As part of the “50:50 Vision of Halifax” charrette workshop and Horizon 2067, the review of the Plan for Canada’s Capital, the National Capital Commission (NCC) and Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Architecture and Planning invite Canadians to a conversation about their aspirations for the future of Canada’s Capital.

In collaboration with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the NCC has created an online forum as well as a series of Capital Conversations to engage Canadians across the country. The Capital Conversations series continues in Halifax on Tuesday, October 18.

Date:               Tuesday, October 18, 2011        

Where:            Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
                        1055 Marginal Road
                        Halifax, Nova Scotia
                       
Time:               4:00 pm to 7:00 pm       

Have your say in the future of Canada’s Capital

Zen provocateur and urban futurist Prataap Patrose will open the discussion with a keynote address. HRMbyDESIGN’s Andy Fillmore, community leader Reverend Rhonda Y. Britton, and architect and urban planner Frank Palermo will discuss their views on building great cities, including creating a more vibrant, sustainable, and representative capital city for Canada and for Nova Scotia.

The public is invited to take part in this open forum, moderated by Christine Macy, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University.

Marie Lemay, NCC Chief Executive Officer and André Préfontaine, Executive Director of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society will also participate in this conversation. 

This forum is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Put more Halifax in Canada’s Capital

Share your ideas at the Plan for Canada’s Capital kiosk. Canadians will also have the opportunity to get photographed while contributing their ideas for the future of Canada’s Capital at several locations in the Halifax Regional Municipality from October 17 to October 19, 2011.

Follow us on Twitter at @horizon2067 (#cc2067) or contribute online at www.horizon2067.ca.

Media Information: 

Cédric Pelletier
NCC Media Relations
613-239-5709 (office)
613-852-2804 (cellular) 
Cedric.Pelletier@ncc-ccn.ca       

Lucie Caron
NCC Media Relations
613-239-5142 (office)
613-793-9396 (cellular)  
Lucie.Caron@ncc-ccn.ca

Mario Tremblay
NCC Media Relations
613-239-5665 (office)
613-859-9596 (cellular)
Mario.Tremblay@ncc-ccn.ca