Society for International Development
Ottawa-Gatineau Chapter

Publication Launch

"Planning Sustainable Cities: UN Global Report on Human Settlements 2009"

Winnie Mitullah & Mark Seasons

Monday, November 9, 2009, 10:00 a.m.

The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat,
199 Sussex Drive, Ottawa

For registration and tickets, please go to planningsustainablecities.eventbrite.com.
(Light refreshments included.)

The Society for International Development (Ottawa-Gatineau Chapter), in cooperation with The Canadian Institute of Planners, The United Nations Association in Canada and the Aga Khan Foundation Canada, is pleased to present the 2009 launch of the UN Global Report on Human Settlements. Planning Sustainable Cities reviews recent urban planning practices and approaches, discusses constraints/conflicts therein, and identifies innovative approaches that are more responsive to current challenges of urbanization.

Dr. Winnie Mitullah is a senior researcher at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, specializing in local governance research. In a recent publication, Dr. Mitullah with others, examined the Kenya Government Local Authority Transfer Fund (LATF) and related Local Authority Service Development Action Plans (LASDAPs). Dr. Mitullah was also the guest editor and contributor to the spring 2004 Journal of Regional Development Dialogue (RDD), which focused on local governance and poverty alleviation in Africa.

Mark Seasons is the associate dean of undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Environment, and associate professor at the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo. He joined the School in 1998 following 20 years of professional planning practice in Ontario, Alberta and New Zealand. Seasons has a Ph.D. in Regional Planning and Resource Development from the University of Waterloo. He is a fellow and past president of the Canadian Institute of Planners. He is also a member of the Canadian Evaluation Society, Ontario Professional Planners Institute and the Canadian Regional Science Association. His research interests include strategic planning, urban and regional planning, and monitoring and evaluation in the context of municipal government planning practice. He is the author of Chapter 9 in the 2009 GRHS publication Planning Sustainable Cities: Policy Directions.

Building Location

Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) is located in the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat building at: 199 Sussex Drive, (next to the Embassy of Saudi Arabia).

Please use the Boteler Street entrance.

Parking

There are no parking facilities at AKFC; parking is available on the surrounding streets and/or in public parking lots nearby. However, we strongly suggest arriving by taxi or public transport.

AKFC Contact Information

Main telephone: 613-237-2532 or 1-800-267-2532
Address: 199 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1N 1K6