2007 Killam Lecture Series Resilient Communities: Envisioning and Acting for Sustainable Futures The annual Dorothy J. Killam Memorial Lecture Series brings some of the world's best minds to Dalhousie University and to the community at large to speak on a topic of current interest. The Dalhousie Faculty of Architecture and Planning is pleased to host this year's Lectures Series on the theme Resilient Communities: Envisioning and Acting for Sustainable Futures. The decisions we make today about the character and form of our communities shape options for generations in the future. Will our descendants look back as they celebrate a millennium of urban life in Canada and thank us for our choices? Will our communities still be thriving and healthy? Perceptions of insecurity, a growing gap between north and south and rich and poor, a rise in new diseases and a resurgence in established ones, climate change, and environment devastation are a few of the challenges facing contemporary communities. Through the theme Resilient Communities: Envisioning and Acting for Sustainable Futures we will explore what it takes to create resilient and sustainable communities and to build the political will to respond to contemporary challenges. Each of the speakers will address this theme from three perspectives: learning from the past, evaluating the present, and envisioning the future. Wednesday, 7 November 2007 Ken Greenberg, architect/urban designer McInnes Room, Dalhousie Student Union Building, 6136 University Avenue Wednesday, 30 January 2008 Clive Doucet, Ottawa city councillor/author Potter Auditorium, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue Tuesday, 12 February 2008 Randolph Hester, landscape architect/professor/urban designer Potter Auditorium, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building Lectures are at 7:00 pm with a reception to follow. All lectures are free and open to the public. Speaker bios and additional information on this year's Lecture theme are available in the Lecture Series poster/brochure. For more information on the event contact the Lecture Coordinator at 494-1378 or Graduate Studies at 494-2485. View/download 2007 Killam Lectures poster