Media Advisory – REALpac to Receive Award from City of Toronto Bird-Friendly Acknowledgement Program
TORONTO, June 18, 2012 /CNW/ -
| WHAT: | The Real Property Association of Canada (REALpac) is being recognized by the City of Toronto's Bird-Friendly Acknowledgement Program for the Association's efforts to mitigate or resolve the issue of bird strikes with commercial buildings to the highest degree possible. REALpac recognizes that bird collisions with commercial buildings is truly a problem for everyone who owns buildings - private owners, utilities, public companies, pension funds, NGO's, and governments at all levels. Given the wide ranging predicament, REALpac is working with the federal government to develop solutions in conjunction with other key stakeholders including academic experts, environmental organizations, and perhaps most importantly, federal, provincial, and municipal governments. |
| Through the Bird-Friendly Acknowledgement Program, the City of Toronto awards building owners, developers and others, who commit to the City of Toronto's Migratory Bird Policies guidelines, a series of three original art prints to be displayed in their lobby. Created by the artist Jillian Ditner, the artwork focuses on encouraging change and carries a positive message. | |
| The series entitled "Flight Plan" consisting of three limited-edition screen prints, take the plight of endangered migratory birds in the city as their theme. In each print, a dotted line carries the eye from the first composition through to the third and echoes the flight pattern of a small bird. The line can be read alternately as a cut-out diagram and as a signature line. The symbolism is two-fold: the dotted line of the cut-out can be interpreted as a means of freeing the trapped birds from the city, while the dotted signature line implies a contract, inviting the viewer to figuratively sign a document for change. | |
| WHO: | Kelly Snow - Environmental Planner, City of Toronto Chris Conway - Chief Staff Officer, BOMA Toronto Benjamin L. Shinewald - President & CEO, BOMA Canada Neil Lachur - Chair, Board of Directors, BOMA Toronto Paul Morse - CEO, Real Property Association of Canada |
| WHERE: | Real Property Association of Canada, One University Avenue, Suite 1410, Toronto, ON M5J 2P1 |
| WHEN: | Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 15:00-16:00 |
| RSVP: | Media please RSVP to Carolyn Lane, VP, Membership, Marketing & Communications by 12 noon, Tuesday, June 19, 2012, [email protected]. |
ABOUT REALpac: REALpac is Canada's premier industry association for investment real property leaders. Our mission is to collectively influence public policy, to educate government and the public, and to ensure stable and beneficial real estate capital and property markets in Canada. REALpac Members currently own over $180 billion in real estate assets located in the major centres across Canada. Members include real estate investment trusts, publicly traded and large private companies, banks, brokerages, crown corporations, investment dealers, life companies, lenders, and pension funds. Visit us at www.realpac.ca. To read more about how REALpac is addressing the issue of bird strikes and commercial buildings, go to http://www.realpac.ca/?page=BirdCollisions.
To learn more about the City of Toronto's Bird-Friendly Guidelines, Development Rating System and Acknowledgement Program, go to http://www.toronto.ca/planning/environment/guidelines.htm#acknowledgement
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