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IN
FUSE
VANCOUVER
2013
C I P
|
P I B C
6 - 9 J U LY
CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
IN
Infuse Vancouver 2013
Leadership Team/
Équipe de la direction
FUSE
LINDA ALLEN, FCIP, RPP, Co-Chair
ANDREW BAIGENT, MCIP, RPP, Co-Chair
LINDSAY CHASE, MCIP, RPP, Program Chair
MICHAEL GORDON, MCIP, RPP, Cultural & Social Chair
DEANA GRINNELL, MCIP, RPP, Communications Chair
GORDON HARRIS, FCIP, RPP,Co-Chair, Partnerships
RICHARD WHITE, MCIP, RPP, Co-Chair, Partnerships
VANCOUVER
2013
CHRISTINE HELM, CIP Staff
DAVE CROSSLEY, PIBC Staff
CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS
P LA NNING IN STITU TE OF BRITISH CO LU MB I A
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Kirsten Baillie
Lucas Berube
Erik Blair Iain Bourhill, MCIP, RPP
Jonathan Franz
Dianna Hurford Wolferstan
Greg Mitchell
CULTURAL & SOCIAL COMMITTEE
Patrick Chan
John Chapman
Bill Corsan, MCIP, RPP
Marta Farevaag, FCIP, RPP
Linda Gillan
Carole Jolly, MCIP, RPP
Karla Kloepper
Diana Leung
Anur Mehdic
Lisa Moffat, MCIP, RPP
Siobhan Murphy, MCIP, RPP
Jason Pfeifer
Mark Pickersgill
Kamala Rao, MCIP, RPP
Erin Rennie
Hayley Rowlands
Matthew Steyer
Graham Winterbottom, MCIP, RPP
Kasel Yamashita
Tourism Vancouver/Coast Mountain Photography
PictureBC
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Marni Cappe, FCIP, RPP
Michael Dudley, MCIP, RPP
Sherry Hurst, MCIP, RPP
James Klukas, MCIP, RPP
Ann McAfee, FCIP, RPP
Polly Ng
Teresa O’Reilly
Pam Shaw, MCIP, RPP
Carla Stewart, MCIP, RPP
Dave Witty, FCIP, RPP
PROGRAM WRITER/RÉDACTRICE DU PROGRAMME
Shana Johnstone, Uncover Editorial + Design
www.UncoverEditorial.ca
CONFERENCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER/CONCEPTRICE
GRAPHIQUE POUR LES CONFÉRENCES
Shelley Gadsden Palmer, CitySpaces Consulting Ltd.
YOUR 2013 PROGRAM /
VOTRE PROGRAMME EN 2013
INFUSE VANCOUVER 2013 takes the pulse of the
planning profession, explores this great region, and
reminds us that others are dealing with similar issues in
communities of all sizes. Expect to take home knowledge,
practical skills and perspectives you can immediately use.
This year’s program departs from past thematic
conferences. It’s a new and different approach built
around skills, tools, career, law, policy, and handson learning. And, you’ll find customized workshops
embedded within the program, at no extra cost. No matter
the size of your community, or the scope of your job, you’ll
Cette année, notre programme reprend le thème des
conférences passées. Il s’agit d’une approche nouvelle et
différente axée sur les compétences, les outils, la carrière,
le droit, la politique et l’apprentissage pratique. Ainsi,
vous trouverez des ateliers personnalisés qui font partie
intégrante du programme, et ce, sans coûts additionnels.
Peu importe la taille de votre communauté ou votre type de
travail, notre programme vous sera très profitable!
PictureBC
find great take-aways!
INFUSEZ VANCOUVER 2013 mesure le pouls de la
profession d’urbaniste, explore cette vaste région et
nous rappelle que d’autres sont aux prises avec des
problèmes comparables au sein des communautés de
toutes tailles. Attendez-vous à en tirer des connaissances,
des compétences pratiques et des points de vue qui vous
seront immédiatement d’une grande utilité.
*This program is dated 17 June 2013, and subject to change. Certain optional activities, including professional education opportunities, learning tours, and other optional events and activities, require a minimum number of registered participants to proceed, and may be subject to cancellation.
*Ce programme en est encore à l’état préliminaire au 17 juin 2013 et peut faire l’objet
de changements. Certaines activités facultatives, incluant les occasions d’éducation professionnelle, les visites d’apprentissage et autres événements et activités offerts en option n’auront lieu que si le nombre de participants inscrits le justifie Ainsi, il se pourrait qu’ils soient annulés.
INFUSE Vancouver 2013 > CIP-PIBC > July 6-9. 2013
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Conference Location
All regular conference sessions and workshops will be
taking place at the Westin Bayshore Hotel. Plenary sessions
will take place in the Bayshore Grand Ballroom on the main
level. Other conference session rooms are located on the
main level and upper level of the Westin Bayshore.
Registration
The Registration Desk can be found in the Main lobby of
the Westin Bayshore Hotel, near the coat check foyer.
Registration commences on Saturday July 6, 2013 and
continues throughout the conference as follows:
>> Saturday, July 6 – 8 am – 7 pm
>> Sunday, July 7 – 7:30 am – 6:30 pm
>> Monday, July 8 – 7:30 am – 5:30 pm
>> Tuesday, July 9 – 7:30 am – 2 pm
Additional Ticket Sales
Additional tickets for Learning Tours, the Beer & Bites
Social as well as other optional social activities may be
purchased at the Registration Desk. Please note that many
events sell out and onsite ticket sales for all events may
not be available.
Delegate Badge
Your delegate badge is your admission to all regular
conference sessions, breaks, and regular meal events
included in your registration - please be sure to have
your badge with you and visible at all times throughout
the conference.
Tourism Vancouver/Tom Ryan
Conference Program
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With our “Green Conference” initiatives, we are happy
to provide each delegate with access to the Conference
Mobile App and as well as the program-at-a-glance
for quick reference. All registered delegates will have
been emailed information to access and download the
Conference Mobile App in advance of the conference, or
check at the Registration Desk.
INFUSE Vancouver 2013 > CIP-PIBC > July 6-9, 2013
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
FOR REGISTRANTS
Infusion Career Fair
INFUSE Student Poster Displays
A number of employment postings are posted on-site. Be
Be sure to stop by and check out the student posters
sure to stop by the bulletin board on the upper level of the
exhibit featuring recent research. The poster exhibition
Westin Bayshore.
will be prominently displayed in the upper level at the
Westin Bayshore just outside of the Student Lounge
Conference Exhibitors
Be sure to visit Conference Exhibitors located in the
(Cowichan Room).
Bayshore Grand Ballroom Foyer area and upper floor
Student and Young Professional Lounge
Stanley Park Ballroom Foyer of the Westin Bayshore Hotel.
The Cowichan Room located in the upper level of the
The exhibition will run Sunday, July 7, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm,
Westin Bayshore is set aside as a casual space for
and Monday, July 8, 7:30 am to 2:00 pm
Students and young professional to relax and network.
Urban Café
Speaker Services
Sponsored by Urban Systems Ltd., the Urban Café will be
The conference speaker and presenter preparation room
offering coffee and tea throughout the day for conference
is the Capilano Room, located on the upper level at the
delegates wishing to network. Morning and afternoon
Westin Bayshore.
coffee breaks during the conference will also be served on
the upper level of the Westin Hotel.
Getting Around:
Your Ticket to Ride from TransLink
Message Centre
TransLink is the regional transportation authority that
Messages may be left on the message board at the
operates metro Vancouver’s public transit system –
Registration Desk area located in the main lobby.
including buses, SkyTrain rapid transit, and the SeaBus.
Continuous Professional Learning
All conference sessions have been rated with Learning
Units under CIP’s Continuous Professional Learning (CPL)
Program. CIP Members attending these sessions will be
entitled to use these learning units to fulfill CPL obligations,
in accordance with the provisions of their respective
Affiliate CPL program. Student volunteers are on hand
to scan your badge and keep record of your attendance,
which will then be uploaded to your CPL record.
