Roundtable on Mobility and Climate Justice: Finding Connections
Workshop objectives
- Bring together Mobility Network faculty in the social science, climate science and engineering  to strive toward a shared understanding of the intersections between transportation equity and climate change.
- Identify policy relevant research questions.
- Share information discussed at the workshop with communities via an accessible communications product.
Agenda
10:10 - 10:20 - Introductions
10:20 - 11:00 - Brief presentations by Professors Marianne Hatzopoulou, Steven Farber, and Shoshanna Saxe, and Dr. Ignacio Tiznado Aitken.
11:00 - 12:00 - Roundtable discussions will touch on four cross-cutting themes:
- Need for speed versus long-term transitions
- Policies at cross-purposes
- Scale and context
- Community alliances
12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 - Workshop ends
Register
This workshop is restricted to University of Toronto faculty. If you are interested in attending, please email mobilitynetwork@utoronto.ca with the subject line "Equity & Climate Change Workshop" before January 18.
This event is presented in partnership
Mobility Network presents this workshop in partnership with Mobilizing Justice, Positive Zero Transport Futures and the UTSC Suburban Mobilities Research Cluster.
About the Finding Connections workshop series
Finding Connections workshops bring together researchers from across the University of Toronto addressing the seven overarching mobility research areas we call Knowledge Clusters:
- Urban Equality & Inclusion
- Climate Change & Health
- Mobility Technologies & Services
- Freight & Urban Goods Movement
- Land Use Planning & Economy
- Behavioural Analysis & Modelling
- Governance, Policy Analysis & Managing Change
(See our website home page for descriptions of Knowledge Clusters).
Additional workshops will be announced. All University of Toronto faculty are welcome to attend.
Questions?
For more information please email us at mobilitynetwork@utoronto.ca with the subject line "Finding Connections."