Pandemonium: The Post-COVID-19 Urban Economy

The Post-COVID-19 Urban Economy
Date: Wednesday, November 25
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: via Zoom

The pandemic wrought economic devastation unseen since at least the Great Depression and government intervention in the economy on a scale comparable only to the two great World Wars. The shake-up in our urban economies has been far-reaching, with even more fundamental changes to sectors, drivers, demand, and structures still on the horizon, poorly understood. Opportunities to lead are becoming apparent, as are more radical opportunities to take hold of the need for new understanding of what the economy and wealth are for. What do we know so far about how has the game changed and the economic direction in which we are heading?

Speakers:

Tamara Vrooman, CEO of YVR and Chancellor of SFU
Matti Siemiatycki, University of Toronto School of Cities
Lynsey Thornton, Shopify Vancouver
Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director, Battered Women Support Services, Co-Chair of Feminists Deliver
Wade Grant, Intergovernmental Relations, Musqueam Nation

Moderator: Peter Hall, Professor and Associate Dean, SFU Urban Studies