Planning the Post-COVID City: How Should We Build Back Better?
Innis College and the Urban Studies Program present a discussion panel with alumni city builders—experts from a range of sectors and parts of Toronto’s equitable post-pandemic recovery.
While it has been a common refrain during the COVID pandemic that we are all in this together, the pandemic, and the various interventions in response to it, has exposed and exacerbated deep inequalities in our city. Rather than simply desire to return to a pre-pandemic ‘normal’, this panel will focus on how we might use this moment to work individually and collectively towards a more liveable, equitable, and just post-pandemic Toronto.
Thursday, April 15
7 pm EDT
A free, live, virtual (Zoom) panel
Online registration required (see below)
Cherise Burda (BSc ’90 Innis, BEd ’92), executive director of City Building Ryerson
Steve Deveaux (HBA ’99 Innis, Urban Studies), vice president at Tribute Communities
Kofi Hope (HBA ’06 Innis), co-founder and CEO of Monumental
Gregg Lintern (BA ’84 Innis, Urban Studies), chief planner for the City of Toronto
Judy Matthews (BA ’62 Trinity), civic leader and former planner
moderated by Rahul Bhardwaj (BA ’87 Innis), president of the Institute of Corporate Directors