With the generous support of TransLink, every delegate
has been provided with a complementary three-day transit
pass, good from July 7-9, 2013 inclusive.
Be sure to keep your pass with you at all times (particularly
if you are signed up for a Learning Tour or other activity
that may include travel by transit). Take advantage of
this free benefit - hop on public transit to get out and
about around Vancouver. For detailed transit information,
including routes and schedules, visit: www.translink.bc.ca
We are also pleased to advise members of AICP that most
of the sessions offered are also eligible for CM Credits
from the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Questions and Information?
If you have any questions, or require any
information, please do not hesitate to ask at
Registration Desk, ask a volunteer, or a member
of the Conference Organizing Committee.
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Lieu de la conférence
Programme de la conférence
Toutes les séances régulières de la conférence et tous les
Dans le cadre de nos initiatives de conférence écologique
ateliers auront lieu à l’hôtel Westin Bayshore. Les séances
"Green Conference", nous sommes heureux de mettre à
plénières se dérouleront dans la grande salle de bal (Grand
la disposition de chaque délégué l’application Conference
Ballroom) au rez-de-chaussée. Les autres salles utilisées
Mobile ainsi qu’un résumé imprimé du programme facile à
pour la conférence sont situées au rez-de-chaussée et à
consulter. Tous les délégués inscrits recevront par courriel
l’étage du Westin Bayshore.
l’information nécessaire pour accéder à l’application et la
Inscription
Le comptoir d’inscription se trouvera dans le grand hall
télécharger, avant la conférence; ils pourront également le
faire au comptoir d’inscription.
(Main Lobby) de l’hôtel Westin Bayshore, près du foyer du
Salon de l’emploi Infusion
vestiaire. L’inscription commencera le samedi 6 juillet 2013
Un certain nombre d’offres d’emploi seront affichées sur
et se poursuivra durant toute la conférence comme suit:
place. N’oubliez pas de consulter le babillard à l’étage du
>> Le samedi 6 juillet : De 8 h 30 à 19 h
Westin Bayshore.
>> Le dimanche 7 juillet : De 7 h 30 à 18 h 30
Exposants à la conférence
>> Le lundi 8 juillet : De 7 h 30 à 17 h 30
N’oubliez pas de visiter les exposants à la conférence
>> Le mardi 9 juillet : De 7 h 30 à 14 h
Vente de billets supplémentaires
Des billets supplémentaires pour les visites guidées
d’apprentissage, la rencontre sociale Beer & Bites ainsi que
d’autres activités sociales optionnelles peuvent être achetés
au comptoir d’inscription. Veuillez noter que de nombreuses
activités se déroulent à guichet fermé et qu’il ne sera pas
toujours possible d’acheter des billets sur place.
Insigne de délégué(e)
Votre insigne de délégué(e) vous donne droit à toutes
les séances régulières de la convention, aux pauses
ainsi qu’aux activités régulières de repas prévues dans
votre inscription. N’oubliez pas de l’apporter avec vous
situés dans le foyer de la grande salle de bal Bayshore, ai
si que dans le foyer Stanley Park à l’étage de l’hôtel Westin
Bayshore. L’exposition se déroulera le dimanche 7 juillet,
de 7 h 30 à 17 h, et le lundi 8 juillet, de 7 h 30 à 14 h.
Café Infusion (Urban Café)
Café Infusion, commandité par Urban Systems Ltd., offrira
du café et du thé durant toute la journée aux délégués qui
souhaiteraient s’adonner au réseautage. Des pauses-café
du matin et de l’après-midi sont également prévues et les
boissons seront servies à l’étage de l’hôtel Westin.
Centre de messages
Des messages pourront être laissés sur le babillard près
du comptoir d’inscription.
et de le porter bien en vue en permanence pendant
toute la conférence.
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RENSEIGNEMENTS ESSENTIELS À
L’INTENTION DES INSCRITS
Formation professionnelle continue
Toutes les séances de la conférence ont été assorties
Pour vos déplacements: votre billet de
transport de la part de TransLink
d’unités d’apprentissage dans le cadre du programme
TransLink est l’autorité régionale qui exploite le système de
de formation professionnelle continue (FPC) de l’Institut
transport en commun du Vancouver métropolitain, y compris
canadien des urbanistes (ICU). Les membres de l‘ICU qui
les autobus, le SkyTrain rapide et le SeaBus. Chaque
assisteront aux séances pourront les faire valoir pour leurs
délégué a reçu un laissez-passer de trois jours (gracieuseté
propres obligations en matière de FPC, conformément aux
de TransLink), valable du 7 au 9 juillet 2013 inclusivement.
dispositions de leurs programmes respectifs affiliés. Des
N’oubliez pas de porter votre laissez-passer sur vous en
étudiants bénévoles sont à leur disposition pour passer
vos insignes au scanneur et enregistrer les présences qui
seront alors téléchargées dans votre dossier de FPC.
permanence (surtout si vous vous êtes inscrits à une visite
guidée d’apprentissage ou à une autre activité nécessitant
l’usage du transport en commun. Profitez de cet avantage
Nous sommes également heureux d’informer les membres
gratuit : montez à bord d’un véhicule de transport en
de l’American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) que
commun et promenez-vous dans Vancouver. Pour des
la plupart des séances offertes sont admissibles à des
renseignements détaillés sur le transport en commun,
crédits de maintien de la certification (CM) de la part de
visitez le site www.translink.bc.ca
leur Institut.
Affiche des étudiants dans
le cadre d’INFUSEZ
étudiants et indiquant les récentes recherches. Les
Questions et
renseignements?
affiches seront exposées bien en évidence à l’étage
Si vous avez des questions ou si vous avez
N’oubliez pas de consulter les affiches posées par des
du Westin Bayshore, juste à l’extérieur du Salon des
étudiants (Student Lounge), salle Cowichan.
besoin de renseignements quelconques, n’hésitez
pas à vous rendre au comptoir d’inscription ou à
interroger un bénévole ou un membre du comité
Salon des étudiants et
des jeunes professionnels
organisateur de la conférence.
La salle Cowichan, située à l’étage du Westin Bayshore,
offre aux étudiants et aux jeunes professionnels un
espace informel qui leur permet de se détendre et de
s’adonner au réseautage.
Service de conférenciers
Les conférenciers et les participants pourront se préparer
dans la salle Capilano, située à l’étage du Westin Bayshore.
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PROGRAM CONTENTS
Welcome from Co-Hosts/
Message des coprésidents........................ 7
2 Provocative Keynote
Speakers & 1 Hot Debate........................... 9
Pre-Conference
Workshops & Events................................ 12
Conference Sessions
& Workshops...............................................15
CIP & PIBC Awards Reception/
Réception de remise des prix
de l’ICU et de PIBC................................... 31
GALA > Infuse Street Festival/
GALA > Festival de rue Infusez............ 31
Ongoing…Please Stop By!/
Vous passez…Arrêtez-vous!..................... 36
Digital Infuse 2013................................... 39
At A Glance Schedule.............................. 44
Sunday Evening
Optional Activities.................................... 47
Learning Tours........................................... 51
Speakers Bios............................................ 59
Our Generous Sponsors.......................... 81
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Exhibitors.................................................... 83
Downtown Vancouver Map.................... 84
Westin Bayshore Hotel Map.................. 85
WELCOME FROM CO-HOSTS /
MESSAGE DES COPRÉSIDENTS
GREETINGS!
MEILLEURES SALUTATIONS!
Our Leadership Team is delighted that you, and nearly
Notre équipe de direction est heureuse que vous, ainsi
1,000 others from all parts of Canada, as well as
que 900 autres personnes de tous les coins du Canada,
registrants from Bermuda, Ghana, India, New Zealand,
des Bermudes, du Ghana, d’Inde, de Nouvelle Zélande,
Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and the USA, have
du Nigeria, d’Arabie saoudite, du Royaume-Uni et des
joined us in British Columbia for INFUSE Vancouver 2013.
