TORONTO
,
Dec. 29
/CNW/ - On
January 6th
at
7pm
,
Lawrence Park
Community Church will kick off a speaker series titled My Life, My City: Ethics of Urban Living with a riveting panel of prominent Torontonians tackling tough questions about "A Vision for Toronto: How Can
Toronto
become a Great City over the next 10-20 years?"
The debate will feature the following panelists: Paul Beeston, President and C.E.O.,
Toronto
Blue Jays;
Sara Diamond
, President, Ontario College of Art and Design; Royson James, Columnist, The
Toronto
Star; and former MPP Frances Lankin, President and C.E.O., United Way.
"The discussion will focus on Toronto's potential to be a great cosmopolitan city," notes
Ken Gallinger
, Minister of
Lawrence Park
Community Church.
Rev. Gallinger
is the
Toronto
Star's Ethics Columnist and is moderating the discussion. "Each guest is a city leader with a specialized context to share."
After the Panel discussion on
January 6th
, the My Life, My City series continues each Sunday in January at
10:30am
with a guest speaker discussing what it means to live ethically in an urban context. On
Sunday, January 10th
, Police Chief
Bill Blair
will discuss "Crime & Community" followed by MPP Cheri DiNovo addressing "Making Neighbourhoods Work" on
Sunday January 17th
. MP
Rob Oliphant
will discuss the integration and polarization of "New and Old Canadians" on
January 24th
and on
January 31st
John Tory
will wrap up the series by considering what it means to be a "Corporate Urban Citizen."
The series continues with Toronto-themed documentaries running each Wednesday evening in January starting at
7pm
.
With the municipal elections looming,
Jaye Robinson
, Chair of the Social
Justice Committee
, knows people in our city want to discuss what works and what needs to be changed.
"
Toronto
is a city of contradictions," says Robinson. "Forums like My Life, My City raise awareness of what our collective values really are and what we deem to be priorities in
Toronto
."
Lawrence Park
Community Church is a congregation of the United Church of
Canada
. It is located at 2180 Bayview Avenue at Dawlish Road, just south of Lawrence Avenue in
Toronto
,
Canada
.
For further information: To arrange interviews or for more information please contact: Jaye Robinson, Social Justice Chair, [email protected], No. (647) 298-6584; Alison Mock, Lay Minister, [email protected], No. (416) 489-1551
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