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On Saturday, December 1, emerging civic leaders came together to determine how we can build momentum in the area of mobility and transportation.

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Studio 2012 Agenda:

9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks

Brad Lepp, ELNstudio Co-Chair; Luminato

Lianne Hannaway, ELNstudio Co-Chair; KPMG

Pat Horgan, VP, Manufacturing, Development and Operations, IBM Canada

Welcome from the City of Markham
9:15 AM Smarter Transportation

John Longbottom, Smarter Cities Strategy Leader, IBM Canada

John Longbottom, P.Eng, CMA currently leads IBM Canada’s Smarter Cities initiative. Previous to that role, John was Client Unit Executive, Telecommunications and Utilities Western Canada, and Client Unit Executive for the Power Financial Group of companies. John created and implemented IBM Canada’s National Aboriginal strategy and continues to support that strategy in an advisory capacity. Read more.
9:35 AM Case Studies of Success

Jennifer Keesmaat, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City of Toronto

As the newly engaged Chief Planner for the City of Toronto, Jennifer is committed to creating places where people flourish.  Over the past decade Jennifer has been repeatedly recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners, OPPI, the Design Exchange, + EDRA for her innovative work in Canadian municipalities. Read more.
9:55 AM How did we get here? Where are we going?

Bruce McCuaig, President and Chief Executive Officer, Metrolinx

Bruce McCuaig has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Metrolinx since September 4, 2010. Bruce began his career in public service in 1984, and has worked in areas involving land use planning and policy, municipal policy, and transportation planning, policy and operations over the intervening years. He served in various capacities at the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for 10 years, as well as serving 15 years at the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. Read more.
10:15 AM 32 minutes to change the conversation



Eva Wong Scanlan, Co-Founder, Toronto Homecoming, and Site Leadership Project Manager and Associate Pastor, The Meeting House (CivicAction Regional Transportation Champion)

Yohan Mahimwala, Product Manager, FedEx Canada (CivicAction Regional Transportation Champion)


11:00 AM Breakout discussions on themes chosen by you!
11:45 AM Town Hall Panel: The Big Opportunities

Paul Lan, Partner, KPMG Canada Managing Director, Global Infrastructure, KPMG

Paul Lan is a Partner with KPMG in Toronto with specialization in infrastructure advisory.  He has over 20 years’ experience advising government and private sector clients on the planning and delivery of major infrastructure projects.  His areas of expertise include feasibility assessment, economic impact analysis, project financing, and public-private partnerships. Read more.

Thomas O’Connor, Head Corporate Real Estate & Distribution Planning Technology & Operations, BMO Financial Group

Tom is currently employed with the Bank of Montreal (BMO) and is the Director of there Workplace Strategy and Planning group within the Corporate Real Estate Department. Tom’s group manages BMO’s Alternative Workplace Initiative known as “BMObility” This Program identifies and recognizes the emerging work patterns within the company and provides innovative office environments to support the workforce. Read more.

Dr. Matti Siemiatycki, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Matti Siemiatycki is an assistant professor of geography and planning at the University of Toronto. His teaching and research focuses on infrastructure planning, financing and project delivery. His work in the transportation sector examines project planning at a diversity of scales, ranging from multi-billion dollar subway, light rail, bridge and highway mega-projects, to the implementation of bicycle lanes and pedestrian facilities. Read more.

Meg Stokes, Regional Co-Captain (York), CivicAction’s Regional Transportation Campaign

Meg is currently the National Program Director for the Cancer Recovery Foundation of Canada.  With over 20 years of corporate experience with companies such as Coca-Cola, Rogers, Cossette, and the Toronto Blue Jays, she now focuses her expertise on creating new strategies and programs for the not-for-profit sector. Read more.

Moderator: Hamutal Dotan, Editor-in-Chief, Torontoist
12:45 PM The importance of collective leadership

John Tory, Chair, Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance

John Tory helped to found CivicAction and served on the Board of Directors before becoming the voluntary Chair of CivicAction. Mr. Tory is a lawyer, business leader, community activist and broadcaster. He was formerly an elected representative serving as Member of Provincial Parliament for Dufferin Peel Wellington Grey, as Leader of the Ontario PC Party and as Leader of the Official Opposition in the Ontario Parliament. Read more.