États Unis puissiez vous joindre à nous en Colombie
We are confident that you will enjoy the new conference
Britannique pour la conférence INFUSEZ Vancouver 2013.
format. And, borrowing liberally from a traditional rhyme,
Nous sommes persuadés que vous apprécierez la nouvelle
we hope you take home “something old, something new,
formule retenue pour la conférence. Nous espérons aussi
something inspirational, and something to view”.
que vous en retirerez des éléments classiques et neufs,
For more than two years, we have promised a conference
inspirants et riches sur le plan visuel.
with a difference – a greater emphasis on practical tools
Depuis plus de deux ans, nous vous promettions une
and take-aways for communities of all sizes, more cultural
conférence qui serait différente, qui mettrait davantage
offerings, the inclusion of digital media, and enhanced
l’accent sur les outils pratiques et les modèles à adopter
networking opportunities. And we are confident that the
par des collectivités de toutes tailles, qui serait sensible à
program has delivered!
différentes cultures, qui inclurait les médias numériques et
As Co-Hosts, we welcome you to our beautiful city and
province! We will be accessible throughout the conference
and welcome your feedback.
Enjoy!
qui offrirait plus d’occasions de réseautage. Aujourd’hui,
nous sommes assurés de tenir promesse.
À titre d’hôtes conjoints, nous vous souhaitons la
bienvenue dans cette magnifique ville et dans cette
exceptionnelle province. Pour toute la durée de la
conférence, nous serons à votre disposition pour recevoir
vos commentaires.
Amusez-vous!
Linda Allen FCIP, RPP
Andrew Baigent
MCIP, RPP
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Tourism Vancouver/John Sinal
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2 PROVOCATIVE KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS & 1 HOT TOPIC DEBATE
Sunday Keynote Speaker > CANDY CHANG
(LUs/CMs 1)
Candy Chang is an artist, designer, and urban planner who makes cities more comfortable
for people. A Senior TED Fellow, Chang is passionate about redefining the ways we share
information in public space to improve our neighborhoods. The Atlantic calls her recent work,
Before I Die, “one of the most creative community projects ever.” http://candychang.com
LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom Salons ABC
Monday Keynote Speaker > MARK KINGWELL
(LUs/CMs 1)
Mark Kingwell is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. A prolific writer about
politics and culture, Kingwell challenges his audience to be critical thinkers in a rapidly changing
world. As Kingwell says, “Socrates was right: The unexamined life is not worth living. This holds
true for societies as much as for individuals. More knowledge is better than less, wisdom is its
own reward, and society as a whole benefits from an educated citizenry.”
http://philosophy.utoronto.ca/people/faculty/mark-kingwell
Generously sponsored by UBC Campus & Community Planning
TUESDAY'S GREAT DEBATE:
Do We or Don’t We Intervene?
(LUs/CMs 1)
Planners have an obligation to intervene and advance relocation of people, their homes, and social and physical
infrastructure that are in harm’s way. Or do they? Should they? Join Jack Basey, David Brown, Christine Platt, and
Mary Rowe for the debate!
STAY IN TOUCH! /
RESTEZ À L’ÉCOUTE!
At the end of the day, sharing face time and catching up
À la fin de la journée, il est plus important que jamais
with colleagues is as important as ever, even in the Twitter
de réserver un temps en personne et de rencontrer les
era. People you meet may offer the resources needed for
collègues, et ce, même à l’ère de Twitter. Les gens que
your next project, mentorship, or a friendly challenge to
vous rencontrez disposent peut-être des ressources
your perspectives.
dont vous avez besoin pour votre prochain projet, vos
Take time to enjoy the social side of INFUSE!
activités de mentorat ou pour remettre vos points de vue
en question de manière amicale. Profitez de l’aspect social
que vous offre la conférence Infusez Vancouver!
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INFUSE > FITNESS & FUN
“Nature at your doorstep” and physical fun - from casual to extreme - beckon you outside. Don’t forget to bring your workout
gear! While at the conference, you’ll have no excuse not to stay fit while having some fun. Check out the running, yoga and
hiking options below and join us!
Daily Sun’s Up Run
Saturday, July 6: Grouse Grind
6:45 – 8 am, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Depart 2 pm sharp. Assemble in Westin Bayshore Lobby.
Assemble in Westin Bayshore Lobby
Need to stretch the legs and burn some calories before
What better way to start your morning than heading out
the opening reception? Then join your colleagues on a trip
for a jog to explore Vancouver!? Each morning choose
to the Grouse Grind. The ‘Grind’ is a 3 km trail that climbs
from a 5 km or 10 km route – there will be pace groups
795 metres (2,610 ft) from the base of the tram to the
running slow, medium and fast. Each day’s route will be
Peak of Vancouver. With an average grade of 31%, you
unique, exploring the oxygen in the trail network of Stanley
will definitely be challenged – it’s a local rite of passage!
Park, crossing the Lions Gate Bridge, and touring along
We’ll grab a refreshment in the chalet before ‘downloading’
the City’s urban trails. Sign up at the registration desk.
on the tram for the waiting bus. Participants must wear
You may sign up at the registration desk, however, no
suitable workout attire and running shoes. Participants
reservation is required.
must be fit. If you wish to bring a spare change of clothes
Daily Rise and Shine Yoga
7 – 8 am, Sunday, Monday & Tuesday. Room: Coquitlam
Join us for a quintessential Vancouver experience. Throw
on the Lululemon®, and enjoy a one-hour yoga session to
help wake up the body and prepare the mind for the day
in a small bag, we’ll make sure it’s available at the end of
your workout.
Ensure you have the correct fare for transit $2.75 each way,
and $10 for the download ticket price. For planning purposes,
please sign up in advance at the registration desk.
ahead. A limited number of yoga mats will be available to
borrow. Please sign up in advance at the registration desk.
SO MUCH TO DO IN VANCOUVER!
Tourism Vancouver will have a prominent kiosk at the conference. Counsellors are deeply knowledgeable about the Vancouver
region, offer great advice, and book tours and events at discounted rates. Enjoy the full experience by visiting the region’s many
wonderful places and spaces. Explore the outdoors, have fun with the kids, take in a show, sample local food, or learn about
local culture.
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INFUSEZ > AMUSEZ-VOUS TOUT EN
GARDANT LA FORME
“La nature à vos pieds” et des activités physiques – de l’extrême au décontracté – vous attendent à l’extérieur. N’oubliez pas d’apporter
vos vêtements de sport! Au cours de la conférence, vous n’aurez aucune excuse pour ne pas vous maintenir en forme tout en ayant du
plaisir. Prenez connaissance des possibilités de course, de yoga et de randonnées décrites ci bas et joignez vous à nous!
Chaque jour, un peu de course au lever du soleil
6 h 45 – 8 h, dimanche, lundi et mardi. Point de
rassemblement: le hall du Westin Bayshore.
Quelle meilleure façon de commencer votre journée qu’un
peu de jogging pour découvrir Vancouver? Chaque matin
vous aurez le choix entre un parcours de 5 km et un
parcours de 10 km, et il sera possible de vous joindre à des
pelotons de coureurs de cadence lente, modérée et rapide.
Les parcours changeront chaque jour, permettront de
prendre un bol d’air frais dans le réseau de pistes du parc
Stanley, de franchir le pont Lions Gate, et de circuler sur les
sentiers urbains de Vancouver. Aucune réservation requise.
Séance de yoga pour entreprendre la journée
7 h – 8 h, dimanche, lundi et mardi. Salle Coquitlam
Joignez-vous à nous pour une ultime expérience
vancouvéroise. Endossez votre Lululemon® et venez à
une séance d’une heure de yoga pour éveiller votre corps
et le préparer à la journée qui vient. Nous vous invitons à
réserver votre place pour que nous puissions retenir les
services d’un instructeur. Un nombre limité de tapis de
yoga sera mis à votre disposition.
