Changing Toronto’s built environment is challenging, requiring time, money and collaboration. Yet many individuals and organizations are driving progress through advocacy, research and design. Ideas Forum: Advocating for a Better City showcases their efforts through dynamic presentations and discussion. Whether it’s researchers bridging the gap between academia and policy, non-profit groups engaging previously excluded stakeholders or design practices advocating for the value of our built legacy, Torontonians are showing us that a better future for our city is possible if we speak up and work together.

Ideas Forum: Advocating for a Better City features five fast-paced presentations (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) exploring different approaches and case studies of advocacy in Toronto’s built environment. The presentations will be followed by a moderated Q&A.