PAST EVENTS
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION FILM EVENT
June 18, 2008.
Planners Network Manitoba, Bike to the Future, Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition, and the Centre for Sustainable Transportation invite you to come down to Osborne Village and find out what's been happening with sustainable transportation here and in other parts of the world. These three short films and the panel discussion afterwards will generate a lively discussion on this timely issue. Everyone is welcome.
Location: Gas Station Theatre, 445 River Avenue (at Osborne)
Velorution: One City's Solution to the Automobile
When the USSR collapsed, Cuba lost 80% of their oil supply. See how they switched from automobiles to bicycles and in the process generated more human interaction and a stronger sense of community.
Bus Rapid Transit: Bogota
Find out how a big city can move half a million people around daily in a way that is efficient, comfortable and affordable. Coutesy of Streetfilms.
Mark Gordon Interviews Enrique Penaloza
As mayor of Bogota, Enrique Penaloza initiated remarkable changes to the city's transportation system, including wider sidewalks, bicycle paths and bus rapid transit, in only three years. Coutesy of Streetfilms.
Panelists:
Jackie Avent Spokesperson for Bike to the Future
Paul Hesse, Spokesperson for Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition
Councillor Russ Wyatt, City of Winnipeg - Transcona Ward
Winnipeg Film Premiere and Panel Discussion
THE WATER FRONT
April16, 2008.
Location: Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street
From The Water Front website:
What if you lived by the largest body of fresh water in the world but could no longer afford to use it? Water is the liquid gold of the 21st century. While corporations urge local governments to privatize municipal water, communities around the world are organizing to ensure affordable access to this life sustaining resource. THE WATER FRONT is the story of one community's determination to fight the seemingly inevitable path of water privatization.
To read more information about The Water Front, or view a movie trailer, please visit the website at http://www.thewaterfrontmovie.com.
Panel discussion:
Lynne Fernandez, Research associate,
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba
John Ploszay, City Councilor and Former Deputy Mayor, Stonewall, MB
Film and Panel Discussion
FOOD - REINVENTING THE WORLD
March 5, 2008.
Co-sponsored with The Manitoba Food Charter.
Plus local promo film: Harvest Moon Festival Promo
Feature film: Food: Reinventing the World
Location: Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street
Food poses the question: how can we reinvent the food system? It highlights the remarkable city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where people asked: why can't food be a right - and then set about making it so. Awarded: Best Non-European Production at the Prix Leonardo, 2000.
Panel discussion: "Urban Food Security: A local perspective."
Dr. Rod Kueneman, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Manitoba
Ian Mauro, Ph.D. Candidate, Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba
Paul Chorney, Community Liaison, Manitoba Food Charter.
Rob Altemeyer, MLA Wolseley Planning with Indigenous Communities
February 7, 2007
Opening event of the Canadian Association of Planning Students (CAPS) conference, held in Winnipeg in February 2007. Along with funding from the Planners Network Campus Campaign, PNmb and the Faculty of Architecture Cultural Events Speaker series co-sponsored the opening night event and a Saturday night reception.
Panelists:
Roger Maaka, Head of the Department of Native Studies, University of Saskatchewan
Ted Jojola, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of New Mexico, Chair, Indigenous Planning Division, American Planning Association
Diane Redsky [Moderator]
Ma Mawi Chi Itata Centre
Building a Liveable City:
Winnipeg Mayoral Candidates Forum
October 19, 2006
PNmb was part of a coalition of organizations that co-sponsored this event during the municipal elections. Other sponsors included: Institute of Urban Studies - Social Planning Council of Winnipeg - Winnipeg Harvest - University of Manitoba Department of City Planning - Provincial Council of Women Manitoba - Council of Women of Winnipeg - Architects Without Borders - Canada Green Building Council - Manitoba Professional Planners Institute
Cathy Crowe, Street Nurse
October 16 and 17, 2006
PNmb worked with the University of Manitoba's Faculties of Nursing and City Planning to present three public talks by Cathy Crowe, the Toronto-based homelessness activist. PNmb members also organized tours for Cathy of the city's shelters and other support agencies that work with homeless individuals.
Winnipeg Community Roundtable
September 27, 2006
PNmb joined with seven others to organize the Winnipeg Community Roundtable, a response to Mayor Sam Katz City Summit that was only open to invited guests. Other sponsors included: Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, Winnipeg Labour Council, Canadian Federation of Students, Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Film Premiere
The Detroit Collaborative Design Center:
Amplifying the Diminished Voice
April 2006
PNmb worked with the Faculty of Architecture to present the local premier of Dr. Sheri Blake's film The Detroit Collaborative Design Center: Amplifying the Diminished Voice. The film documented the participatory design processes of the Design Center, and a panel of invited guests discussed this approach to design after the screening. Proceeds from the event were used to help send four University of Manitoba city planning students to the annual PN2006 conference held in Chicago
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