Samedi 6 juillet: le sentier Grouse Grind
14 heures précises, rassemblement dans le hall du
Westin Bayshore.
Besoin de vous dégourdir les jambes et de brûler quelques
calories? Accompagnez vos collègues pour une randonnée
sur le sentier Grouse Grind d’une longueur de 3 km qui
atteint une altitude de 795 mètres (2 610 pieds) de la
base jusqu’au-dessus de Vancouver. Ce sentier d’une
pente moyenne de 31 % saura certainement vous mettre
au défi – et c’est un rite de passage local. Nous pourrons
nous désaltérer au chalet situé au somment avant d’être
descendus à la base par téléphérique où nous prendrons
l’autobus pour retourner à l’hôtel. Les participants
devront porter des vêtements d’exercice adéquats et des
chaussures de marche ou de course. Les participants à
cette activité se doivent d’être en bonne forme physique. Si
vous souhaitez apporter des vêtements de rechange dans
un petit sac, nous veillerons à ce qu’il soit là pour vous au
retour de votre randonnée.
Assurez-vous d’avoir la monnaie exacte, soit 2,75 $, pour
l’aller et pour le retour, et 10 $ pour le billet de descente
en téléphérique.Veuillez réserver pour que nous sachions
combien de personnes participeront à cette activité.
LE VANCOUVER MÉTROPOLITAIN A
TANT DE CHOSES À OFFRIR!
Tourism Vancouver aménagera un kiosque bien en vue sur le lieu de la conférence. La région de Vancouver n’a aucun secret
pour ses conseillers qui vous feront profiter de leurs conseils judicieux et qui pourront réserver pour vous des visites et des
événements à prix d’escompte. Profitez à plein de votre expérience en visitant les nombreux endroits à couper le souffle dans
la région. Explorez les sites au grand air, amusez-vous avec les enfants, offrez-vous un spectacle, essayez les mets locaux et
apprenez à connaître la culture locale.
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SATURDAY, JULY 6TH
Today’s diverse selection of full and half-day optional workshops will appeal to many planners and guests. Don’t miss out, as
these workshops require pre-registration! Additional fees apply.
Full Day > 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
Half Day > 1:00 to 4:00 pm
ADVANCE WORKSHOP 1
Skills > Graphic Facilitation > LUs/CMs 6
ADVANCE WORKSHOP 3
Skills > Design > LUs/CMs 3
A Picture Tells a Thousand Words:
The Basics of Graphic Recording for Facilitation
As Easy as 1, 2, 3: How to Run a Charrette
Planners can improve group decision-making, vision alignment
and team collaboration through the power of graphic facilitation.
Participants will learn the elements of graphic facilitation and
build a foundation of key skills: lettering, colour, basic shapes,
building on basic shapes to create images and icons, page
layout, and content organization. A hands-on exercise will put
concepts into practice.
This workshop provides an overview of the National
Charrette Institute’s Charrette System – a three-phase
accelerated, collaborative approach. Case studies will be
used to show the practical applications of charrettes to a
range of project types. A Canadian municipal case study
will be highlighted: the municipal official and the lead
consultant who managed the charrette process will discuss
their perspectives.
LEADER > Christina Merkley (www.makemark.com)
LEADER > National Charrette Institute.
LOCATION > Mackenzie
LOCATION > Stanley Park Ballroom Salon 3
Pre-registration is required, and additional fees apply.
ADVANCE WORKSHOP 2
Law > Planning Law > LUs/CMs 6
Planning Law 101: Understanding Key Legal Issues
LEADERS >
Bill Buholzer, FCIP, RPP, Ray Young, MCIP, RPP,
Jay Lancaster, Gregg Cockrill, Alyssa Bradley,
Sukh Manhas (Young Anderson Barristers & Solicitors),
Deborah Curran (Deborah Curran & Company).
Generously sponsored by
Young Anderson Barristers & Solicitors.
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The law and its ever-changing nature provides context
for planning, so access to the latest knowledge and
legal issues is critical activities for today’s planner. This
workshop will cover fundamental and emerging planning
law topics, including jurisdictional and constitutional issues,
the legal place of planning documents in Canadian law,
environmental conservation and protection, First Nations
land claims, land use and medical marijuana issues, as
well as procedural and due public process.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
ADVANCE WORKSHOP 4
Policy > Community Energy Planning > LUs/CMs 3
ADVANCE WORKSHOP 5
Tools > First Nations Techniques > LUs/CMs 3
Mission Implementation:
Achieving Smart Energy Communities
Building a Resource:
Empowering Aboriginal-led Community Planning
Across Canada, communities are developing plans and
policies to achieve community energy objectives, yet
few are actively implemented. This workshop teaches
participants how to get policies implemented and what
tools can be used to achieve smart energy communities.
It features interactive discussions and real policy
experiences to bring participants up to speed on the
challenges and opportunities of implementing Integrated
Community Energy Solutions (ICES), including community
energy plans. ICES is used to create smart energy
communities by linking energy across land use, buildings,
transportation, water, waste and related infrastructure.
Participants will gain practical knowledge on what factors
allow good policies to be implemented, receive meaningful
educational materials, and obtain knowledge needed to
advance ICES.
In this interactive workshop, participants will be asked
LEADERS > Brent Gilmour, MCIP, RPP (QUEST),
Devin Causley, MCIP, RPP (Federation of Canadian
Municipalities), Rob Kerr (City of Guelph), Alex Boston
(Golder, Sustainable Communities Group), Patricia
Bell, MCIP, RPP (Community Energy Association),
Jessica Webster, MCIP, RPP (BC Hydro), Brad Bradford
(International District Energy Association).
MCIP, RPP (Dillon Consulting), Jeff Cook, MCIP, RPP
to draw on their individual and collective knowledge of
Aboriginal communities to explore techniques, tools, and
new practices that empower Aboriginal-led community
planning. Prior to the conference, participants will use
an interactive website to help formalize the topics for
discussion at the workshop. Topics will be gleaned from
recent interviews with stakeholders and may include:
trends in Aboriginal communities’ interests and needs;
barriers and challenges to community planning; how to
move forward; who is at the table to help. The intent is to
inform and collaborate with a very broad audience, build
momentum during the facilitated workshop session, and
carry on beyond the conference as an online resource.
LEADERS > Andrea Nokleby, MCIP, RPP, Aaron Aubin,
(Beringia Community Planning).
LOCATION > Cypress 2
Generously sponsored by Corix.
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PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS
Welcome Reception
Réception d’accueil
6:30 to 10:30 pm
De 18 h 30 à 22 h 30
Experience Vancouver’s world famous Aquarium in Stanley
Park. The Vancouver Aquarium is a global leader in
natural history and marine conservation. From pioneering
sustainable seafood consumption with the Ocean Wise
conservation program to creating groundbreaking
educational programs, the Vancouver Aquarium has been
a global leader since 1956.
Faites l’expérience de l’Aquarium de Vancouver au parc
Stanley, une installation de renommée mondiale. L’Aquarium
de Vancouver est, à l’échelle du globe, un chef de file en
histoire naturelle et en conservation des aires marines.
L’Aquarium a été à l’avant garde de la consommation
durable des produits de la mer avec le programme de
conservation “Ocean Wise”, et dans l’élaboration de
programmes éducatifs novateurs depuis 1956.
The event unfolds in two stages:
Meet at 6:30 pm for a welcome cocktail at Currents
Restaurant in the Westin Bayshore Hotel. Guides will
then lead groups on a 20-minute waterfront walk to the
Aquarium along the Stanley Park seawall.
