A Cities Centre Presentation

A Rust Belt Requiem, a panel of four distinguished speakers (see below) promises an exciting and integrative discussion on the factory town past, present and future. Supported by an array of video and photographic work, the symposium will offer a melding of theoretical and practice-based reflections on various issues surrounding the deindustrialization of these communities.
 
Moderator Robert Lewis, one of Canada’s leading historical geographers of industrialization, will lead a conversation between Brett Story, a documentary filmmaker currently working on a project about occupational cancer in Sarnia, Ont.; Steven High, Professor of History at Concordia and the author of Industrial Sunset; Charles Waldheim, a leading theorist of landscape architecture and Associate Dean at the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design; and John Fetterman, the dynamic Mayor of an eroding steel town near Pittsburgh.
 
An extensive Q & A period will follow the presentations. Audience participation is actively encouraged. An intermingling of various disciplines and practices, both within the academy and beyond, will provide the context to interrogate a diversity of issues. A reception at Massey College follows.
 
Presented by the University of Toronto’s Graduate Geography and Planning Student Society (GGAPSS), Cities Centre, and the Hart House Good Ideas Fund. 
  
WHERE:
Campbell Conference Room, The Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire Place.  St. George subway station. Parking is available to the north on Devonshire Place (across from Varsity Stadium) and south off Hoskin Ave. along Hart House Circle. 
  
WHEN:
Thursday, March 5, 6:00 to 8:00 PM  Followed by a reception at Massey College (4 Devonshire Place) 
  
CONTACT:
Pat Doherty, Administrator, Cities Centre (416) 946-3688 for information.  Email for advance registration to attend the event. 
  
Please click here for the Event Flyer.