Main Conference Center
The Chestnut Conference Centre
89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, ON M5G 1R1
416-585-3169
[email protected]
The Catalyst Symposium will take place in the Chestnut Conference Centre. This is a large conference centre with multiple floors. We have booked the Terrace Room and the St Lawrance Room. Both are on the third floor of the building.
A map of the conference centre can be found on the bottom of this page: https://theconferencecentre.utoronto.ca/spaces/
Directions to Chestnut: https://theconferencecentre.utoronto.ca/location/directions-map/
Chestnut Conference Center Map
Chelsea Hotel
The Chelsea Hotel
33 GERRARD ST W, TORONTO, ON M5G 1Z4
(416) 595 1975
[email protected]
This is the main conference hotel. It is walking distance from the Chestnut Conference Center.
Sunday Evening Social Event
We will have dinner and drinks at Snakes and Lattes on College Street. This is a social gathering and is not covered. Attendees will be responsible for their own food and drink orders. We will meet at 6pm in the Main lobby of the Chelsea Hotel and travel together. 6pm – Meet in Lobby of Chelsea Hotel 6:30pm – Snake’s and Latte’s on College Street (489 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1A5)
Monday Evening Conference Dinner
We will have our conference dinner at the top of the famous CN tower. We will meet in the hotel lobby and travel together. Alternatively, meet us at exactly 5:45pm at the base of the CN tower. Please arrive on time. 5:15pm – Meet in Lobby of Chelsea Hotel 5:45pm – CN Tower dinner
Wednesday Evening Trip to the Islands
We will go to the Toronto Islands together and have a picnic Wednesday evening. We will meet in the Chelsea Hotel lobby first and travel together to the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal, where we will take the boat to the Toronto Islands
6:00pm – Meet in Lobby of Chelsea Hotel
6:30pm – Jack Layton Ferry Terminal (9 Queens Quay W, Toronto, ON M5J 2H3) – take ferry to Center Island
7:00pm – Arrive at Center Island and walk over to Olympic Island. We have Picnic Site #18.
Local Restaurants
The Chinatown, Kensington Market, and Baldwin Village neighbourhoods all have plenty of amazing food options. Favorite include:
Mother’s Dumplings
Koh Lipe Thai Kitchen
Cottage Cheese Urban Indian
Mexhico Foods