October 22, 2024
11:00AM – 4:00PM ET
Registration is now open HERE .
Download the Agenda HERE.
This year’s symposium will showcase our national survey, transportation pilots and case studies. Our virtual event will also include insightful presentations from Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), the City of Toronto, and more!
| 11:00 AM | Opening Remarks & Mobilizing Justice Accomplishments Steven Farber, Director of Mobilizing Justice Partnership |
| 11:15 AM | Update on the Conduct of the First National Survey on Transport Justice Catherine Morency, Activity 1 Working Group Lead, Professor, Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal Samuel Duhaime-Morissette, Polytechnique Montréal Steven Farber, Director of Mobilizing Justice Partnership |
| 11:45 AM | Building a Shared Approach: The City of Toronto’s Transportation Equity Policy Framework Lorina Hoxha, Senior Project Manager, Transportation Equity, City of Toronto |
| 12:15 PM | Equity in the Canada Public Transit Fund Andrew Chisholm, Manager, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) |
| 12:45 PM | Break |
| 1:15 PM | Mobilizing Justice Partnership: Pilots Early Results from the E-Cargo Cycles Pilot Mashrur Rahman, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Toronto Darnel Harris Continuing Research on Income-Conditioned E-Bike Incentives in BC Alex Bigazzi, Associate Professor and Associate Head (Undergraduate Program), Transportation Engineering, University of British Columbia MJ Pilots Program Updates Matthew Palm, Activity 3 Working Group Lead, Assistant Professor, City and Regional Planning, UNC Chapel Hill Moderators: Matthew Palm, Activity 3 Working Group Lead, Assistant Professor, City and Regional Planning, UNC Chapel Hill John Calimente, Activity 3 Working Group Co-Lead, Senior Transportation Planner, City of Vancouver |
| 2:00 PM | Mobilizing Justice Partnership: Case Studies The promises and perils of a free rural transportation scheme in Northern Saskatchewan Jacob Alhassan, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan Equity Analysis of Children’s Accessibility (CHIME project) Zahra Tavakoli, Researcher, Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal Equity Analysis of Children’s Traffic Hazard Analysis (CHIME project) Shabnam Abdollahi, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal Title: TBD Noah Kelly Moderator: Léa Ravensbergen, Theme 2 Working Group Lead, Assistant Professor, School of Earth, Environment & Society (SEES), McMaster University |
| 3:00 PM | Mobilizing Justice Partnership: Students Enhancing Equity in Transportation Infrastructure Planning: An Analysis of Disparities in Spatial Access to Select Destinations in Canada Brenn Anderson-Gregson Travelling in the Margins: Impacts of Transport Poverty on Travel Attitudes and Behaviours Paromita Nakshi Traffic Danger Assessment Using Multi-Criteria Decision Aiding with a Specific Focus on Children as Vulnerable Users Shabnam Abdollahi A standardized Methodology to Assess Job Accessibility in Canadian cities Bruno Dos Santos, PhD Student, McMaster University |