At 8 pm, you’ll arrive at the Aquarium. Enjoy light
refreshments from a local and sustainable menu. There will
be a bar, music, and icebreaker events for anyone feeling
a little shy. Watch for the digital media showcase of the
cutting edge work of Canadian planners.
Cost is included in conference registration. An additional
charge applies for guests. Go to registration for more
information and to add extra guests.
L’événement se déroulera en deux temps:
D’abord, pour bien débuter la soirée, nous nous
rencontrerons à 18 h 30 pour un cocktail de bienvenue
au Currents Restaurant de l’hôtel Westin Bayshore. Des
guides accompagneront de petits groupes pour une
promenade d’une vingtaine de minutes vers l’Aquarium et
le mur de protection du parc Stanley.
Vous arriverez à l’Aquarium vers 20 h. On y servira un
goûter et des rafraîchissements composés d’un menu local
et durable. Il y aura un bar, de la musique et des activités
brise glace pour les plus timides d’entre nous. Ne manquez
surtout pas la présentation en médias numériques faisant
valoir les réalisations de pointe des urbanistes canadiens.
DIRECTIONS
Head northwest from the Westin Bayshore on Vancouver’s
seawall. Cross into Stanley Park via Georgia Street, and
follow the green signs to the Aquarium.
Le prix de cet événement est inclus dans l’inscription à
la conférence. Des frais additionnels s’appliqueront aux
invités. Consultez la page d’inscription pour de plus amples
détails et pour ajouter des invités.
TRANSIT DIRECTIONS
The #19 bus runs along West Pender Street into Stanley
Park. It’s a short walk from the bus to the Aquarium. Details
DIRECTIONS
Dirigez-vous en direction nord ouest depuis le Westin
Bayshore le long du mur de protection de Vancouver.
Traversez le parc Stanley en empruntant la rue Georgia et
suivez les enseignes vertes vers l’Aquarium.
at www.translink.ca.
DIRECTIONS DU TRANSPORT EN COMMUN
La ligne d’autobus no 19 circule le long de la rue Pender
Ouest jusqu’au parc Stanley. L’Aquarium est situé à courte
distance de marche de l’arrêt d’autobus, voir les détails à
www.translink.ca.
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CONFERENCE SESSIONS &
WORKSHOPS > SUN
SUNDAY, JULY 7TH
Continental Breakfast > 7:30 to 8:30 am
Join fellow delegates for a light continental breakfast. Generously sponsored by the City of North Vancouver.
LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom Foyer and Salons DEF
Conference Welcome > 8:30 to 9:00 am
Welcome to all. Let us introduce you to Infuse Vancouver 2013. LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom Salons ABC
Keynote Speaker > CANDY CHANG > 9:00 to 10:00 am
Toward Better Public Spaces > Transforming Our Cities Through Art & Design
Combining urban planning, street art, and graphic design, Candy Chang transforms simple objects like stickers, stencils,
and chalkboards into powerful tools that spark conversations in public spaces around the world. In her talks, she poses
new strategies for civic life and inspires us to think differently about how we approach our own work. Through personal
stories from her childhood to the present, she illustrates how seemingly disparate experiences in countries from
Kazakhstan to South Africa to Finland have come together to incite new perspectives and form a coherent philosophy.
Carefully crafted for each audience and cultivated from her own evolving questions, Chang’s provocative and intimate
talks explore the power of personal introspection in public space and what we can learn from our collective wisdom.
LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom Salons ABC > LUs/CMs 1
Break > 10:00 to 10:20 am
Generously sponsored by Bunt & Associates Engineering (BC) Ltd.
LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom & Stanley Park Ballroom Foyer
Morning > 10:20 am to 12:00 pm
EMBEDDED WORKSHOP 1
Careers > Interviews > LUs/CMs 1.5
Don’t Chew Gum: Understanding Interviews from Both Sides of the Desk
Want to get that first job and launch your career, or land the plum position of which you’ve always dreamed? This practical, interactive
workshop is for planners looking to further their career development through an improved understanding of the “do’s” and “don’ts” of the
interview process from both the employer’s and potential employee’s perspectives.
LEADERS >
Mary Lou Tanner, MCIP, RPP (Niagara Region), Lindsay Chase, MCIP, RPP (Town of View Royal),
Jamal Ramjohn, MCIP, RPP (City of Calgary).
LOCATION > Marine
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SESSION 1
Policy > Economic Development > LUs/CMs 1.5
Session 3
Policy > Rural/Small Town > LUs/CMs 1.5
Strategic Investment: Developing Community
Economic Development Strategies
The View From Up Here:
Northern Planning Perspectives
This session draws on experience from the international
Communication is an integral part of the planning
community, Canadian municipalities, regional districts, and
profession, yet in the North it is one of the most
First Nations to share insights and tools for developing
overwhelming issues; multiple official languages and vast
a Community Economic Development Strategy. This
distances require planners to find new and sometimes
pragmatic and interactive session examines successful
inventive ways to communicate with their communities.
and not-so-successful processes and plans from project
This session explores the planning challenges in the North
initiation to implementation. Specific community economic
from territorial, municipal, and private sector perspectives,
development actions such as creating an enabling
presented in an engaging manner using visual recording
environment, CED organizations (cooperatives, business
– a method proven useful for communicating planning
associations, public private partnerships), clustering,
concepts in the North.
incubators, business support, entrepreneurship, policies
and bylaws are explored.
PRESENTERS >
Anthony Ferri (City of Yellowknife),
PRESENTERS >
Margaret Kralt, MCIP, RPP (Dillon Consulting),
William Trousdale, MCIP, RPP,
Darha Phillpot
John Ingram, MCIP, RPP
(GNWT Department of Environment & Natural Resources).
Colleen Hamilton (EcoPlan Consulting).
Session 2
Policy > Urbanism > LUs/CMs 1.5
Session 4
Law > Human Resources > LUs/CMs 1.5
Workplace 101: Labour, Employment, & Human Rights
Oh Canada: Canadian Urbanism From Coast to Coast
Planners in supervisory and management roles need
What makes Canadian urbanism distinctive? An overview
an understanding of labour, employment, and human
of urbanism from the Pacific to the Atlantic is followed
rights concepts. Participants have the opportunity to
by a fast-paced Pecha Kucha presentation with leading
ask questions and share their experiences about a wide
Canadian urbanists discussing current best practices in
variety of workplace topics. Topics include: managing
community design for urban and suburban settings.
in a union versus non-union environment; employees
PRESENTERS >
and independent contractors; duty of loyalty owed by
David Gordon, MCIP, RPP, AICP (Queen’s University),
Brent Toderian, MCIP, RPP (Toderian Urban Works),
employees; conflict of interest, including obligations under
the PIBC Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, and
Jean Trottier, MCIP (University of Manitoba),
human rights obligations in the workplace.
Andy Fillmore, MCIP, LPP,
PRESENTER > Carolyn MacEachern.
(Waterfront Development Corporation, Halifax),
Sylvain Ducas, MICU, OUQ (Ville de Montrėal).
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CONFERENCE SESSIONS
& WORKSHOPS > Sun
Embedded Workshop 2
Career > Consulting > LUs/CMs 1.5
Session 6
Build It Out: Business Planning for Your Consultancy
Old Park, New Park:
Rethinking the Role of Parks in the 21st Century
Establishing a private sector planning consultancy is not for
the faint of heart, but it’s easier when you can learn from
the experience of others. Urban Strategies Inc. started as
a very small consultancy that has grown to become a large
and well-known firm. Join Frank Lewinberg from Urban
Strategies to explore the business path for success in the
private sector.
