An exploration of creativity as it relates to October’s global theme of Transit.
Together with our fellow CreativeMornings chapters from across the Great Lakes: Cleveland, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Toronto we hosted a one of a kind collaborative event.
About the speaker
As an urban planner, Jennifer Keesmaat is passionate about creating places where people flourish. Named one of the āmost powerful people in Canadaā by Macleans, one of the āmost influentialā by Toronto Life, and one of the top Women of Influence in Canada, she spent five years as Torontoās Chief City Planner, where she was celebrated for her forward thinking and collaborative approach to city-building.
ļ»æOver the past fifteen years, as a founding partner of the Office for Urbanism and subsequently Dialog, Keesmaat worked in municipalities across Canada and around the world on urban design guidelines, official plan reviews and strategies for creating dense, walkable cities. Her planning practice is characterized by an emphasis on collaborations across sectors, and broad engagement with municipal staff, councils, developers, business leaders, NGOās, and residents associations. Keesmaat has been recognized for her expertise in transit planning, heritage preservation, strategy development, communications, sustainable economic development and the creation of walkable, complete communities.
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Toronto, Canada
Toronto, Ontario Canada
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Partners
People Inc
KEH Camera
North Water Productions
SPEAKER #2 : Chris Bobko, Ph.D., Head of Engineering Integration, oversees research, development, and engineering teams at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. After completing his doctorate at MIT, Chris was a professor at North Carolina State University, where he gained significant experimental and analytical experience in mechanics of materials for civil engineering applications. As a professor, he joined HyperloopTT as a contributor before shifting his focus full-time to bring life to this new mode of transportation. Today, Chris brings together teams and partners to develop, prototype, and implement infrastructure systems, power systems, capsule systems, propulsion and levitation systems, and systems control.
SPEAKER #3 Drummer Ernie Adams has been in ātransitā to 48 different countries for over three decades. He is on tour six- to eight-months of the year with legendary, Grammy-winning music artists and also helps students transition into being professional musicians themselves. He has always found a creative way to keep his passion for music moving ahead as a career while helping students come together and transition onto their own paths as well.
ā¢ Music performance by The Human-Kind Quest
ā¢ Live Illustration by Kiyomi Negi-Tran
ā¢ Spoken Poetry by Julio Montalvo Valentin
ā¢ Interactive Mural Activity by Guillermo Sotelo aka āASMA SPEEKSā