Video Gallery
of Plenary Presentations from the Walk21 Metro Vancouver Conference
Oct 3-5, 2011
Introductions Wade Grant, Musqueam Indian Band Councillor
Vancouver, A Walking Passion Story
- The Little Metropolitan Area that Could Gordon Price, Director, The City Program, Simon Fraser University
Walking Places, Healthy Places - Vancouver, The Sustainable City Dr. Penny Ballem, City Manager, City of Vancouver
Learn Now, Learn Fast One Minute Poster Speed Session
Shapeshifters Anonymous - The Transformation of Advocacy to Reality in the Walking World Panel Discussion, moderated by Sandy James, Chair of the Metro Vancouver Walk21 Steering Committee Panel members: Jacky Kennedy, Director, Canada Walks Green Communities Canada; Daryl Rock, Chair, Board of Directors, Rick Hansen Institute; and artist, Gwen Boyle
Shape Making and Shapeshifting
- A Walking Map to Transforming Cities Dr. Larry Frank, Professor and Bombardier Chair,
School of Community and Regional Planning,
University of British Columbia
Walking Steps Up - A Synergistic Approach to Transforming People Dr. William Bird, Strategic Health Advisor to Natural England
Why Here, Why Now, Why Walk?
Cities for Cars
and the Psychology of Sloths James Sallis, Professor of Psychology, San Diego University
Pecha Kucha Sampler
Learn Now, Learn Fast One Minute Poster Speed Session
The Magic of Messing it Up:
Making Automobile Streets
More Walkable A salon with Allan Jacobs, author Great Streets, Consultant in city planning and urban design and Mary Beth Rondeau,
Senior Urban Designer at City of Surrey
From Smart Growth to Smart Cities
- Walking our Way to Liveability
Harriet Tregoning, Director, Office of Planning, Washington, DC
From Ecology to Energy-Walking as if the World Mattered Geoff Anderson, CEO, SmartGrowth America
Earthquakes, Ethos and Walkability - Placemaking for Pedestrians Dr. Elizabeth Macdonald, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning and Urban Design, University of California - Berkeley
The Pedestrian Portfolio-Economic Development, Public Art, Walkers and Wealth - Can Developers Step Up? Panel Discussion, moderated by Gordon Price, Director,
The City Program, Simon Fraser University Panel Members:
Chris Vollan, Vice President, Development, Rize Alliance;
Cynthia Melosky, Vice President, Development, Polygon Homes Ltd; Michael Geller, President, The Geller Group
Conclusions: Transforming the Automobile City,
Transforming Ourselves Jim Walker, CEO, Walk England and Sandy James,
Chair of the Metro Vancouver Walk21 Steering Committee
