How Do We Bring Back Our Main Streets?

Tuesday, May 19, 12–1PM (ET)

Panel:
Charles Montgomery, Founding Principal, Happy City
Michael Shuman, Director of Local Economy Projects, Neighbourhood Associates Corporation
Jake Stacey, Vice President, VanCity Community Investment Bank
Judith Veresuk, Executive Director, Regina Downtown BID.

How can we leverage the power of design and engagement to make better main streets?

Thursday, July 9, 12–1PM (ET)

Panel:
Anjuli Solanki, Program Director of The STEPS Initiative
Jason Robbins, Principal Architect at JC Robbins Architecture and 1st Vice President of the RAIC Board
Devin Segal, Director of Landscape Architecture at Fathom Studio
Mitchell Reardon, Experiments, Urban Planning & Design Lead at The Happy City
Mark Lakeman, Founder of City Repair.

What is the Role of Architecture in the Urban Recovery?

Thursday, October 8, 12–1PM (ET)

Panel:
Shirley Blumberg, Partner at KPMB
Ryan Gorrie, Senior Associate at Brooke McIlroy
Sam Oboh, Principal and Vice President of Design Intelligence & Client Design at Ensight + Architecture and past President of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada
Daniel Pearl, Founding Partner at L’Oeuf Architects and Professeur titulaire, School of Architecture at Université de Montréal.

Action Week: Operational Trends and Actions for Retail Recovery

Tuesday, October 13, 12–1PM (ET)

Co-presented with J.C. Williams Group, authors of "Operational Trends and Potential Actions for Main Street Retail Recovery" 

Presenter: Lisa Hutcheson, J.C. Williams Group

Panel:
Louroz Mercader, York-Eglinton BIA
Dane Williams, Black Urbanism TO
Darryl Julott, Digital Main Street
Judith Veresuk Downtown Regina BIA

Action Week: Small-Business-Friendly Policies for Main Streets

Wednesday, October 14, 12–1PM (ET)

Co-presented with 360 Collective, authors of "Supporting Main Street Recovery Through Small-Business-Friendly Policy"

Presenters:
John Archer, 360 Collective
Judy Morgan, 360 Collective

Panel:
Dr. Alexandra Flynn, University of British Columbia
Judy Lam, City of Hamilton
Chris Rickett, Municipal Property Assessment Corporation
Antoinette Rodrigue, Association des sociétés de développement commercial de Montréal

Action Week: Rapid Placemaking to Bring Back Main Street

Thursday, October 15, 12–1:30PM (ET)

Co-presented with Happy City, authors of "Rapid Placemaking to Bring Back Main Street: A Pandemic Recovery Toolkit for Local Communities"

Moderators:
Emma Jones, The Happy City
Mitchell Reardon, The Happy City

Panel:
Ebrahim Varachia, Bench Placemaking
Andrew Nakazawa, Downtown Vancouver BIA
Olivier Legault, WinterLab
Elora Wilkinson, Halifax Regional Municipality

Action Week: Planning and Urban Design for Pandemic Recovery

Friday, October 16, 12–1PM (ET)

Co-presented with Fathom Studio, authors of "Planning and Urban Design for Pandemic Recovery"

Panel:
Jill Robertson, Dialog Design
Hazel Borys, PlaceMakers
Jason Syvixay, City of Edmonton
Eric Lucic, City of Halifax

How have visit patterns changed on main streets?

Wednesday, October 28, 12–1PM (ET)

Co-presented with Environics Analytics

Presenter:
Rupen Seoni, Senior Vice President and Practice Leader at Environics Analytics

Panel:
Kevin Narraway, Marketing Manager at the Municipality of Port Hope
Graziella Grbac, the Executive Director of the Village on Main in Dartmouth Nova Scotia
David Pensato, the Executive Director of the Exchange District in Winnipeg

Saving downtowns: How do we #RestoreTheCore?

Thursday, November 5, 12–1PM (ET)

Panel:
Susie Grynol, President of the Hotel Association of Canada
Carl Weisbrod, Senior Advisor at HR&A Advisors in New York City
Kate Fenske, CEO of the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ
Stephen Willis, General Manager of Planning, Infrastructure & Economic Development at the City of Ottawa
Andrea Jung, Planner of Homeless Services and Arts, Culture and Community Services at the City of Vancouver
Thom Mahler, Manager of Urban Strategy at The City of Calgary.