Personal:  First Name: Patricia Middle Name: Elisa Last Name: Roset Gender: female Birth date (dd/mm/jj): 18/04/73 Organization: Canadian Urban Institute, Toronto, Canada Contact Address: Susannadonk 119, 4707 WT  Roosendaal/8 Wellesley Street East, Suite 1008, Toronto, Ontario  M4Y 3B2 Country: The Netherlands/Canada Email: patricia_roset (at) hotmail.com Homepage: none Phone: 001-416-975-1464 Fax: 001-416-365-0650

Education: 
Master’s Human Geography, specialization Urban Planning, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1992-1997

Master’s Thesis, Toronto, Canada – Canadian Studies Graduate Student Research Award, 1997

Exchange Program, Department of Regional and Urban Planning, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States, 1996
 

Retraining/Other Conferences: 
Global Entrepreneurship, Ryerson Polytech University, Toronto, Canada, 1999

Financial Accounting, Ryerson Polytech University, Toronto, Canada, 2000

Job/Profession: 
Project Officer & Event Coordinator, Canadian Urban Institute, Toronto, Canada, 1999-2000

Trade Officer, Consulate General of the Netherlands, Toronto, Canada, 1998-1999

Research Analyst, Canadian Urban Institute, Toronto, Canada, 1997-1998

Traffic Surveyor, DS-Lea Associates Ltd., Toronto, Canada, 1997-1998

Project Communicator, Leidsche Rijn Project Bureau, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1996

Voluntary engagement: 
Board Member, Canadian Netherlands Business and Professional Association Inc., Toronto, Canada, 1998-2000

Volunteer, City of Toronto Cycling Committee, Toronto, Canada, 1998-2000

Volunteer, Toronto International Bicycle Show, Toronto, Canada, 1999

Volunteer, Moving the Economy Conference, Toronto, Canada, 1998

Volunteer, Jane Jacobs Ideas That Matter Conference, Toronto, Canada, 1997

Volunteer, Community Outreach Partnership Center, Gainesville, United States, 1996

Board Member, Foundation of Temporary Housing, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1993-1996

Publications: 
Taking the High Road on a Bike in the Lowlands. In: Ontario Planning Journal, March/April 1999, Ontario Professional Planners Institute

Thinking About The City: Insights Into Urban Canada. Co-edited with Glenn Miller, 1998, Canadian Urban Institute

Multimedia Mania, Spatial Structure of the Multimedia Industry in the GTA. 1997, University of Utrecht

Hobbies: 
Cycling, tennis, traveling and experiencing urban regions.

Other: 
In September 2000, I will commence an MBA education – Master’s of Business Administration – at York University in Toronto, Canada, to specialize in Business & Sustainability. With my academic and professional background and personal dedication to the environment and sustainable development, I expect that an MBA degree will assist me in reaching my goal of becoming a decision-maker to raise the awareness of the public and the business community of the importance of sustainability in maintaining a high quality of life for the current and future generation.