Griebel, Sarah Meilleur, Kate Thompson)

• SS-29: Critical Reflections on Community Conversations (Carla Borstad klassen, Tyson Boylan, Andrew Malcolm, Robyn Ocean)
• SS-30: Creativity and Innovation: Experiences with Tactical Urbanism in Planning Process (Jennifer Black, Tony Churchill, Lindsay Fischer, David Simor)
• SS-31: Climate Change and Resiliency in Canada (S. Jeff Birchall, Michelle Connolly, Mark Groulx, Zoë Meletis, Carleen Paltzat)
• SS-32: Planning and Evaluating Sustainable Neighborhood Development (Neil Angus)
• SS-33: Stampede Park: Calgary’s 130 Year Old Resilient Community Space (Kristina Barnes, Christine Leppard, Shannon Murray, PhD, Don Teare)
• SS-34: Resilient Canadian Urbanism from Coast to Coast (David Gordon, Susan Haid, Dan Leeming, Nathalie Prudhomme, Jacob Richie, Jeremy Sturgess, Alexandru Taranu, Eric Turcotte)
• SS-35: Technological Advancements and Disruptions: Considerations for Planners (Indro Bhattacharyya, Morgan Boyoco, Derek Brunelle, Bruce Cory, Paolo Mazza, Karen Stewart)
• SS-36: Planning Strategies to Enhance Community Resiliency (Shelagh Graham, Emily Sangster, Davin Shillong)
• SS-37: Food for Thought: Urban Agriculture and Reisliency (Kristina Bouris, Kathryn Lennon, Robert Ollerenshaw, Kristi Peters Snider, Bela Syal, Brad Wright)

Tuesday, June 20

• SS-38: Shorter roads go a long way: the significance of road length per resident (Tristan Cleveland, Paul Dec)
• SS-39: Adapting a Public Organization to a Private Market (Michael Brown, Susan Veres)
• SS-40: Before the Bulldozer Hits the Ground: Measuring Farmland Loss in Southern Ontario (Wayne Caldwell, Sara Epp)
• SS-41: Building Communities: exploring landscape approaches to heritage and diversity (Kevin E. Jones, David Ridley, Rob Shields, Kyle Whitfield)
• SS-42A: Preparing the Planning Profession for Climate Migrants (George Benson, Cristyn Edwards, Shirin Karoubi, Anna Zhuo)
• SS-43: Flyover Park – Youth Led Community Design (Michael Gray, Tawab Hlimi, Kate Logan, Jen Malzer)
• SS-44: Working Towards a Shared History: Creating Equitable Spaces for Planning with Indigenous Communities (Lorna Crowshoe, Wilton Good Striker, Fraser Mcleod, Leela Viswanathan)

• PLS-3: Closing Plenary Panel – Resilience Panel (Chris Arthurs, Katya Sienkiewicz, Brad Stevens, Katie McPherson)