Co-sponsored by The Maytree Foundation, on August 26, 2008, with a presentation by Howard Duncan, Executive Head of Metropolis, and panelists Myer Siemiatycki, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University, Ratna Omidvar, Executive Director, The Maytree Foundation, and Phil Triadafilopoulos, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Social Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough.

Co-sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation, on May 21, 2008, with a presentation by Greg Clark, City and Regional Development Consultant. Mr. Clark is joined by panelists John Farrow, Chair and CEO of LEA Group Holdings Ltd. and Dr. Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of the MaRS Discovery Project.

Co-sponsored by Ideas That Matter, on April 30, 2008, with panel chair Susan Schiller, Ontario Municipal Board, and panelists Councillor Adam Vaughan, City of Toronto, Howard Cohen, Context Development, and Dina Graser, People Plan Toronto.

A presentation by Robert Ramsay, PhD student in Geography and holder of the Alan Broadbent Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance, on March 25, 2008, at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.

Co-sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation, on March 5, 2008, with a presentation by Danish economist Jorgen Lotz, and panelists Glen Murray, President and CEO, Canadian Urban Institute, and Mario Lefebvre, Director of the Centre for Municipal Studies at the Conference Board of Canada.

Co-sponsored by the Neptis Foundation and The GTA Forum, on January 29, 2008, with a presentation by Frances Frisken, Professor Emerita and Senior Scholar at York University, and panelists David Crombie, former Mayor of Toronto and federal cabinet minister; Judith Martin, Professor of Geography, Director of the Urban Studies Program, and Co-Director of the University Metropolitan Consortium at the University of Minnesota; and Andrew Sancton, Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario and Director of the department’s Local Government Program.

Co-sponsored by the Neptis Foundation, on December 6, 2007, with presentations by Robert Fishman, Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, and Richard White, Toronto urban historian.

Co-sponsored by the Program on Globalization and Regional Innovation Systems, a presentation by Jen Nelles, PhD student in Political Science and holder of the Alan Broadbent Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance, on March 26, 2007, at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.

Co-sponsored by Ideas That Matter on December 6, 2006, with two panel presentations: Planning in Toronto: What's the Problem?, chaired by Paul Bedford, including panelists Julie Di Lorenzo, Frank Lewinberg, and Gary Wright; and Amenities for Density: Section 37 of the Planning Act, chaired by John Lorinc, with a presentation by Larry Beasley, and panelists Steve Diamond, and Ted Tyndorf.

Co-sponsored by IBI Group on October 4, 2006, with presentations by Derek Burleton, Associate Vice President and Senior Economist, TD Bank Financial Group, and Randy Grimes, Director, IBI Group.