Welcome and opening remarks

Master of Ceremonies: Bruce Kidd,
Vice President and Principal, University of Toronto Scarborough

Meric Gertler, President, University of Toronto

Presidents’ Panel

Moderator: Mel Cappe, Professor and Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program, School of Public Policy and Governance

Session 1- Helping Cities Navigate Global Change: A Critical Role for Urban Research Universities

Theresa Enright, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

Sara Hughes, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Mississauga

Andrea Olive, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga

Michel Serafinelli, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto Mississauga

Stephanie Pincetl, Director and Professor-in-Residence, California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

*Session 2- Meaningful Metrics: Social Integrations of Universities and Cities

*Session 2 will be in 108 North

Scott Davies, Professor, Department of Leadership & Higher Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Tony Chambers, Associate Professor, Higher Education & Director of the Centre for the Study of Students in Postsecondary Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Anna Katyn Chmielewski, Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership & Higher Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Ruth Childs, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Eunice Jang, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

David Baker, Professor, Education Policy Studies, Pennsylvania State University

Session 3- Could Toronto Become the First Large City in the World in Which Every Person Could Access Healthy, Affordable & Delicious Food, Within Walking Distance, 365 Days a Year?

Alejandro Jadad, Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and Health Canada Research Chair in eHealth Innovation

Sandy Smith, Professor, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto

Blake Poland, Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School Of Public Health, University of Toronto

Geoff Cape, Chief Executive Officer, Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto

Session 4- Equity in the City: Social Work Engaging Communities in Solutions to Urban Problems

Shelley Craig, Assistant Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

David Burnes, Assistant Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

Lin Fang, Associate Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

Michael Shier, Assistant Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

Charmaine Williams, Associate Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

Session 5- From Poor to Powerful: Propelling Health through Human Potential

Lynn Wilson, Professor and Chair, Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Katherine Rouleau, Associate Professor and Director, Global Health Program, Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Martim De Medeiros, Family Medicine Residency Supervisor, Santa Marcelina Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

Michael Creek, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Working for Change, Toronto

Brit Ellis, Post-secondary student, Aboriginal Youth, Toronto

Richard Marsella, Executive Director, Regent Park School of Music, Toronto

*Session 6- Humanities and the Civic

*Session 6 will be in 108 North

Robert Gibbs, Professor of Philosophy & Director, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto

James Chandler, Professor of English and Director, Franke Institute for the Humanities, University of Chicago

Eva-Lynn Jagoe, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, University of Toronto

Álvaro Fernández-Bravo, Department Member, National Scientific and Technical Research Council, CONICET, Buenos Aires

Session 7- Toronto as a City of Learning: Collaborating with Friends of the Pan Am Path

Shauna Brail, Senior Lecturer and Director, Experiential Learning Program, Urban Studies Program, Innis College, University of Toronto

David Roberts, Lecturer, Urban Studies Program, Innis College, University of Toronto

Brent Chamberlain, Chair, Friends of the Pan Am Path

Jason Ko, Marina Jaladoni, Anne Christian, Urban Studies students, University of Toronto/Pan Am Path placement students

Vineetha Sivathasian, Zee Bolad, Zarish Asif, University of Toronto students/graduates, Pan Am Path artists

Zoe Dille, Programming Coordinator, Hart House, University of Toronto

Norah Smith, Pan Am Games Programming Assistant, Hart House, University of Toronto

Session 8- Four Decades of Partnership for Regional and Local Transportation Planning

Eric Miller, Professor of Civil Engineering and Research Director of the University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute (UTTRI), University of Toronto

Khandker Nurul Habib, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, UTTRI, University of Toronto

Matthew Roorda, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto

Lisa Salsberg, Manager, Strategic Policy & Systems Planning, Metrolinx

Mitch Stambler, Head of Strategy & Service Planning, Toronto Transit Commission

Sabbir Saiyed, Manager, Transportation Systems Planning, Peel Region

Session 9- An Emerging Model of Meaningful Community & University Partnership: Learnings from Kingston-Galloway/Orton Park-University of Toronto Scarborough

Susannah Bunce, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough

Kimberley Tull, Manager, Community Development and Engagement, University of Toronto Scarborough

Ewa Cerda-Llanos, Manager of Community/University Initiatives, East Scarborough Storefront