Toronto – March 30th, York University
Nat Taylor Cinema (Ross N102) 4700 Keele St.
free admission!

Toronto – April 14th, Spanish Centre
46 Hayden Street (416) 925-4652

ABOUT THE FILM:

In the impoverished and extremely isolated region of Northern Argentina known as “El Impenetrable”, the children of a detached elementary school eagerly await a visit from their “Godmothers”, a charity mission from the city of Buenos Aires. When they arrive, life in the hamlet of Los Pereyra changes completely. Both delighted and bewildered, the children learn many things from their cosmopolitan visitors, including a glimpse of privileged life and, perhaps, a realization of their own poverty.

More info:  www.lospereyra.com

A Place Called Los Pereyra from Jueje Jueje on Vimeo.

The theme of Social Planning Toronto 2011 roundtable was “Who’s in Charge? The impact of agencies, boards & commissions on public accountability & service delivery”.

This video highlights an excerpt from the forum which focused on a critical discussion on the proliferation of arm’s length government agencies, boards and commissions in Canada, Ontario and Toronto. We discussed the impacts of ABCs on public accountability and service delivery by exploring their roles and responsibilities in specific policy areas of health, transit, public safety and security and urban/municipal planning.

2011 Research & Policy Roundtable – WHO’S IN CHARGE – Session 2: Perspectives on ‘Agencification’ (The Good, the Bad & the from Social Planning Toronto on Vimeo.

In March 2010 CURL partnered up with Artscape and The Firehouse to produce a series of 8 videos from the Creative Places & Spaces conference which took place on October 29-20, 2009 in Toronto . We hope that these video will spark some discussion about the idea of a creative and collaborative city.

This video highlights the unique challenges of the NFB’s pilot project Filmmaker-in-Residence. Katerina Cizek, is Filmmaker-in-Residence at St. Michael`s hospital, working with partners on the frontline: doctors, nurses, researchers and patients. From local projects at the Inner City Health Unit, to global ones, FIR partners media with medicine in innovative ways.

What happens when a hospital and a filmmaker collaborate with homeless youth, medical staff, police officers and cyclists?

This video highlights Richard Florida’s keynote presentation at Creative Places + Spaces. The Professor of Business and Creativity at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management discusses the collaborative city in relation to the global shifts in our work, our values and our communities that are shaping the economies of the 21st century.

In March 2010 CURL partnered up with Artscape and The Firehouse to produce a series of 8 videos from the Creative Places & Spaces conference which took place on October 29-20, 2009 in Toronto . We hope that these video will spark some discussion about the idea of a creative and collaborative city.

This video focuses on artist, environmental activist, and founder of Cape Farewell, David Buckland’s keynote presentation on The Art of Climate Change. David explores what happens when artists collaborate with scientists and educators in response to global warming. Cape Farewell’s highly successful artistic ‘intervention’ has spurred worldwide activity and underlines the power of artistic engagement to stimulate and envision the necessary cultural shift to build a sustainable society.

CURL partnered up with The Firehouse to produce a series of 8 videos from the Creative Places & Spaces conference which was presented by Artscape. We hope that these video will spark some discussion about the idea of a creative and collaborative city.

This video focuses on the Open-Access Science panel, where Aled Edwards, Pekka Sinervo, Ilse Treunicht discuss the challenges of collaborating in the public domain and how new ground rules for generating and sharing knowledge are aiding scientific innovation.

CURL partnered up with The Firehouse to produce a series of 8 videos from the Creative Places & Spaces conference which was presented by Artscape. We hope that these video will spark some discussion about the idea of a creative and collaborative city.

CURL partnered up with The Firehouse to produce a series of 8 videos from the Creative Places & Spaces conference which was presented by Artscape. We hope that these video will spark some discussion about the idea of a creative and collaborative city. This first segment highlights Sir Ken Robinson’s roof-raising keynote presentation.

Creative Places & Spaces : Campaign of Ideas

ABOUT SIR KEN ROBINSON
Sir Ken Robinson, PhD, is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources. He has led and advised high-impact national commissions on creativity, education and the economy in Europe, Asia and the United States. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, national governments and some of the world’s leading cultural organizations and is the author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative (2001) and The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (2009).

The Collaborative Urban Research Laboratory,
York University and Cinemars present:

A new documentary film
Written by Mars Horodyski & Peer Zumbansen
Directed by Mars Horodyski

In global cities – such as Toronto, New York, Mumbai or Sao Paulo universities are in dialogue and contestation with their transnational urban environment, often mirroring the city’s experiences and experimentation with questions of access, identity and competition. As we move further into the 21st century knowledge society, methods of generating, disseminating and implementing knowledge have become survival questions for city governments and universities alike. This documentary traces the parallel histories of Toronto and York University through the latter half of the 20th century, and examines the city’s and the university’s challenges in our fast-evolving globalizing world.

5 minute spotlight created for the Creative Places & Spaces conference by CURL. The short doc highlights the uique collaborative approach toward Autism Spectrum Disorder at the Centre for Applied Genomics. Directed by CURL’s artistic director Mars Horodyski and edited by CURL’s inhouse editor Michael Emberley.