TCAT Events

The Toronto Centre for Active Transportation regularly organizes and participates in events designed to bring multiple stakeholders together to meet and learn about new developments in the field of active transportation.

• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to speak at the Cycle and Sole rally at Queen's Park on May 11th at 2 p.m.
• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to present to the "Transportation and Urban Form" graduate class in the Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto on April 3, 2013 @ 10:00 a.m.
• Ryan Whitney was invited by Ecology Ottawa and the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa's Bike Co-op to give a keynote speech at the "Complete Streets for Ottawa" event at the University of Ottawa on March 26, 2013, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
• Ryan Whitney spoke on an Active Transport/Complete Streets panel at the Ryerson School of Urban and Regional Planning Expo on March 23, 2013, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

• Ryan Whitney spoke on a PLANit@York panel titled "Achieving Intermodal Balance: A panel on sustainable transportation" at the Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies Building, Room 142 on York University Keele Campus on March 5, 2013, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
• Nancy Smith Lea spoke on a City of Toronto Urban Fellows Learning Series "Toronto Gets Moving" panel on transportation planning and Complete Streets at the Traffic Management Centre on January 31, 2013, 1:00-4:15 p.m.

• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to present at "Diabetes in the Real World. City Design Should Move Us!" hosted by the Diabetes Education Community Network of East Toronto at South Riverdale Community Health Centre, 955 Queen St. E., Toronto, November 22, 2012, 5-7 p.m.
• Keagan Gartz presented "Complete Streets in Canada: A Growing and Connected Movement" at the ACT Canada Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 in Hamilton, November 6, 2012, 10:30 a.m to noon.
• Sam Schachar, TCAT's Complete Streets Researcher and Metcalf Foundation Sustainability Intern, presented a webinar titled "Complete Streets in Southern Ontario: Case Studies", October 31, 2012 at 2 p.m.

• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to present at the Metrolinx Planning Leaders Forum, October 18, 2012, 9:30 a.m. to noon.
• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to present at the Annex Resident Association meeting, October 2, 2012, 7-9 p.m.
• Ryan Whitney presented "Complete Streets in Ontario and Canada: An Inclusive Model for all Road Users" in a breakout session at Walk21 in Mexico City, October 2, 2012.
• Ryan Whitney presented in the "Insights on Active Transportation" session at the Ontario Professional Planners Institute 2012 Symposium: Healthy Communities and Planning for Active Transportation in Markham, September 21, 2012.
• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to participate in a MOVE: Innovation Talks panel at Evergreen Brick Works - BMO Atrium, September 11, 2012, 7-9 p.m.
• Ryan Whitney provided a presentation on TCAT's Complete Streets for Canada program at The Hub in Ottawa on Thursday, August 2, 2012 from 12-1 p.m. as part of The Hub's bi-weekly Brown Bag Lunch speaker series ($8 drop-in fee for non-members; Location: The Hub, 71 Bank Street 6th Floor, Workshop Room - free coffee, bring your own lunch).
• Ryan Whitney presented "Complete Streets in Ontario and Beyond: Context, Centralization, and Barriers to Implementation in the Canadian Context" at Velo-City Global 2012 in Vancouver, June 29, 2012.
• Ryan Whitney delivered a presentation about the results of TCAT's Gap Analysis report to the Clean Air Council at their meeting on the topic of "Active Transportation, Land Use and Public Health", June 15, 2012
• Ryan Whitney and Norma Moores delivered a Complete Streets workshop in Peterborough to present the results of TCAT's Gap Analysis report and provide technical assistance, June 11, 2012.
• TCAT was invited by Associated Engineering to present a Lunch and Learn about engaging the private sector in Complete Streets, June 6, 2012.
• Keagan Gartz participated in a workshop designed to gather feedback on York Region's New Community Guidelines. The meeting took place in Markham, May 29, 2012.
• Ryan Whitney and Norma Moores from IBI Group conducted a Complete Streets Subury workshop on Tuesday, May 15, 6-7:45 p.m. at the Parkside Older Adult Centre in Sudbury. This free workshop provided background on current research along with steps that community members can take to help encourage the adoption of a Complete Streets approach.
• Ryan Whitney presented a Complete Streets webinar as part of the OPHA Health and Built Environment Webinar Series, May 1, 2012
• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to present the Complete Streets by Design report to the Toronto Board of Health related to the discussion item on the Road to Health: A Healthy Toronto by Design Report, April 30, 2012.
• Complete Streets Forum 2012, April 23, 2012.
• Ryan Whitney presented at the Ontario Traffic Council 7th annual Transportation Planning Workshop at the Oakville Holiday Inn on the theme "Achieving a Complete Street". April 20, 2012.
• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to speak on the topic "Complete Streets in Canada" at Open Streets Hamilton's Complete Streets in Hamilton: A Community Forum. April 5, 2012.
• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to speak on the topic "Complete Streets in the GTHA" at the Hamilton Transportation Summit 2012 "Exploring Complete Streets". April 5, 2012.
• Nancy Smith Lea, Elana Horowitz and Chris Hardwicke launched TCAT's Complete Streets by Design resource at an on-line seminar at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. March 29, 2012.
• TCAT Steering Committee members Neluka Leanage and Michelle St-Amour were guest lecturers on the topic "Advocating for Active Urban Mobility" at York University Urban Geography undergraduate course. February 28, 2012.

• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to speak on the "Broad Inspiration" panel at the Toronto Cyclists Union Strategic Planning Summit. January 21, 2012.
• Yonge Street Speaker lecture Feet + Wheels. Nancy Smith Lea and Chris Hardwicke were invited to speak on a panel about how to create streets that work for everyone. January 19, 2012.
• Port Lands Acceleration Initiative Stakeholder Advisory Committee and the Queen's Quay Construction Liaison Committee. TCAT was invited to participate in these multi-stakeholder six-month forums. Thomas Smahel, TCAT Steering Committee member, joined both Committees as TCAT's representative. January, 2012.
• Cancer Care Ontario. Nancy Smith Lea was invited to give a webinar presentation titled "Media Advocacy and Active Transportation". December 12, 2011.
• Centre for City Ecology's MobiliT.O.: Getting to the Core. Nancy Smith Lea was invited to participate in this day-long design workshop on mobility solutions for multiple modes of transportation in the downtown core. November 19, 2011.
• Evergreen's MOVE Transportation Charrette. TCAT was invited to participate as an advisor. Ryan Whitney gave a presentation titled "Complete Streets in Ontario and Beyond". November 11, 2011.
• University of Toronto Cities Centre Toronto Talks Mobility Symposium. TCAT participated in the Conversation Café portion of the program. November 10, 2011.
• TCAT was invited to participate in the Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) monthly Urban Affairs Forum. Steering Committee member Elana Horowitz spoke on a panel with the theme "Politics and Design: Where is the Design Advocacy?" November 2, 2011.
• Walk21 in Vancouver. Nancy Smith Lea presented a paper titled Benchmarking Active Transportation in Canadian Cities: Report Highlights. October 4, 2011.
• Presented TCAT's 3rd Annual Active Transportation Champion award to Paul Hess at the City of Toronto's Bicycle Friendly Business award ceremony. September 26, 2011.
• TCAT was invited to participate in Oshawa Bike Night. Nancy Smith Lea spoke on a panel. June 1, 2011.
• TCAT was invited to participate in CAA "Changing Lanes" Conference" in Vancouver. Steering Committee member Darryl Young spoke on the panel "Building a Better Connection". May 25, 2011.
• Complete Streets Forum 2011. Apr 28-29, 2011.
• Nancy Smith Lea delivered a Complete Streets 101 webinar to the Clean Air Council Complete Streets Community of Practice. April 7, 2011.
• Organized Cities, Mixes and Fixes Interdisciplinary Workshop in partnership with University of Toronto Cities Centre. March 25, 2011.
• Nancy Smith Lea and Steering Committee member Neluka Leanage were guest lecturers on the topic "Advocating for Active Urban Mobility" at York University Urban Geography undergraduate course. February 17, 2011.
• Walk21 in the Hague. TCAT presented two papers: Nancy Smith Lea's paper titled Converting On-Street Parking to Active Transportation in Toronto: Two Studies of Merchant and Patron Preferences and Stephanie Tencer's paper titled Contextualizing the Community Walkability Audit Tool. Nov 17-18, 2010.
• City of Toronto ThinkBike Workshops. TCAT was on the "Team Orange" Design Team. September 21, 2010.
• Complete Streets Forum 2010. Apr 22-23, 2010.
• Webinar: Assessing Support to Remove On-Street Parking for Bike Lanes. March 30, 2010.
• Presented TCAT's 2nd Annual Active Transportation Champion award to Paul Young at the Toronto Bike Awards ceremony. January 19, 2010.
• Livable Streets: Rethinking Urban Transportation Roger Geller Event. October 21, 2009.
• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to speak in a session titled "Bicycles and Urban Well-Being" at St. Michael's Hospital Clinical and Population Research Rounds, October 1, 2009.
• TCAT's Screening of Veer. August 27, 2009.
• Nancy Smith Lea was invited to speak on a panel Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Annual Conference in the session "Removing Highways, Building Cities", August 13, 2009.
• Bike Summit 2009. May 28, 2009.
• Edgy-ness in East Toronto. TCAT at Jane's Walk. May 2, 2009.
• Winning Campaigns Training. March 27-29, 2009.
• Webinar: Bike Lanes, On-Street Parking and Business. A Study of Bloor Street in Toronto's Annex Neighbourhood. March 25, 2009.
• Presented TCAT's Active Transportation Champion award to Jane Farrow at the Bicycle Friendly Business Awards ceremony. January 20, 2009.
• Public Bikes in Toronto - Bixi demo event. October 24, 2008.
• Bikes as a Public Good: What is the future of public bike sharing in Toronto? September 18-19, 2008.
• What's New in New York? An evening of film and discussion featuring Transportation Alternatives' Noah Budnick. July 24, 2008.
• Webinar: Highlights from Bike Summit 2008. June 25, 2008.
• Bike Summit 2008. April 25, 2008.
• Walking Strategy Meeting. December 12, 2007.
• Walkability and Placemaking Training Seminar. TCAT was the local planning lead for a walking tour for elected municipal officials from across Canada. A Walk21 pre-conference session hosted by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and led by Project for Public Spaces. October 1, 2007.
• Our Streets - inserting oneself into the municipal process: a discussion for the everyday person on how to bring pedestrian change to their neighbourhood. A Walk21 pre-conference session hosted by TCAT. September 30, 2007.