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Each year the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) selects a distinguished urban practitioner to participate in a unique educational exchange program in Japan. This year David O’Hara, Manager of Fort York, has been named the CUI’s 2014 CLAIR Fellow. The program, organized by Japan’s Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR), will be held in Tokyo and Amagasaki City from October 19 to 29. Previous CLAIR Fellows over the last twenty years have included Paul Bedford, Glenn Miller, Sue Corke, Jeff Evenson, and John Livey, as well as mayors and senior staff from Canadian municipalities.
As a tireless planner and advocate for Fort York, David is particularly well qualified to make a major contribution to the 2014 program. This year’s theme involves the tourism industry with a special emphasis on promoting distinctive local attractions. Amagasaki is interested in local culture as a draw for foreign visitors and in areas of constructed beauty and historical significance—a good fit with the Fort York experience. As well as interacting with representatives from Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia, and the UK, David will have the opportunity to share with them the story of Toronto’s success at maintaining and celebrating its intact founding landscape in the core of a densely populated and vibrant downtown.
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