The social, recreational, and environmental functions of
parks are changing dramatically as Canadian communities
become more culturally diverse and environmentally
conscious. Combining provocative presentations with
structured discussion, this session aims to generate
new ideas about how we plan and design this essential
element of the urban environment. Participants learn
PRESENTER >
Frank Lewinberg, FCIP, RPP (Urban Strategies).
about the challenges facing existing parks and innovative
approaches to new parks and open space systems. A
LOCATION > Oak 1 & 2
series of questions is used to stimulate discussion about
Note: Pre-registration is required.
the need for new park typologies and standards and about
Session 5
Policy > Housing > LUs /CMs 1.5
PRESENTERS >
Tim Smith, MCIP, RPP (Urban Strategies)
Jeffrey Staates (Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg).
strategies for optimizing the value of existing parks.
Task Force:
Using Blue Ribbon Panels to Advance Public Policy
Blue ribbon panels can be an important component
in advancing public policy. In the City of Vancouver, a
task force comprised of distinguished and experienced
members was critical in focusing public attention, outlining
critical issues, and advancing practical solutions to address
the issue of housing affordability. Critical to the success of
this approach was a political commitment at the highest
level, a diversity of views represented on the panel, skilled
facilitation of the panel’s work, a responsive municipal staff
support system, and openness to innovation and dramatic
policy shifts. This session outlines methods to improve the
chances of having a successful experience using such
panels. Topics include: panel composition; leadership
and facilitation of panel work; support for work sessions;
Generously sponsored by Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg.
Session 7
Policy > Design > LUs/CMs 1.5
Wherein Design? Addressing the Challenges of Change
Economic, environmental, and cultural aspects of our
communities are in a state of constant change. How
can design methodologies and approaches be used
to strategically respond to such changes? Can design
actions provide the framework for an evolution of urban
form and policy to address the physical conditions facing
Canadian cities and towns? A panel of Fellows will explore
these questions in the context of three design challenges
release of findings; presentation and communications;
common to many communities.
public comment and opportunity to influence the panel’s
PRESENTERS >
Robert Lehman, FCIP, RPP
Frank Lewinberg, FCIP, RPP
Donald Stastny, FCIP, FAIA, FAICP
David Witty, FCIP, RPP, MRAIC.
findings; and implementation.
PRESENTER >
David McLellan, MCIP (Retired, City of Vancouver).
LOCATION > Coquitlam
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Lunch > 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Join fellow delegates for a light lunch and networking. Generously sponsored by AECOM.
LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom Foyer & Salons DEF
Afternoon > 1:00 to 2:40 pm
Embedded Workshop 3
Skills > Plan and Policy Writing > LUs/CMs 1.5
Session 9
Law > Procurement > LUs/CMs 1.5
You Shall Write Policy:
The Ten Commandments of Effective Policy Writing
Outside Help:
Issuing and Responding to Proposal Calls
This workshop will be an entertaining and practical
discussion of policy as a concept in everyday life through
to its use in planning. The means of constructing effective
policy will be discussed through the use of examples
and an interactive policy development exercise with the
group. Participants will come away with a perspective
that provides context for interpreting and writing policy
documents, as well as learning the basic structural rules
and concepts to use in planning documents.
Planning departments are always under pressure to
improve service while maintaining or reducing costs.
Some are providing core planning services internally and
outsourcing specific and skilled services on an as-needed
basis; for others, outsourcing is a mode of operation.
Although various methods exist, the usual approaches are
by way of either a tender call or a call for proposals. Both
methods present opportunities and pitfalls. This session will
explore procurement in light of emerging case law, treaties
and statutes, as well as provide practical recommendations
for planning managers.
LEADER >
Robert Lehman, FCIP, RPP (Lehman & Associates).
PRESENTER >
André Daigle, MICU, OUQ
(Les Avocats CHIASSON & ROY Lawyers).
Session 8
Policy > Zoning > LUs/CMs 1.5
Changes Ahead: Dispatches from the Future of Zoning
The practice of planning is changing in response to new and ongoing challenges, influencing how planners regulate urban
development. Building on experiences with zoning practice (and other land use, urban design, and development regulation)
and new research into regulatory innovation, presenters will speculate on how regulation will evolve over the next few decades.
Specific topics will include: balancing demands for increased certainty and transparency with opportunities to develop more
flexible and adaptive approaches; incorporating a public realm-centric regulatory model for placemaking; leveraging regulatory
authority to improve development outcomes and develop community amenities; and moving past current public engagement
models to develop regulation that is inclusive and responsive to evolving community needs and aspirations.
PRESENTERS >
Neal LaMontagne (PhD Candidate), Joe Nethery, MCIP, RPP (Town of Oakville), Geoff Dyer (Placemakers LLC),
Marcelo Figueira, MCIP, RPP (City of St. Albert).
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CONFERENCE SESSIONS
& WORKSHOPS > Sun
Session 10
Policy > Rural/Small Town > LUs/CMs 1.5
Embedded Workshop 4
Tools > Engagement > LUs/CMs 3.5
North of 60:
Regional Planning in a Land of Rapid Change
Much More Than Play:
Using Lego® as a Public Engagement Tool
The North comprises forty percent of Canada’s land
mass, is rich in natural resources, has a strong Aboriginal
culture, sensitive environment, and a host of unique and
challenging land use planning issues—and is changing
at a rapid pace. This session will provide an overview of
the challenges and opportunities that regional planning
agencies face in the North, drawn from a diversity of
In this hands-on workshop, participants will play, learn,
and experience the innovative methodology designed
to improve individual, team, and group performance.
Participants will be playing with LEGO® to learn about
specific ways this tool can be used in planning work.
StrategicPlay® will present examples of how other
municipalities in Canada and the US have been taking
advantage of this tool to gain stakeholder engagement
and to understand multi-party needs. The workshop will
give a broad picture of the power of play at work and the
connection with innovation, the need for agile and flexible
thinking in order to gain successful outcomes, and how
global trends indicate that this movement—sparked in the
IT industry and infrastructure—is changing all the rules of
traditional project management.
experience in the creation of land use plans.
PRESENTERS >
Ian Robertson, MCIP, RPP
(Inukshuk Planning & Development Ltd.),
Ron Cruikshank, MCIP, RPP,
Shirlee Frost (Yukon Land Use Planning Council),
Adrian Boyd, MCIP, RPP (Nunavut Planning Commission).
Note: This longer format workshop runs until 4:40 pm, and
requires pre-registration.
LEADERS > StrategicPlay® Group.
Session 11
Skills > Multimedia > LUs/CMs 1.5
Engaging Video?
The Successes & Failures of Video in Planning Processes
There has been an increased emphasis on using
multimedia for public engagement strategies, planning
processes, and community development. As interest in
video grows, there is a need to critically evaluate its use.
Session participants will be engaged in exploring some
core questions: How is video being used and who is
using it? How do we qualify and quantify success? What
are some of the major obstacles, challenges, and risks
associated with producing planning videos? Are there other
PRESENTERS >
Jessica Hallenbeck (Hallenbeck Consultants),
Aviva Savelson, MCIP, RPP (Campus Sustainability, UBC),
Thor Larson (Community Planner).
StrategicPlay®
ways to think about video within planning?
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Embedded Workshop 5
Tools > Mapping and Modelling > LUs/CMs 3.5
Embedded Workshop 7
Tools > Social Media > LUs/CMs 3.5
Tech Time: Using Google Earth and SketchUp
Getting Social:
Public Engagement and the Use of Digital Tools
In this interactive session, leaders will provide an
introduction to how GoogleEarth and SketchUp are useful
for planning tasks and projects. Participants will be guided
through a variety of tasks in the software tools as they work
through one or two exercises. Laptops will be provided.
This interactive workshop will introduce how social media
and online tools can be used in planning and public
engagement. Drawing on case study examples from the
City of Vancouver, a range of social media and online
tools will be demonstrated and discussed. Participants
LEADERS >
Kevin Zhang (SCARP)
Michael van der Laan (Elements Lab, UBC).
each tool, the context in which to use and the relative
LOCATION > Marine
Embedded Workshop 6
Skills > Negotiation > LUs/CMs 3.5
will come away with an understanding of the basics of
effectiveness. Participants will have a chance to apply
what they learned to their own projects.
