Building Resilience: National Planning Conference 2017 (Short Session-20) June 19, 2017
Implementing the UN New Urban Agenda in Canada: Issues, Opportunities and Responsibilities (Short Session-20)
Last October, United Nations member nations, including Canada, adopted the New Urban Agenda (NUA) at the Habitat III Quito conference. Reflecting broad input from many groups including planning associations, the NUA is a collective vision and a political commitment to sustainable urban development of socially inclusive, economically prosperous, and environmentally resilient cities. The panel will engage the planning community in discussion of how this powerful, international aspirational document can be used to advance planning in Canada. Presentations will focus on potential implementation strategies, including: a national urban policy, housing as a human right, ecosystem thinking, improving precarious and informal work environments, strengthening citizen participation, and the ‘right to the city.’
Speakers:
Robert Catherall, Master’s Student, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia “Permanently Temporary: the Rise of Precarious Work in Canada”
Penny Gurstein, Director, School of Community and Regional Planning, UBC, “SCARP at Habitat III Conference in Quito”
Kathleen Heggie,
Eleanor Mohammed,
Stuart Hamre, University of British Columbia (replacing Allison Lasocha) “Right to the City”
Elizabeth Ballantyne, Doctoral Student, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, “A National Urban Policy? Implementing the New Urban Agenda in Canada”
Catherall • Implementing the UN Ne...
Gurstein • Implementing the UN Ne...
Hamre • Implementing the UN Ne...
Ballantyne • Implementing the UN Ne...
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