Mississauga Summit
Making the Big Ideas a Reality

Community Launch:
Five Transformational Big Ideas

Between 2009 / 2010 community members met diligently to brain storm ONE big idea to address five key issues facing our city

• Building Mississauga’s human services infrastructure
• Creating a post-secondary education strategy to complement our economic and human capital development
• Waterfront development and environmental sustainability
• Cultivating Mississauga as a Centre of Excellence for diversity and immigration
• Creating quality jobs for the short and long term

Presentations:

Calgary's Mayor Naheed Nenshi comes to Mississauga to share his knowlege on civic engagement at the University of Toronto Mississauga... see video»

Summit Overview

Center of Excellence for Diversity and Inculsion

Human Services

Mississauga Works

Post-Secondary

Waterfront development

David A. Wolfe, Ph.D. - Civic Engagement

Mississauga Summit
Ally Building Work Session

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Summit Report:

Summit Task forces have been working diligently since September, 2009 on their “big idea”.  The Big Ideas are ready.  The next step: strategize on how to make the vision a reality.

On September 23, 2010 the Mississauga Summit held a working session where the task forces presented their vision, Big Idea, critical path and recommendations to potential partners with a role to play in making the big ideas happen. The session was designed to indentify, engage and get commitments from key allies in the community.

This consultation is an interim step. The Mississauga Summit 2010 will be held in November where the Big Ideas will be presented to the larger community with concrete implementation strategies already in place.

The Big Ideas will address:

1. Building Mississauga’s human service infrastructure
   
   Mississauga is a growing, diverse and vibrant community. Each year, the city welcomes approximately 11,000 new residents. Over the past 20 years, the provincial and federal governments’ funding has not kept pace with our growing population. Our human services infrastructure does not have the capacity to support the current population, let alone the project growth over the next 30 years. The task force will recommend a strategy to build the capacity of our human service infrastructure to support the needs of our current and future residents.
   
   
2. Creating a post-secondary education strategy to complement our economic and human capital development.
   
   As Mississauga plans a proactive approach to the city’s economic viability and future prosperity, it is imperative we consider alignments between education and industry. The Post-Secondary Task Force will recommend a strategy to ensure our post-secondary programs are geared towards today’s children and future’s growing industries.
   
   
3. Waterfront development and Environmental sustainability
   
   With 22 kilometers of prime Lake Ontario shoreline and 60 hectares of green space available, Mississauga has the potential to become an international example of urban planning and environmental integration. The Waterfront Development and Environmental Sustainability Task Force will focus on developing a recommendation that provides a constructive solution around energy conservation, waste management and managing urban sprawl.
   
   
4. Cultivating Mississauga as a Centre of Excellence for diversity and immigration
   
   Mississauga is one of the few communities across the country that can boast a growing birth rate and labour pool. 52% of Mississauga’s residents were born outside of Canada. Immigration is not only beneficial to our community, it is integral to our economic viability. To this end, how can Mississauga ensure each newcomer thrives? The task force will develop a strategy that cultivates Mississauga as a centre of excellence for diversity and immigration, employing a city-wide approach that ensures inclusivity, equality, respect and embraces the opportunities that diversity provides.

“Mississauga Works”

Mayor’s Jobs Summit

Documents

• John Tory (summit notes)»
• David Crane (summit notes)»
• Peel Labour Market Backgrounder»

Gallery

• Mayor's Jobs Summit - flickr Gallery »
  

2009 Mississauga Summit Report:

Mississauga Summit 2009 Report (pdf)

Building human capital

Post Secondary education

Waterfront development and environment

Centre of excellence for diversity and immigration

The Mississauga Works Task Force