LEADERS >
Acting Out: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Amanda Mitchell, Tracy Vaughan (City of Vancouver).
This workshop will make use of a multi-issue, multi-role
role-playing simulation, carefully chosen to echo several
common planning scenarios and teach effective negotiation
techniques and strategies. The simulation will be played for
approximately 90 minutes, and then debriefed. An interactive
discussion with participants will highlight key lessons and
methods that can be applied in their professional settings.
The simulation materials will be distributed to participants
Break > 2:40 to 3:00 pm
Bunt & Associates Engineering (BC) Ltd.
LOCATION >
Bayshore Grand Ballroom & Stanley Park Ballroom Foyer
by email several days in advance of this session, and
participants will be asked to spend 30-45 minutes preparing
for the simulation.
LEADER > John Andrew, MCIP, RPP (Queen’s University).
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Tourism Vancouver/Grouse Mountain
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
& WORKSHOPS > Sun
Session 12
Policy > Emerging Issues > LUs/CMs 1.5
Session 13
Career > Working Overseas > LUs/CMs 1.5
Can We Talk About It? The Bylaws and Business
of Contentious Issues in Municipal Planning
So You Want to be an International Planner:
Working in the Caribbean
Graffiti, food trucks, and brothels are current and
Four professional planners from Canada, South Africa, and
contentious issues that have an impact on the regulation
Trinidad and Tobago will share their diverse experiences
of land uses and the social life of Canadian cities.
working on professional planning assignments in an
Jurisdictions from around the world have encountered
international context. The discussion will cover practical,
planning debates on all three issues, pitting public health,
ethical, strategic, and philosophical considerations in
morality, and safety against the promotion of economic
pursuing international work. Building on their familiarity
development, social vibrancy, and diversity of city life. This
with planning in the Caribbean, Africa, and the Middle East,
participatory session starts a conversation that will explore
panelists will share personal stories, discuss advantages
best practices, bylaws, and governance tools that offer
and pitfalls of international work, and provide insights into
opportunities for Canadian communities to address these
short- and long-term career development opportunities.
debated issues.
In addition, the panel will explore the role played by the
PRESENTERS >
Canadian Institute of Planners, and the Commonwealth
Nicholas Danford, Morgan Alger, Mladen Kukic,
Association of Planners over the past 25 years in supporting
(Master’s Candidates, Queen’s University).
partnerships with planning associations around the world.
PRESENTERS >
Michel Frojmovic, MCIP, RPP, PMP
(CIP International Program in the Caribbean & Worldlink),
Asad Mohammed (BlueSpace/Caribbean Network for
Urban & Land Management, Trinidad & Tobago),
Christine Platt (Commonwealth Association of Planners),
Kourosh Rad (Genivar, & former WorldLink Intern, Guyana).
Tourism Vancouver
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Session 14
Law > Land Use > LUs/CMs 1.5
Session 15
Policy > Sustainability > LUs/CMs 1.5
From the Top:
Land Use Law in the Supreme Court of Canada
Where to Start? Tools & Tips to Help Kick-start
Planning Implementation
“Land law may look like a dry, forbidding and not very
Decision tools, doable short- term action items and
fashionable subject.” With these words, Mr. Justice LeBel
successful participatory organizational structures that
of the Supreme Court of Canada introduced the majority
can help you and your City kick-start implementation of
reasons for judgement in a 2000 case concerning a
daunting, or far-reaching plans and projects.
“downzoning” in Victoria’s inner harbour, hinting that
the subject would turn out to be more interesting and
fashionable than it first appeared. This session will
examine a handful of interesting land use law cases that
have worked their way up to Canada’s highest court, and
that influence how lower courts across the country resolve
land use cases. The session will cover cases dealing with:
people zoning; authority to downzone and the question of
compensation; changes in lawful non-conforming uses;
refusing rezoning applications and the requirement for
reasons; and zoning, federal lands, and federal jurisdiction.
PRESENTER >
Bill Buholzer, FCIP, RPP
(Young Anderson Barristers & Solicitors).
Using real examples and case studies from Whistler
Centre for Sustainability past projects, we will walk
participants through a quick overview of decision and
implementation or rating tools. We will then discuss some
practical examples of what has worked and why, walking
participants through an interactive and topical example and
encouraging interactive group participation. As a group,
we will explore why tools are not enough, and identify
some important considerations when trying to implement
integrated and collaborative plans and policies that require
community partners to co-develop. Through a closing
question and answer period, we hope to be able to discuss
challenges your City or Town is facing and where possible,
suggest recommendations.
PRESENTERS >
Dan Wilson, Cari St. Pierre
(Whistler Centre for Sustainability).
INFUSIUM LOUNGE
4:45 to 5:30 pm
Enjoy this optional, informal discussion of the
hot topics, insightful lessons, and simmering
issues raised during today’s events. Make
this your opportunity to ask questions of
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI
RECEPTIONS
5 to 6 pm (Meet & Greet)
the speakers and others, and hear about
Connect with former classmates and alumni.
sessions and workshops that you didn’t get the
Participating universities include: McGill
opportunity to take in yourself.
University, Queens University, University of
LOCATION >
Bayshore Grand Ballroom Salons DEF
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British Columbia, University of Waterloo, and
York University. Location: Currents Restaurant
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
& WORKSHOPS > Mon
MONDAY, JULY 8TH
Today is equally busy with sessions, workshops and learning tours ... but don’t forget to make time for the Infuse Gala!
Join fellow delegates for a light continental breakfast. Generously sponsored by Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP.
CONFERENCE PLENARY
> CIP Awards Special Presentation > 8:30 to 9:00 am
Keynote Speaker > MARK KINGWELL > 9:00 to 10:00 am
So What is Planning, Anyway? Generously sponsored by UBC Campus & Community Planning
German field marshall Helmuth von Moltke is credited with this piece of battlefield wisdom: “No plan survives contact
with the enemy.” A more succinct and maybe more vivid version is attributed to boxer (and ear-biter) Mike Tyson:
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
Keynote speaker Mark Kingwell will reflect on first principles of planning: What is it to have a plan; to attempt to
implement that plan; and to confront the push-back – if not enemies and punches to the face – that every plan is bound
to generate? And what plans, if any, can we make to ensure better planning?
http://www.penguin.ca/static/pages/sb/speakers/kingwell.php
LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom Salons ABC > LUs/CMs 1
Break > 10:00 to 10:20 am
Generously sponsored by Coriolis Consulting
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Session 16
Policy > Food > LUs/CMs 1.5
Embedded Workshop 8
Skills > Effective Interaction > LUs/CMs 1.5
Local Eats:
Developing Food Policy for Local Governments
Developing Soft Skills:
Putting Possibility Back into Practice
Creating resilient local food and agriculture systems has
surfaced as a key strategy that can boost community
vitality, generate community wealth, and help to build
community around meaningful projects. This session
provides a historical perspective of how planning became
divorced from food and agriculture, explores tools and
frameworks that can awaken the latent potential in a
community, and explores lessons learned from the field of
comprehensive planning for resilient food and agriculture
systems. Participants will learn best practices, how to
overcome barriers, and how to establish starting points
for including food and agriculture as a critical element of
In choosing to enter the planning profession, it seems
most planners do so to effect greater good. What we
learn quickly is that the success of our work rests on the
soft skills of communication, facilitation, and integration
– skills that are more intrinsic than tangible and more
about feelings than about the actual work produced.
Our contribution to communities, and our leadership as
professional planners, is based as much on inspiring others
as on our educational background, technical knowledge,
or years of experience. This workshop will introduce
concepts that will help develop the mindset of possibility
and potential in our practice. Through interactive exercises
and reflections, participants will regain enthusiasm for what
attracted them to the planning profession in the first place.
resilient community development.
PRESENTERS >
Rob Buchan, FCIP, RPP (District of North Saanich),
Janine de La Salle
(Golder, Sustainable Communities Group).
