Date/Time
Date(s) - 26 Sep 2024
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
Campbell Conference Centre, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
Category(ies)
The onset of the global Covid-19 turbocharged the shift to remote and hybrid work. This shift has also raised many questions: what are the impacts of remote and hybrid work on productivity? What are the impacts on labour force participation? On equity-deserving workers? On the urban built environment? Is it time re-imagine urban office space?
Join us Thursday, September 26, 2024, 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM, for the launch event for the research study “Remote Work: Urban Panacea or Curse?” Study authors Drs. Shauna Brail and Tara Vinodrai of the University of Toronto’s Institute for Management and Innovation will share their surprising findings and will be joined by a panel to discuss the constellation of issues orbiting remote and hybrid work. Panelists include Christa Haanstra, Director, ClarityHub Inc. Rory McNeil, Senior Planner, City of Toronto, and Mary Rowe, President & CEO, Canadian Urban Institute. The discussion will be moderated by Matti Siemiatycki, Professor of Geography and Planning and Director of the Infrastructure Institute at the University of Toronto.
Doors open at 3:30 PM for a 4:00 PM program start. Light refreshments will be served.
The event is FREE of charge but seats are limited. Register early to avoid disappointment. Click here
The research report can be downloaded here.
The ICE Committee would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Government of Canada and the City of Toronto which made both the research and the event possible.