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.
Wed. Nov. 7, 7:00 pm
Ken Greenberg, architect/urban designer
McInnes Room, Dalhousie Student Union Building,
6136 University Avenue
Wed. Jan. 30, 7:00 pm
Clive Doucet, Ottawa city councillor/author
Potter Auditorium, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building,
6100 University Avenue
Tues. Feb. 12, 7:00 pm
Randolph Hester, landscape architect/professor/urban designer
Potter Auditorium, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building,
6100 University Avenue
Lectures are at 7pm with a reception to follow.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
Download the Lecture Series poster/brochure for Speaker bios and additional information on this year’s Lecture theme.
For more information on the event contact the Lecture Coordinator at 494-1378 or Graduate Studies at 494-2485.
