Region of Peel
Liveable Peel Conference
The Liveable Peel Conference was
held on
Friday, Feb. 10, 2006 at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga .
The conference brought together Regional Councillors,
practitioners, academics and community leaders to discuss
sustainability as it relates to the long-term future
of Peel region.
The day convened with a
speech given by the Honourable David Caplan of the Ministry
of Public Infrastructure Renewal.
Additional conference information:
Speakers' presentations are available to download in
pdf format. Please note that due to content some
presentations are large files. Please consider the file
size before downloading these files.
First Concurrent Sessions:
Good Health for Everyone - Realistic or Utopian
Dream?
Dr.
Hanif Kassam, Medical Officer of Health, Region
of Peel 2.04 MB, 25 pages
Gena
Ali, Principal Planner-GTA, Region of Peel 70
KB, 6 pages
Shelley
White, Chief Executive Director, United Way of Peel
2.6 MB, 17 pages
Driving Prosperity: The Role of Immigration
Naomi
Alboim, Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen's
University 106 KB, 10 pages
Naheeda
Jamal, Planner, Region of Peel 361 KB, 13 pages
Dr.
Colin Saldanha, Past President, Mississauga Board
of Trade 748 KB, 26 pages
Coming to Terms with the Energy Dilemma
Allan
Jenkins, Senior Policy Advisor of Renewable Energy
Supply, Ministry of Energy 844 KB, 23 pages
Dr.
Richard Gilbert, Research Director, Centre for Sustainable
Transportation 340 KB, 12 pages
Dr.
Nonita Yap, Professor, University of Guelph
1.02 MB 39 pages
A Look Through the Crystal Ball at the Future
of the Pearson Airport
Steve
Shaw, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, GTAA
2.88 MB, 48 pages
Karen
Campbell, President & CEO, Greater Toronto Marketing
Alliance 417 KB, 10 pages
Ray
Simpson, Partner, Hemson Consulting 175 KB,
8 pages
Neal
Irwin, Chairman Director, IBI Group 611 KB,
8 pages
Sustainable Municipal Finance: How Do We Get
There?
Cam
Watson, President, C.N. Watson and Associates
Ltd. 101 KB, 13 pages
Frank
Clayton, President, Clayton Research 847 KB,
5 pages
Enid
Slack, Director of Municipal Finance and Governance
and Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto
49 KB, 18 pages
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Second Concurrent Sessions:
Put a Roof on It: Meeting the Housing Needs of
Peel’s Current and Future Residents
Jennifer
Murdoch, Manager of Housing Program, Region of Waterloo
1.3 MB, 15 pages
Michael
Shapcott 523 KB, 35 pages
Hugh
Heron, President, Heron Homes Limited 25 KB,
7 pages
Aligning Regional Services with a Changing Economy
James
Milway, Executive Director, Institute for Competitiveness
and Prosperity 411 KB, 13 pages
Larry
Petovello, Director of Economic Development, City
of Mississauga 1.3 MB, 13 pages
Dennis
Cutajar, Commissioner of Economic Development and
Public Relations, City Brampton 533 KB, 14 pages
Susan
Taylor, Consultant, Tamarack Institute of Community
Engagement 522 KB, 16 pages
Getting to Green: Future Trends and Fresh Ideas
Christine
Zimmer, Senior Water Resources Engineer, Credit
Valley Conservation 4.86 MB, 33 pages
Isobel
Heathcote, Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor,
University of Guelph 479 KB, 14 pages
Brian
Denney, CAO, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
1.96 MB 14 pages
Networking with the Province
This session was a drop in session that required
no formal presentations.
Changing the Future Course of Transportation
in Peel: From Gridlock to Sustainability
Clive
Rock, Director of Strategic Planning, Greater
Vancouver Transportation Authority 1.1 MB,
29 pages
Neal
Irwin, Chairman Director, IBI Group 65 KB,
6 pages
Dr.
Richard Gilbert, Research Director, Centre for
Sustainable Transportation 642 KB, 13 pages
Tom
AppaRao, Director, Transportation Planning, Region
of Peel 371 KB, 11 pages
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Third Concurrent Sessions:
The Booming Dynamics of Aging in Peel: Crystallizing
the Years Ahead
Session
Outline & Presentation by Ron Jaros, Planning
Manager, Region of Peel 435 KB, 18 pages
Reaping the Rewards: Culture the Fourth Pillar
of Sustainability
Brian
Gilchrist, Reference Archivist, Peel Heritage Complex
715 KB, 14 pages
Beth Gignac, Executive Committee Member, Municipal
Cultural Planning Project for Ontario (coming soon)
Arvin
Prasad, Director of Planning Policy & Research,
Region of Peel 1.55 MB, 42 pages
Getting to Green: What Does it Take?
Andrew
Bowerbank, Manager of Sustainable Development, Living
City Programs, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
2.78 MB, 29 pages
Air Quality: Taking a Leadership Role in Climate
Change
Anthony
Ciccone, Principal, Golder Associates 1 MB,
19 pages
Al
Seskus, Consultant 57 KB, 14 pages
Paul
Callanan, Director of Environmental Health, Region
of Peel 272 KB, 9 pages
Quentin
Chiotti, Air Programme Director and Senior Scientist,
Pollution Probe 3.17 MB, 34 pages
Focusing in on Where We Live and Work
Hannah
Evans, Director of Partnerships and Consultation
628 KB, 12 pages
John
Corbett, Commissioner, Planning, Design and Development,
City of Brampton 2.14 MB, 35 pages
John
Waller, Director, Long Range Planning, York Region
3.91 MB, 23 pages
Please continue to check this website for information
on the Liveable Peel Conference.
Revised:
Friday February 17 2023