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Better Budget Day

Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM

Centre for Social Innovation (Annex) in Toronto, ON, Canada

Better Budget Day aims to bring together individuals and groups from a diverse set of backgrounds, skill sets, and communities to improve Toronto’s budget process.  With a focus on learning and creative problem solving, the event will build civic capacity around city budget issues and develop solutions that we hope will inform the 2014 Toronto election campaign.

Speakers

Anita Khanna, Graphic Matt Elliot, Alex Mazer, Desmond Cole.

 

NOTE: Below are RAW un-edited videos, they were recorded this morning and posted during the lunch break! Will replace them with better quality edited videos by early next week.

 

Graphic Matt Elliott - Columnist and blogger, metronews.ca

Anita Khanna - Past organizer, Commitment 2 Community

 

Desmond Cole - Writer, Torontoist; Community Engagement Worker, Public Interest

Alex Mazer - Better Budget T.O.

 

3 p.m. - Alex Mazer: Wrap Up Talk on Next Steps

 

Photos

#BetterBudget Twitter WallWhat we talk about when we talk about city budgets - Matt Elliott

Preliminary schedule

9:30 – 10:00 am Check-in and refreshments
10:00 – 10:30 am Welcome and overview of the day
10:30 – 11:45 am Understanding the budget: 3 short talks to frame the problem and potential solutions
 
  • Matt Elliott, columnist and blogger, metronews.ca
  • Anita Khanna, past organizer, Commitment 2 Community
  • Desmond Cole, writer, Torontoist; Community Engagement Worker, Public Interest
  • Alex Mazer, Better Budget T.O.
11:45 – 12:00 pm Overview of potential solutions for a better budget
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch will be provided
1:00 – 3:00 pm Facilitated problem solving in six groups:
 
  • Participatory budgeting
  • Better communications
  • Budget as vision for the city
  • Open budget data / defining the next wave of innovation in budget tools & apps
  • Better public consultation
3:00 – 4:00 pm

 Next steps

  • Review end products from working groups
  • Wrap-up talk on next steps
 4:00 pm  Post-event social at the Victory Cafe, 581 Markham St.

 

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