AoCB 2024: FORWARD TOGETHER
We welcomed a record number of attendees in 2024 at Light House Arts Centre. The eighth year of AoCB24 featured engaging conversations and inspiring presentations from local and international thought leaders on topics of equity, placemaking, community health, justice, sustainability, designing dignified buildings and places, the future of vibrant downtowns and more. Speaker videos are available below:
SESSION I: Imagining Cities with Equity at the Core
Paul MacKinnon: A new vision for Downtown Halifax
Jonathan Goldson: Delightful Downtown: How a projection series lit up Downtown Halifax
Hannah Wood: The importance of accessibility for persons with disabilities in city planning and building design due to the demographics present in Nova Scotia
Nate Storring: The importance of care in creating successful public spaces (from governance to maintenance to programming to design iteration)
SESSION II: Inclusive Cities for the Future
Angela Henderson: Turret Arts Space: Built Environment and Artistic Livelihoods
Wes Reibeling: Queer Placemaking, Equitable Community Engagement
SESSION III: Forward Together: Community Health, Justice, and Sustainability
Chris Benjamin: Energy Poverty
Dr. Jay Parikh: The Heart of Healthy Cities
Isabelle Joncas: Many Canadian cities face traffic growth. In cause : more vehicles and larger gas guzzler vehicles. Equiterre’s policy work and communications campaigns to reverse the trend.
Giselle Sebag: Building Thriving Cities — The Imperative for Health, Equity, and Economic Prosperity: Explore how cities can drive health, equity, and economic growth by prioritizing infrastructure that supports well-being for all.
Dr. Ingrid Waldron: Climate Justice in African Nova Scotian Communities
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