Interviewer: Mitzie Hunter, CEO, CivicAction
1:00 PM Lunch

Turning ideas into action: the framework and tools to make a difference

Salima Rawji, Co-Chair, CivicAction’s Emerging Leaders Network; Build Toronto

Mathew Bertin, ELN incubation advisor; Metrolinx

Gabrielle Scrimshaw, Co-Founding President, Aboriginal Professionals Association of Canada, and Associate, RBC
2:00 PM Taking Action (breakout discussions)
What steps will your group take to seize opportunities?
3:45 PM Advisory Panel
Share your ideas with the room and receive feedback from a panel of advisor

Tania Carnegie, National Director, Community Leadership, KPMG

Kathleen Llewellyn-Thomas, Commissioner of Transportation and Community Planning, Regional Municipality of York

Kathleen Llewellyn-Thomas, P. Eng., is the Commissioner of Transportation and Community Planning for The Regional Municipality of York. As Commissioner, Ms. Llewellyn-Thomas is responsible for York Region Transit (YRT)/Viva operations, the Regional road and traffic systems, Community Planning and Transportation Planning.

John Longbottom, Smarter Cities Strategy Leader, IBM Canada

John Longbottom, P.Eng, CMA currently leads IBM Canada’s Smarter Cities initiative. Previous to that role, John was Client Unit Executive, Telecommunications and Utilities Western Canada, and Client Unit Executive for the Power Financial Group of companies. John created and implemented IBM Canada’s National Aboriginal strategy and continues to support that strategy in an advisory capacity. Read more.

Gabrielle Scrimshaw, Co-Founding President, Aboriginal Professionals Association of Canada, and Associate, RBC

Gabrielle Scrimshaw is the Co-Founder and President of the Aboriginal Professional Association of Canada and an Associate in RBC’s Graduate Leadership Program, one of Canada’s most competitive post-graduate finance programs. Gabrielle was recently profiled as one of the Ten Faces of CivicAction. Read more.

Andre Vallillee, Program Manager, Province-wide Grants, Ontario Trillium Foundation

Andre Vallillee is a Program Manager with the Ontario Trillium Foundation, where he oversees the Province-Wide Environmental Grants portfolio. The Ontario Trillium Foundation, one of Canada’s leading grantmaking foundations, is the largest funder of the not-for-profit environment sector in Canada. Read more.

Moderator: Dave Meslin, community choreographer
4:45 PM The Road Ahead (closing remarks)

 Andrew Graham, Co-Chair, Civicaction’s Emerging Leaders Network; The Weston Group

Andrew Graham is Senior Director, Insurance, in the PC Financial arm of the Weston Group, one of North America’s largest food and retailing companies. Andrew was recently featured as one of the Ten Faces of CivicAction. Read more.

Rob Drynan, Co-Chair, CivicAction’s Emerging Leaders Network; Jays Care Foundation

Rob Drynan is a natural leader with a passion for meaningful work and a deep understanding of cause marketing and communications. Rob was most recently President of MacLaren kiindrid, the newest division of MacLaren McCann – focused on cause-marketing and social benefit. Read more.
5:00 PM Panel Voting
5:30 PM Closing Reception & Networking

Breakout Themes:

  1. Why not here? How have Tokyo, Paris, New York, Chicago and other world-class cities dealt with the transportation issue? What can we learn from how other Canadian cities approached their transportation and mobility challenges?
  2. Flexibility and the emerging worker. If workplaces allow people to begin work at different times throughout the morning or encourage working from home, would this reduce the peak hour demand on our roads and transit? How can workplaces and employers play a part in changing the demand on our transport networks?
  3. Private sector opportunities in public transportation. Autoshare and Bixi saw a niche in the transport market and have now become an important part of our transport network. What can we learn from their approach? What other holes can the private sector fill?
  4. I’ve got a new attitude! How can we foster cultural change in the way we travel? From tax incentives to congestion charges, what works – the carrot or the stick?
  5. Want better transit? Go local! If what you need is available locally then journeys can be shortened, or the mode of transport can be changed to one that demands less infrastructure, such as cycling or walking. How can we encourage shorter journeys?
  6. The Your32 campaign: Help shape a movement. How do you mobilize 6 million people to support greater investment in transportation? There’s a plan in place that will dramatically improve our economy, our environment, and our quality of life, but it will take your passion and creativity to help make it a reality.