The Plangineers engage experts Sven Beiker and Gary Hsueh to explore the world of autonomous vehicles. Dr. Sven Beiker is Managing Director of Silicon Valley Mobility Gary Hsueh is Director of Mobility Programs at Prospect Silicon Valley In part 2 of this 2-part interview, Michelle and Rob continue their conversation with Sven and Gary to discuss some implications and possibilities of autonomous vehicle uptake. Sven and Gary were kind enough to call in from across the country so we thank our listeners for understanding some of the sound challenges we faced, but know the conversation is well worth listening to.

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Autonomy (Part 2 of 2)

The Plangineers engage experts Sven Beiker and Gary Hsueh to explore the world of autonomous vehicles. Dr. Sven Beiker is Managing Director of Silicon Valley Mobility Gary Hsueh is Director of Mobility Programs at Prospect Silicon Valley In part 1 of this 2-part interview, Michelle and Rob engage with Sven and Gary who break down the basics of "Automated Connected Electric & Shared" vehicles, or ACES as referred to in the industry. Sven and Gary were kind enough to call in from across the country so we thank our listeners for understanding some of the sound challenges we faced, but know the conversation is well worth listening to.

Autonomy (Part 1 of 2)

Indy Johar, Visionary, is co-founder of Project 00, Dark Matter Labs, as well as multiple social ventures in England. While doing all of this, he also works with large global multinationals and institutions to support their transition to a positive Systems Economy. In this discussion, Indy explains the necessity of the "boring" revolution to equip our cities with the tools for the future.

Indy Johar talks Future Cities Canada

Olivia Labonte, Executive Director of Young Diplomats of Canada, talks about grassroots youth engagement. Olivia, an economist with a passion for global youth advocacy and sustainable cities, distills ideas from the Canada at 100,000,000 panel. She shares insights from her work as Executive Director of Young Diplomats of Canada, a national non-profit organization focused on creating spaces for young people to engage at the highest levels of decision-making.

Olivia Labonte talks Future Cities Canada

Derek brings his extensive experience in the development and management of housing to answer our questions on the topic. We talk about the merits of piloting policy in real-life versus the pitfalls of policy from the boardroom, and discuss takeaways from the Future Cities Canada Summit 'Housing for All' panel.

Derek Ballantyne talks Future Cities Canada

Fang shares insights from her experiences leading workshops and meetings that aim to tackle diverse social issues. The aim of her work is to deal with cross-government issues and enhance a better organisational culture from inside to outside of the government.

Fang-Jui Chang talks Future Cities Canada

Claire Hicks, Program Manager for Future Ready at WSP Canada, shares successes in sustainability. Future Ready is WSPs global innovation program, encouraging staff and clients to see the future more clearly and design for it today. Claire strives to support teams to deliver resilient, sustainable and people-centred project solutions that are prepared for tomorrow's world. After listening to her discussion, read more about her work here.

Claire Hicks talks Future Cities Canada

  Leah Lawrence is a lifelong advocate for engineering, entrepreneurship and the environment. The President and CEO of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) shares behind-the-scenes insights on technology and how 'change management' can be about 'change expectation.' Check her out in 'The Future of Business' panel discussion at the Future Cities Summit.

Leah Lawrence talks Future Cities Canada

Geoff Cape, is the founder and CEO of Evergreen. Since being founded in 1991, Evergreen has evolved into a national organization focused on integrating people, natural and built worlds, turning spaces into great places. On-site at the inaugural Future Cities Canada Summit, Geoff talks about how lessons learned at the Evergreen Brick Works site can inform city-building.

Geoff Cape talks Future Cities Canada

Desmond Cole, award-winning journalist, activist and author, speaks to the Plangineers on the heels of his opening keynote at the Future Cities Canada Summit, held November 7-9, 2018 at Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto. Click here to see his intriguing presentation. He points to segregation within the City of Toronto and encourages city builders to similarly call out and use the right language to address what he's seeing. His first book, entitled "The Skin We're In" will be published in 2019.

Desmond Cole talks Future Cities Canada

Jo Flatt, Senior Lead of Policy & Partnerships at Evergreen speaks to us about the Future Cities Canada Summit. Future Cities Canada is a new national collaborative that aims to accelerate urban innovation to transform cities for the benefit of us all. The Summit takes place from November 7-9, 2018 at Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto.

Future Cities Canada Summit

Alex Lenarduzzi, Water Resources Engineer at Conservation Halton shares her thoughts on the role of the natural environment and how it co-exists with the urban environment. We talk about: Differences and similarities between practice in the public and private sector The lingering impacts of extreme weather and the human stories around such events Alex's perception of the word "environment" as the "natural environment," rather than "urban environment" Urbanites exploring the natural world Seeing the City from the escarpment, or from the water Working in a career doing something you love Alex's guide to being outside and how it promotes being in the moment Growing up in the "Waterfall Capital of the World" How seeing the world, on the ground, or from space, can affect our perspective

Bloom Where You're Planted

 In our second episode ever, “Good, or good enough?” Michelle and Rob discuss how paradigms were broken for the revolutionary Deep Lake Water Cooling system. Our ancestors first form of “district energy,” sharing fire in a cave Vancouver’s Olympic village district energy system Sustainable development at the Regent Park Revitalization Discussing Enwave Toronto’s Deep Lake Water Cooling (DLWC) Baffin Island Mining project Creativity is just ingenuity, applied. The DLWC was a showcase project for Toronto, and Enwave. Bringing along others so when we have the answers, others can see the questions. The enemy of doing something great is doing something good. Even moreso, even better than good...is good enough. Mentioned: Good to Great by Jim Collins Send us your feedback at chat@openduringconstruction.ca or @ODCPodcast on Twitter if you have any suggestions for projects or topics you'd like us to explore.

From the Archives: Good or Good Enough?

The Plangineers talk about the illusions and realities of public consultation. Rob explains the methods by which we gather and consider various points of consideration when undertaking city-building initiatives. Dialogue revolves around engaging early and often. Michelle shares the pizza analogy of consultation. We talk about change management and the ADKAR model of: - Awareness - Desire - Knowledge - Ability - Reinforcement

The Onion of Discontent

Sheila Boudreau, Senior Landscape Architect at Toronto & Region Conservation Authority, shares stories of teaching, engaging and opening up opportunities for indigenous youth. Sheila speaks to us about: How her experiences have been interwoven to shape what and how she teaches Taking care of the forest in a free-range upbringing Why she has embarked upon opening doors for indigenous youth The importance of the Kairos blanket exercise The natural connection of earth and land to indigenous stewardship Making connections with programs that support young women, like Girls Can Too The success of art interventions for infrastructure such as those in Calgary’s Watershed Plus program In the latter part of our dialogue, Rob and Sheila offer up different perspectives on low impact development (LID). Rob posed that wide scale adoption of LID would present financial challenges. Sheila offered up that opportunities exist when you’re “Creating Great Choices” (citing Jennifer Riel & Roger Martin's Guide to Integrative Thinking.) Though not in the final version of the posted interview, Sheila reflected to us in our conversation about the importance of considering the triple bottom line when thinking about LID. Listeners can find a triple-bottom line analysis of Toronto's Street Tree Standards here and also refer to a report by TD Bank on the economic value of trees.

We're All Settlers

Michelle Berquist, Rob Muir and Muneef Ahmad reflect on stories behind-the-scenes of "Plangineering" projects.

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