WLI RESET 2021: A multisector deep dive to co-create solutions for building back better
“Reset is not about going back to normal.
It’s about building a better normal for everyone.”
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The pandemic’s toll brought renewed urgency for society to address systemic barriers faced by women and marginalized people in accessing opportunities, work/life balance, equitable economic benefit, and inclusive agency to shape and steward the cities we live in.
The Women’s Leadership Initiative organized the Reset Symposium to cultivate a deep conversation across silos to co-create solutions for more equitable and sustainable city building, engaging diverse and multidisciplinary perspectives of planners • designers • developers • builders • investors • feminists • economists • urbanists • organizers • citizens.
Program Agenda
8:30am – 9:00am: Pre-Event Networking with our facilitators Tim Casswell & Jen La Trobe, Creative Connections
9:00am – 9:45am: Fireside Chat
- Moderator: Leslie Woo, Chief Executive Officer, Civic Action
- Greer O’Donnell, Urban Strategist, The Urban Advisory, New Zealand
- Miriam Nordfors, Urban Planning Strategist, The City Planning Office, Stockholm, Sweden
9:45am – 10:00am: Break
10:00am – 11:00am: Breakout Sessions with the Co-Conspirators
- Deborah Leslie, Professor of Geography, University of Toronto
- Cherise Burda, Executive Director, City Building, Ryerson University
- Bianca Wylie, Co-Founder, Digital Public & Tech Reset Canada
- Camille Mitchell, Architect, Gensler
- Sheila Block, Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Luke Anderson, Co-founder and Executive Director, StopGap
- Sabina Ali, Executive Director, Thorncliffe Park Women’s Committee
- Jenny McMinn, Managing Director, Urban Equation
- Ryan Gorrie, Senior Architect, Brook McIlroy
- Aliyah Fraser, Owner/Operator, Lucky Bug Farm
11:00am – 11:15am: Break
11:15am – 12:00pm: Wrap-Up and Takeaways
Event Sponsors
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