Transforming Montreal: A Collaborative City

Luigi Ferrara, Director, School of Design at George Brown College on location in Montreal, Quebec

Transforming Montreal: A Collaborative City tells the story of how that city became a world headquarter of design because of a shared vision. Montreals design community was able to mobilize public, private and arts bodies to support its bid to house a group of world renowned design organizations. The result of this collaboration is the quartier international, a building that acts as a hub for digital media and design in the city. Designing and building the quartier international, and getting diverse interests to support it, is a testament to the power of collective efforts toward a common goal.

Video Resources:
Quartier internationale http://www.qimtl.qc.ca/en/
SAT http://www.sat.qc.ca/
ICSID http://www.icsid.org/
IFI http://www.ifiworld.org/index.html#Homepage
ICOGRADA http://www.icograda.org/

Background:
In October 2009 delegates from across Canada and beyond joined Artscape in Toronto for our third Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City conference. In a packed two-day program inspirational keynote speakers and ground breaking projects made the case for the power of collaboration to solve complex multi dimensional challenges and to fuel innovation. www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca

Over the next few months "The Campaign of Ideas: Video Knowledge Exchange" series will bring you a regular diet of conference highlights focusing on the major themes of the conference and some of the tools for collaboration that were presented.

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Creative Places + Spaces was presented by Artscape in collaboration with MaRS Discovery District, Martin Prosperity Institute and the City of Toronto: Economic Development, Culture & Tourism.
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www.marsdd.com
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www.toronto.ca/culture/

Think. Create. Collaborate.

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