When
Where
Scarborough Civic Centre
150 Borough Dr, Toronto, ON

Transit Rider Summit

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Save the date! 

Please join us on Sunday, June 16, 2024 to: 

  • attend workshops to improve our ability to run effective campaigns
  • connect with other transit users and advocates in your region
  • meet people across the GTHA who want to win better transit
  • get involved in the transit movement

When registering, please indicate your access needs and whether you require:

American Sign Language, attendant care, child care, language interpretation, and if you have dietary restrictions. 

NOTE: Deadline to request ASL interpretation or accommodations is Thursday, June 13th.

 

Location: Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Drive 

Time: 11am-4pm, registration opens at 10:30am

Free event! Food, TTC tickets, child-minding, Mandarin and Tamil interpretation, and attendant care provided  

Note: Please bring along a phone or laptop with headphones to tune in to simultaneous interpretation in Tamil or Mandarin

Schedule: 

10:30am - Registration Opens

11:00am - Opening Remarks

11:15am - Panel discussion: Steve Munro, Krissan Veerasingam, August Puranauth

12:15pm - Lunch

12:45pm - Skill-building sessions Block #1 (pick one workshop)

Workshop 1: Know Your Transit Rights [English+Tamil] (Room 1)

Workshop 2: Know Your Transit Rights [Mandarin] (Room 2)

Workshop 3: How to meet with your elected officials (Chambers)

Workshop 4: How to plan a successful campaign (Rotunda)

1:45pm - Break

2:00pm - Skill-building sessions Block #2 (pick one workshop)

Workshop 5: How to appeal your Wheel-Trans Status (Room 1)

Workshop 6: How to speak to the media (Room 2)

Workshop 7: How to meet with your elected officials (Chambers)

Workshop 8: Show and Tell: Successful tactics from other rider groups (Rotunda)

3:00pm - Break

3:15pm - Campaign planning break-out sessions (pick one)

Breakout 1: Wheel Trans & Family of Services (Room 1)

Breakout 2: Affordable Transit & Fare Capping (Room 2)

Breakout 3: Eglinton East LRT (Rotunda)

Breakout 4: Federal TTC funding campaign (location TBA)

Breakout 5: Better King Street (location TBA)

Breakout 6: Worker & Rider Solidarity (location TBA)

Breakout 7: Open Space (location TBA)

4:00pm - Wrap-up

Take action

Tell your City Councillor: Freeze TTC Fares
Bus lanes now
Rally to Open the Crosstown
Protect Door-to-Door Wheel-Trans Service!
Tell Your MP: Sign the Transit Pledge
Add your name for Fare Capping!
Keep and Expand Free TTC Wi-Fi!

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