More info: http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:42:02 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=171&Itemid=101   In this final video in our Campaign of Ideas series, Allyson Hewitt (http://creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html#Lyn), Director of Entrepreneurship at MaRS (http://marsdd.com/index.html), takes a page from Dr. Seuss in her succinct yet playful summation of the key messages of Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City Conference. Oh, the Places We'll Go...Through Collaboration CLICK HERE (http://www.torontoartscape.on.ca/news/subscribe). CLICK HERE (http://www.torontoartscape.on.ca/news/subscribe) to be taken to Artscape’s subscriber form and be sure to click the Creative Placemaking and Spacemaking box on the form. The Creative Spacemaking and Placemaking Workshops are a component of the Artscape Knowledge Exchange Program, with funding provided by the Government of Ontario (http://www.ontario.ca/), Ontario Arts Council (http://www.arts.on.ca)and TD Bank Financial Group. (http://www.td.com/corporateresponsibility/index.jsp ) Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:20:59 +0100 http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=101 Lyn Heward (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184128/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476), Consultant and Executive Producer, Cirque du Soleil, David A. Wolfe (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184129/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476), Royal Bank Chair in Public and Economic Policy at the University of Toronto and Co-Director of the Program on Globalization and Regional Innovation Systems (PROGRIS), and Tonya Surman (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184130/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476), Founder and Executive Director, Centre for Social Innovation discuss the qualities required for collaborative leadership. The Collaborative Leadership video is paired with CP+S On Location video spotlight Changing Course (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184131/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476), a short film by Melissa Gomez that profiles the issues, challenges and successes of a unique community collaboration that have taken place in the city of Toronto: the Toronto Sports Leadership Program. Told through the voices of five partners in the program, the film shows how the Toronto community came together and provided an answer to 2005’s “Summer of the Gun”. If you haven’t already watched the first series of videos from our conference series featuring the thought-provoking Sir Ken Robinson (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184132/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476), David Buckland (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184133/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476), Richard Florida (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184134/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476), Charles Landry (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184135/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476), the Open Access Science Panel (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184136/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476)with Interventionist Media Panel (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184137/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476)with Artscape’s Youtube Channel (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184138/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476) or click directly on their names above. Collaborative Leadership One Drop (http://www.onedrop.org) Cirque du Soleil  (http://www.cirquedusoleil.com)and PROGRIS (http://www.utoronto.ca/progris/about_us/index.html) Centre for Social Innovation: (http://www.socialinnovation.ca)and Tamarack: An Institute for Community Engagement (http://tamarackcommunity.ca/g3s5l.html) Demos: The Collaborative State (http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/collaborativestatecollection ) Book: Collaborative Leadership: How to succeed in an interconnected world  (http://www.amazon.com/Collaborative-Leadership-succeed-interconnected-sorld/dp/0750687053/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8 s=books qid=1276782297 sr=8-2 ) Book: The Power of Collaborative Leadership: Lessons for the Learning Organization (http://www.amazon.com/Power-Collaborative-Leadership-Learning-Organization/dp/0750672684/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8 s=books qid=1276782297 sr=8-5) Book: Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference (http://www.amazon.com/Collaborative-Leadership-Citizens-Difference-non-Franchise/dp/0787900036/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 s=books qid=1276782297 sr=8-1) Madeleine Carter on Collaborative Leadership, writing for the Center for Effective Public Policy  (http://community.nicic.gov/files/folders/7543/download.aspx )  (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184151/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476)   Changing Course Directed by Melissa Gomez, on location in Toronto, Ontario The Toronto Sports Leadership Program (http://www.toronto.ca/parks/tslp.htm )   United Way (http://www.uwgt.org/ )   Toronto Catholic School Board  (http://www.tcdsb.org/ ) Toronto Community Foundation (http://www.tcf.ca/ )  YMCA        (http://www.ymcatoronto.org/en/index.html ) Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation (http://www.toronto.ca/parks/ )   Life Saving Society (http://www.lifesavingsociety.com/ )  Toronto District School Board (TDSB) (http://www.tdsb.on.ca/ )    Melissa Gomez, Documentary Filmmaker (http://www.melissaannegomez.com/index.html )     www.toronto.uli.org (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/111994/111184161/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476) or call 1-800-321-5011.  