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Gil Penalosa Speaks at Innis Town Hall, March 28

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Posted to Spare Parts by: admin on Friday, March 14, 2008 @ 3:54 pm

The Centre for Environment and Innis College present the annual Douglas Pimlott Memorial Lecture, dedicated to the memory of Professor Douglas Pimlott, the first Director of the Environmental Studies Program at Innis College, and an outstanding environmentalist and scholar.

Gil Penalosa
Gil Penalosa
This year's speaker is Gil Penalosa, the Executive Director of Walk & Bike for Life. The subject of the lecture is "Walking & Bicycling - Creating Great Healthy Cities." Mr. Penalosa is an advocate of the complete streets concept which states that "all streets should be designed, built, operated, and maintained taking in consideration the needs of all users: pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, car drivers. Safe access must be ensured for all users, regardless of age or physical ability."

In addition to the lecture, the winners of the Douglas Pimlott and the Robert Hunter Environmental Scholarships will be recognized. Robert Hunter was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and co-founder of Greenpeace.

Free Admission. For more information, please contact Emma Thacker, Program Development and External Relations Assistant, Centre for Environment (em.thacker@utoronto.ca, 416.946.5403)

Wednesday, March 26
University of Toronto, Innis Town Hall
2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto


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