Speaker Series
Dates: April 13 | April 27 | May 11 | May 25 | June 8 | June 22 | July 6
Times: 12:00PM-1:30PM
Location: VIRTUAL ON ZOOM
Organizer: CIFAL YORK Partners: The City Institute & York Region
Participants in all sessions will receive a certificate of attendance from CIFAL York
Background
Transportation plays a major role in societies. Equity and justice in transportation and transportation projects can greatly contribute to social justice and through providing equitable and just access to transportation, economic opportunities, social and recreational activities. Communities across Canada and globally are trying to increase equity and justice in transportation. CIFAL York organizes a webinar series to provide a space for knowledge exchange and experience sharing between experts and policy makers to discuss how equity and justice issues and considerations are addressed in transportation.
Goals & Objectives
The speaker series is designed to:
- discuss and exchange knowledge about the current state of equity and justice in transportation in different cities, municipalities, and jurisdictions.
- explore and understand current and future that different municipalities and government levels have to address equity and justice in transportation.
- explore equity and justice in different areas of transportation such as public transit, walking, cycling, etc.
- examine and discuss how other municipal operation and plans impact or contribute to transportation equity and justice.
- understand how transportation equity and justice can be measured at different levels.
- learn about types of standards or best practices that are available for enhancing transportation equity and justice.
- examine the roles that different stakeholders can play in transportation equity and justice.
- To explore how building partnerships can help enhance the development of healthy public policies related to transportation equity
Target Audiences
- Executives and senior managers
- Transportation planners
- Urban planners
- Public Health practitioners
- Transportation engineers
- Professionals/ leaders in municipalities.
- Researchers researching in the subject areas of this mini course.
- Equity seeking groups
- Students Other
SESSION 1 WEDNESDAY APRIL 13 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)
Moderator 1: Peter Park
Associate Professor, Transportation Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University
Chair, CIFAL York, Safe Mobility Technical Advisory Committee
Moderator 2: Sonia Sanita
Healthy Built Environment Specialist, York Region (The Regional Municipality of York)
Co-chair, CIFAL York, Safe Mobility Technical Advisory Committee
Speaker 1: Deborah Lightman
RPP, Senior Project Manager, Transportation Planning, City of Ottawa
Topic
Incorporating Equity into Ottawa’s Transportation Master Plan
Speaker: Andréanne Doyon
RPP, MCIP, Assistant Professor, Director of the Resource and Environmental Planning Program, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
Topic
Transportation Equity from a Climate Action Plan Perspective
SESSION 2 WEDNESDAY APRIL 27 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)
Moderator: Patricia Wood
Professor, Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, York University
Speaker 1: Todd Litman
Founder and Executive Director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Topic
Transportation Planning for Equity, Opportunity and Health
Speaker 2: Mahtot Gebresselassie
Incoming Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, York University
Topic
Emerging Transportation and Disability
SESSION 3 WEDNESDAY MAY 11 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)
Moderator: Roger Keil
Professor, Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, York University
Speaker 1: Sean Hertel
Course Director at York University, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC)
Topic
Transit Justice and Metrolinx: Next Stop Equity
Speaker 2: Michael Collens
Senior Associate at Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Topic
Transit Justice and Metrolinx: Next Stop Equity
Speaker 3: Mohsen Alavi
Research Associate, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University
Topic
Transportation justice in student travel: some preliminary results from the studentmove to project
Speaker 4: Mohammed Mohith
Urban and Regional Planning Researcher
Topic
Transportation justice in student travel: some preliminary results from the studentmove to project
SESSION 4 WEDNESDAY MAY 25 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)
Moderator: Alison Macpherson
Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, Faculty of Health, York University
Speaker 1: Linda Rothman
Assistant Professor, School of Occupational and Public Health, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University
Topic
Equity Challenges in the Built Environment and Child Pedestrian Injuries- Integration of Evidence and Public Health
Speaker 2: Sarah Richmond
Applied Public Health Science, Public Health Ontario Assistant Professor at University of Toronto
Topic
Equity Challenges in the Built Environment and Child Pedestrian Injuries- Integration of Evidence and Public Health
Speaker 3: Emily McCullough
Postdoctoral Fellow, York University, Faculty of Health, York University
Topic:
Equity Challenges in the Built Environment and Child Pedestrian Injuries- Integration of Evidence and Public Health
SESSION 5 WEDNESDAY JUNE 8 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)
Moderator , Sonia Sanita, Healthy Built Environment Specialist, York Region
Keynote Speaker: Charles T. Brown, MPA, CPD, LCI
Founder & CEO Equitable Cities LLC
Topic
Arrested Mobility: Exploring the Adverse Impacts of Discriminatory Enforcement on Black Mobility
Speaker 2: Carla Mays, MPA
Co-Founder Head of Global Research, SmartCohort
Topic
Transportation Equity: Disease, Crime and Violence
Speaker 3: David Capelli
Co-Founder & Director of Global Partnerships, SmartCohort
Topic
Transportation Equity: Disease, Crime and Violence
SESSION 6 WEDNESDAY JUNE 22 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)
Speaker 1: Lindsey Kindrat BSc., LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP ND, ENV SP, SEA, EP, Built Green HD Verifier
Senior Associate, Director of Sustainable Consulting | Calgary
Topic
Resilient Transit and Resilient Communities
Speaker 2: Lisa D’Abbondanza
Director, Sr. Practice Lead, Architecture, IBI Group
Topic
Resilient Transit and Resilient Communities
SESSION 7 WEDNESDAY JULY 06 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)
Speaker 1: Robyn Brown
Director, Sr. Practice Lead, Planning, IBI Group
Topic
Inclusionary Zoning and Gender-Based Design
Speaker 2: Ana-Francisca de la Mora
Director, Sr. Practice Lead, Architecture, IBI Group
Topic
Gender-Based Design: Making Travel Easier For Everyone
Organizer & Partners
Organizer
CIFAL York is part of UNITAR’s global network of training centres for knowledge-sharing, training, and capacity-building for public and private leaders, local authorities, and civil society. CIFAL Centres are local and regional hubs for innovative, participatory and co-creative knowledge exchange opportunities to support decision-making processes, build capacity, and accelerate the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals. Established in 2020, CIFAL York started its operation in June 2021 as the first CIFAL Centre in Canada. Health and Development training and knowledge sharing is among the key focusing areas of CIFAL York.
For more information or questions please contact: cifaldirector@yorku.ca
