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Passionate about your city? Some think city building means skyscrapers and infrastructure. We think it’s much more than that. City building includes the people and programs that make a city move from good to great. We’re interested in what makes our city work better. We are the Emerging Leaders Network (but after this intro, feel free to call us ELN). Intrigued? Here’s more about us. And check out our areas of work. ELN is an initiative of the Toronto City Summit Alliance. Congratulations to ELN member Rob Drynan, who was named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 in the Globe and Mail. Read the article here. In December 2009, five city-building initiatives developed by members of ELN were unveiled at the inaugural ELNStudio. Only six months later, we are proud to showcase the accomplishments of Better Ballots and Toronto Homecoming, two of the initiatives, and to see the ideas generated at the ELN summit & ELNStudio realized. Stay tuned for updates on other ELN-led initiatives. Toronto Homecoming (June 10-13, 2010)
[Toronto Homecoming press release] How many of you know a friend or relative who has left Toronto for London, New York, or another city? Many of Toronto’s talented professionals have gone abroad for work or educational opportunities, and attracting these leaders and innovators back is key to the region’s prosperity. Toronto Homecoming hosted 40 talented innovators and leaders for the inaugural Toronto Homecoming (June 10-13). To welcome these participants back to the city, the Emerging Leaders Network hosted a reception on Friday, June 11th at Ryerson University. The Toronto Homecoming program showcased the professional and social opportunities to attract talent back to the region. For more information about Toronto Homecoming, please visit their website: http://www.torontohomecoming.ca/. Better Ballots Mayoral Forum & Town Halls Photo credit: Shaun Merritt (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaunpierre/)  Photo credit: Shaun Merritt (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaunpierre/) Better Ballots is a non-partisan dialogue, exploring options that could make Toronto’s elections more relevant, effective, fair and participatory. On June 1 Better Ballots hosted a mayoral forum on the topic of municipal electoral reform and was the first mayoral forum to highlight eight candidates (George Smitherman, Giorgio Mammoliti, Joe Pantalone, Keith Cole, Rob Ford, Rocco Achampong, Rocco Rossi and Sarah Thomson). All mayoral candidates had time at the podium to address the audience. The Emerging Leaders Network was proud to co-present the Better Ballots Mayoral Forum with the Mowat Centre and the Better Ballots Working Group. To read more about the event click here, here, and here. A full list of media coverage and the live blog of the debate are available online. The mayoral debate followed a series of Better Ballots Town Halls held in April that engaged hundreds of Torontonians in exploring fourteen options for municipal voting reform. On December 15, the ELN hosted the inaugural ELNstudio – a full day dedicated to advancing our city. More than 150 emerging leaders gathered at MaRS to showcase their city-building projects and to discuss new ways to strengthen the city region. Articles about the ELNstudio and the ELN-led city-building projects can be found here and here. For more coverage see our media page. For photos visit HiMY SYeD’s Flickr set. Thank you to the volunteers, sponsors, and participants for making the ELNStudio a resounding success.
David Pecaut, passionate city-builder and co-chair of DiverseCity, has succumbed to cancer. David has taught us all civic responsibility and engagement, and showed us how energetic and passionate people like him can come together from many different backgrounds and experiences to achieve big goals. |
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