Join EnviroCentre and the Healthy Transportation Coalition as we host the Sustainable Transportation Summit: Building Equity into Ottawa’s Transportation System. This important event is taking place at Ottawa City Hall, Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016. By bringing together residents, community leaders and professionals in the field, we will create a platform where different interests can work together to bring equity to the forefront of transportation planning and decision making in Ottawa.

The half-day event features:

1) Opening Panel: Understanding Equity and How This Relates to Sustainable Transportation

2) Breakout Session One- Barriers to an Equitable Transportation System

• What are the barriers and how can we address them; Dr. Adonia Lugo, Urban Anthropologist and Professor at Antioch and California State Universities (via skype)

3) Breakout Session Two - Building Equity into Sustainable Transportation Planning

• How to Apply the Equity Lens When Planning; Suzanne Doerge, Director, City for All Women Initiative
• Built Form and it's Relation to Equity; Orly Linovski Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of City Planning, University of Manitoba
• What’s Next for Complete Streets; Nelson Edwards, Senior Project Manager, Transportation Planning Branch, City of Ottawa

4) Presentation- Living in the Built Environment; Inge Roosendaal, Program Development Officer, Ottawa Public Health

• Group Activity- Join a creative discussion to help identify and prioritize practical steps toward transportation equity solutions in Ottawa -- research, policy, outreach, services, infrastructure and more.
  

5) Networking Lunch

Vist the Summit website and view the draft agenda.