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:33:55 +0100 http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=169&Itemid=101   Government is perhaps the single most important actor in community development and author, urban thinker, founder of Comedia, Charles Landry, (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html#Charles) believes that if we can make government more creative and more collaborative, we make our communities better. This week’s Campaign of Ideas video highlights Charles’ (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html#Charles)keynote presentation at Creative Places + Spaces where he underlines how innovating bureaucracy is the challenge for everyone to turn their cities into great places. Charles Landry’s video is paired with CP+S On Location video spotlight Nerd Jam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkUsxPDcmsE), a short film by Moira Simpson demonstrating how Design Nerds, a Vancouver-based group of designers, architects, planners, engineers and artists are creating pedal-powered contraptions to be deployed on Vancouver’s disused railway lines through interdisciplinary collaboration and open-source resourcefulness. If you haven’t already watched the first series of videos from our conference series featuring the thought-provoking Sir Ken Robinson (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html), David Buckland (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html), Richard Florida (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html), the Open Access Science Panel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNh8U3Z3X-Q)with Interventionist Media Panel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeMv_r7fzpI)with Artscape’s Youtube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/torontoartscape) or click directly on their names above. Charles Landry: Creative Bureaucracy The Other Invisible Hand, Charles Landry  (http://www.charleslandry.com/) Book: The Theory of the Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith  (http://www.adamsmith.org/)  (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/109989/107870216/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476) The Sunship (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMnB6V5yG1I feature=player_embedded), Freiberg Germany  Aalto University (http://www.aalto.fi/fi/), Helsinki  FORM (http://www.form.net.au/), Perth BM30 (http://www.bm30.es/), Bilbao Apps for Democracy Innovation (http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/) Forum Virium (http://www.forumvirium.fi/)   Nerd Jam Directed by Moira Simpson, on location in Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver Design Nerds Society (http://vancouverdesignnerds.wikispaces.com/)  Eat ART  (http://www.eatart.org/) Actions: What You Can Do With the City  (http://cca-actions.org/) Moira Simpson  (http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/portraits/moira_simpson/)   carolyntaylor@capefarewell.com (mailto:carolyntaylor@capefarewell.com) Canadian Urban Institute’s 2010 Urban Leadership Awards Ceremony Artscape’s very own President CEO Tim Jones will receive this year’s Global City Award! This will be an exciting evening celebrating the accomplishments of this year's national award recipients, and a great opportunity to meet people who are changing their communities. We often think of leadership in a singular, individual sense. But the theme that emerged among this year's group of Urban Leadership Award winners was one of collective leadership, and of its ability and power through partnerships and collaboration to not only dream of more innovative goals, but to reach for and achieve them. Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010 Time: 5:15 – 6:20 pm reception, 6:30 – 8:30 award ceremony Place: Liberty Grand (Exhibition Place), Toronto Cost: $99 members, $125 non-members To purchase tickets or for more information email: urbanleadershipawards@canurb.com, or call: 416-365-0816 ext.221. Visit the Canadian Urban Institute’s website for more information on the winners of this year’s Urban Leadership Awards www.canurb.org/events Toronto Mayoral Debate on Real Estate Issues The Urban Land Institute Toronto is hosting the highly anticipated Mayoral Debate: Real Estate Issues on Monday, June 21.The debate will be moderated by John Tory, former Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, Newstalk 1010 host and Chair of the Toronto City Summit Alliance. Panelists will identify their priorities for Toronto if elected Mayor followed by a debate specifically focused on real estate issues facing the next term of City Council. Panelists include: Rob Ford, Giorgio Mammoliti, Joe Pantalone, Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman and Sarah Thompson. Date: Monday, June 21, 2010 Time: 7:30 – 9:30 am Place: The Toronto Board of Trade, First Canadian Place, 4th Floor, Toronto Cost: $45 ULI members, $30 public (members/non-members), $70 non-members, $30 Young Leaders (ULI members under 35), $20 students/non-members To register or for more information visit www.toronto.uli.org or call 1-800-321-5011 Thu, 27 May 2010 14:39:42 +0100 http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=168&Itemid=101   What happens when a hospital and a filmmaker collaborate with homeless youth, medical staff, police officers and cyclists? In this pilot project, Dr. Katherine Rouleau (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html#Katherine_Rouleau) and discusses the global innovations that emerged out of this collaborative effort to reach