Ryerson Alumni Achievement Awards - Patrick o' hanlon

[music] Why do I like planning? Why do I like what I do? I can see the results. I can come up and shake hands with people, and thank me for what we've created. A lot of jobs you can't do that. I just always was fascinated with the city and with planning. Upon graduating from Ryerson I went into municipal planning and decided very quickly that I hated it. At that point I turned and looked at development and from there we started as a company of four employees to oversee the lands in the Angus Glen Community. We don't call ourselves Kylemore Homes, because anybody can build a home. We call ourselves Kylemore Communities. Things don't happen always the right way, and things don't happen always as you plan, it's how you adapt to the challenges, that they don't become challenges they become opportunities. That psyche came from Ryerson. They allowed us to look and think outside the box. The diversity of Ryerson allowed me to be diverse in my everyday life. Who brought me back to Ryerson, who has been the best voice for all our grads and alumni is professor David Amborski. Myself and Frank Clayton and David Amborski just started the Centre for Urban Issues on Land Development in Ryerson; An independent voice that can help shape the future of our city and the GTA. I'm extremely proud to have won this award. As this has evolved it's becoming more and more of an honour that I didn't realize I actually had. [music]