Two workshops by the HIC President at the University of Toronto

Workshop I 
Changing the
focus: The social perspective on the production of habitat. Lessons
and challenges from Latin American experiences. 

Tuesday February 12, 2013, 3-5pm 
100 St. George Street, Sidney Smith Hall, room SS5017B 

Workshop II 
The Right to the
City, more than a slogan: From the international movement to the Mexico City
Charter. 

Friday February 15, 2013, 12-2pm 
100 St. George Street, Sidney Smith Hall, room SS2124a 

Lorena Zárate, John Bousfield
Distinguished Visitor in Planning at the University of Toronto (2013), is
President of Habitat International Coalition (HIC). Before joining HIC in
Mexico City in 2000, she worked in Argentina for the Centre for Environmental
Studies and Projects Foundation, the Latin American Forum for Environmental
Studies and the journal 
Environment. Throughout her
career, she has administrated numerous international development projects in
addition to publishing and speaking widely on many planning issues, including
housing, the environment and the right to the city.

 
RSVP: 
mainoffice@geog.utoronto.ca

Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by the John Bousfield Distinguished Visitorship in Planning

Program in Planning
Department of Geography
University of Toronto
100 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3G3

* To download
the pdf, click here.

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