out to communities and put media in the hands of citizens – the agents of true social change. TheInterventionist Media (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeMv_r7fzpI)video is paired with CP+S On Location video Sir Ken Robinson (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html#Ken), David Buckland (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html#DavidB.)and the Open Access Science Panel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNh8U3Z3X-Q)withArtscape’s Youtube Channel (http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/143/108212/105832537/ce69ab839fb3fab4303fecf2bfce2476) or click directly on their names above. And stay tuned in two weeks for the next video in our series where author, urban thinker and founder of Comedia, Filmmaker-in-Residence  (http://filmmakerinresidence.nfb.ca/ ) Dignitas International  (http://www.dignitasinternational.org) Challenge for Change  (http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca) Highrise Project  (http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca)   Transforming Montreal: A Collaborative City Luigi Ferrara, Director, School of Design at George Brown College on location in Montreal, Quebec  Quartier internationale  (http://www.qimtl.qc.ca/en/ ) SAT  (http://www.sat.qc.ca/ ) ICSID  (http:// http://www.icsid.org/ ) IFI   (http://www.ifiworld.org/index.html#Homepage ) ICOGRADA  (http://www.icograda.org/ ) Keep Informed About Creative Places + Spaces You can follow us on Twitter @CPandS, use “#CPandS″ in your tweets and join in the conversation on Facebook, Flickr and YouTube. The Creative Places + Spaces website will be updated often, so be sure to check back for updates or subscribe to our RSS Feed or Email Updates. Thu, 13 May 2010 17:25:37 +0100 http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=167&Itemid=101   On the heels of this week’s publication of best selling author Richard Florida’s (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html#Richard)latest book, The Great Reset (http://www.creativeclass.com/richard_florida/books/the_great_reset/), we present video highlights from Richard’s keynote presentation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqkb_6-Th5k)at Creative Places + Spaces. The Professor of Business and Creativity at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management discusses the collaborative city in relation to the global shifts in our work, our values and our communities that are shaping the economies of the 21st century. Richard Florida’s video is paired with CP+S On Location video spotlight Transformation of Place: Rural Renaissance in Prince Edward County (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww7e4fUcc1A), a short film by Trevor Crowe investigating the emerging creative rural economy in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Having grown up in ‘The County’ farming, Trevor, like many others, left, seeking education and a career away from his declining hometown. Upon returning, what he finds is an economic rural renaissance, started by artists, small-scale entrepreneurs, and even some locals too. If you haven’t already watched the first three videos from our conference series featuring the thought-provoking Sir Ken Robinson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63NTB7oObtw), David Buckland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ifhfCnLUZQ)and the Open Access Science Panel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNh8U3Z3X-Q)with Artscape’s Youtube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/torontoartscape) or click directly on their names above. And stay tuned in two weeks for the next video in our series where Katerina Cizek (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html#Gerry), Gerry Flahive (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html#Gerry)and Dr. Katherine Rouleau (http://www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca/conference/speakers.html#Katherine_Rouleau)discuss the innovative Filmmaker-in-Residence collaboration between the National Film Board and St. Michael’s Hospital. Richard Florida: The Great Reset Reddick Studio Porcelain (http://www.billreddick.com/) Chesterfields Café Picton   Prince Edward Country Economic Development Crowe Video Productions   Upcoming Conference: "Culture Grows Here" Creating Sustainable Communities Through Culture Artscape is pleased to share the following conference opportunity on behalf of the City of Barrie. Mark your calendars for May 5 – 6, 2010 in Barrie, Ontario and plan to join other cultural managers, planners, developers, business people and arts professionals alike at what promises to be an informative two day event! Culture Grows Here will feature the following speakers: Eddie Friel, Architect of the cultural transformation of Glasgow, Scotland Lawrence Mawhinney, Mayor of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Janis Barlow of Janis Barlow and Associates Jeremy Freiburger, Creative Director of the Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts Kelly Hill, Hill Strategies Research Tours of innovative adaptive re-use of space: The Gibson Centre for Community Arts and Culture – A Factory Turned Fabulous The MacLaren Art Centre, a Carnegie Library now Gallery A one man play on a bus, “Tales of An Urban Indian” by Talk is Free Theatre. To learn more about this two day conference, please visit www.barrie.ca Keep Informed About Creative Places + Spaces You can follow us on Twitter @CPandS, use “#CPandS″ in your tweets and join in the conversation on Facebook, Flickr and YouTube. The Creative Places + Spaces website will be updated often, so be sure to check back for updates or subscribe to our RSS Feed or Email Updates.   Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:45:37 +0100