LEADERS >
Steve Frith, MCIP, RPP (Urban Systems),
Pamela Sweet, FCIP, RPP (Fotenn Planning & Urban Design).
LOCATION > Marine
Session 17
Career > Ethics > LUs/CMs 1.5
Port MetroVancouver
Navigating Conflict of Interest
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Conflict of interest is a common factor in CIP disciplinary
issues. Knowing the basis for clear conduct helps one
avoid ethical pitfalls and allows for expert and trustworthy
judgment – as independent advisor to either client or
employer. Participants will: 1. Review the theoretical basis
of conflict of interest from a planners perspective, including
the CIP code of professional conduct; 2. Examine recent
examples of planners’ potential or real conflict of interest;
and 3. Discuss scenarios and recommended actions when
faced with issues that challenge professional independence.
PRESENTERS >
John Steil, FCIP, RPP (Stantec).
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
& WORKSHOPS > Mon
Embedded Workshop 10
Career > Management > LUs/CMs 1.5
Session 18
Law > Growth Management > LUs/CMs 1.5
A Tale of Three Cities:
Legislative Approaches in Vancouver, Toronto,
and Atlanta
Vancouver, Toronto, and Atlanta are major metropolitan
areas with multiple municipalities. All have active growth
management programs based on legislative initiatives of
provincial or state governments. Each model represents
an entirely different approach. This session examines the
legislative approaches and the strengths and weaknesses
of each.
New Kid on the Block: Tips for New Managers
In this workshop, presenters offer their top five tips on how
to build and lead effective teams. Though aimed at new
managers, senior managers will also find the discussion
useful. Both the public and private sector will be covered,
and there will be ample time for audience participation.
Note: This workshop requires pre-registration.
LEADERS >
Richard White, MCIP, RPP (City of North Vancouver),
Deborah Sargent, MCIP, RPP (Town of Smithers)
PRESENTERS >
Glenn Miller, FCIP, RPP (Canadian Urban Institute).
Ray Young, MCIP, RPP (Young, Anderson Barristers and
Solicitors), Patricia Foran (Aird & Berlis LLP).
Policy > Financial Analysis > LUs/CMs 1.5
Embedded Workshop 9
Skills > Financial Planning > LUs/CMs 1.5
How Do We Pay For It? Using Financial Statements
to Understand Public Space Development
Resourcing Tomorrow: Long-Term Financial Planning
“How did this place come to be?” Halifax harbour area
is a place that often elicits this question. The Waterfront
Development Corporation, which has been involved in this
area’s development since 1976, will present its work by
exploring the financial business lines and laying bare the
mechanisms by which it performs its planning, operations,
development, and event management work. Guided by the
financial statements, presenters will simplify the complex
story of how the Corporation created infrastructure
supporting water access, made capital investments in
public space, cooperated with government, and utilized
unique funding models.
Local governments face the ongoing financial challenge
of delivering on the demand for local services within a
context of shifting demographics and changing population
levels— and without raising the cost to citizens. In a
traditional planning environment, most local governments
only deal with short-term annual budget issues, yet this
typical short-term focus comes at the cost of long-term
financial imbalances created by short-term reactive
strategies. Long-term financial planning serves to bring
the long-term implications of actions taken today to the
forefront of decision making. This new model has staff
from all areas of local government working together
to create an organizational shift to focus on long-term
financial sustainability.
LEADERS >
Sam Weller (Government Finance Officers Association of BC),
LEADERS >
Jacob Ritchie, MCIP, LPP, Colin Maclean
(Waterfront Development Corporation).
Janice Irwin (Equinox Consulting Services).
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Session 19
Crossing the Threshold:
Ottawa’s Transformation to a Cosmopolitan City
Ottawa has long been referred to as “Government
Town” or “The Town that Fun Forgot,” but the city is now
approaching the threshold population of one million
and is positioning itself on the world stage as a firstclass, cosmopolitan city. This session will highlight the
transportation, land use, and economic development
initiatives being undertaken to diversify the city’s economy,
enhance the public realm, and transform the transit service
to a higher order.
PRESENTERS >
John L. Moser, MCIP, RPP, John Smit, MCIP, RPP,
M. Peter Hume, Councillor (City of Ottawa).
Session 33
Policy > Sound > LUs/CMs 1.5
Sound and the City
“Sound” has an impact on our physical spaces, health
and livability. The soundscape informs our relationships to
our communities. As planners, we often consider sound
as either ‘good’ sound (nature, gentle music, etc), or ‘bad’
sound (traffic, construction, loud music, etc.), and our efforts
have largely been to limit/eliminate ‘bad’ sounds in our
environment. This panel will address some of the fundamental
questions, policies and regulations related to sound:
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How sound influences and helps define how we
experience our communities;
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How urban space is shaped by sound;
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How issues of sound are dealt with; and
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What types of activities are influenced by the acoustic
ecology of space and place.
Participate in a lively debate around the ideal balance
between quiet/pleasant/livable, and vibrant/active/exciting
communities and environments.
PRESENTERS >
Mark Bliss (BKL Consultants Ltd.),
Prof. Barry Truax (Simon Fraser University),
Michael Gordon, MCIP, RPP (City of Vancouver).
Generously sponsored by the City of Vancouver.
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Lunch > 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Join fellow delegates for a light lunch and networking.
Generously sponsored by Parklane Homes Ltd.
LOCATION >
Bayshore Grand Ballroom Foyer & Salons DEF
Session 20
Lessons from Vancouver:
Applying Planning Principles Across the Border
Two of North America’s most dynamically evolving cities,
Seattle and Bellevue, are building on the successful
principles learned from Vancouver’s integrated land use and
transportation planning. This session explores how Seattle’s
South Lake Union and Bellevue’s 130th Avenue Station
Area demonstrate innovative urban development planning –
using performance-based zoning to emulate the livable and
walkable urban neighborhoods of Vancouver.
PRESENTERS >
Marshall Foster (City of Seattle),
Paul Inghram (City of Bellevue), Alan Hart (VIA).
Session 21
Policy > Disaster Planning > LUs/CMs 1.5
Is Everyone Okay?
What Happens When the Ground Stops Shaking
In the aftermath of significant earthquakes in Christchurch,
New Zealand, many businesses and community
organizations found themselves woefully unprepared to
deal with what they were left with. Even organizations that
were seemingly well prepared found substantial gaps in
their ability to respond. City staff generally – and planners
specifically – are uniquely affected by catastrophic
events that simultaneously rip apart their personal and
professional lives. This hands-on session is offered through
an interactive workbook that focuses on the practical
aspects of disaster survival. One of the presenters is a
Christchurch-based environmental scientist who had a
direct role in planning for the earthquake recovery and reestablishing business practices.
PRESENTER >
Anna Wilkes (Golder Associates New Zealand)
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
& WORKSHOPS > Mon
Session 22
Policy > Energy > LUs/CMs 1.5
Session 24
Tools > GIS and Ecological Footprint > LUs/CMs 1.5
That Didn’t Hurt a Bit:
Painless Ways to Incentivize Energy Efficiency
How Many Planets?
Measuring Environmental Sustainability in Plans
BC communities are getting increasingly clever with ways
Planners have an obligation to evaluate sustainability,
to promote energy efficiency. This interactive panel session
which requires tools to assist with analysis. The Ecological
discusses innovative ways that leading municipalities are
Footprint, as analyzed in GIS, measures the impact of
tailoring existing local government mechanisms like zoning,
proposed policies and supports decision-making towards
building permit review, and fees to “painlessly” incentivize
more sustainable urban form. The Ecological Footprint,
energy efficiency.
which quantifies environmental sustainability, can be
measured in the standard unit of global hectares per
PRESENTERS >
Emilie Adin, MCIP, RPP (City of North Vancouver),
Robyn Wark, MCIP, RPP (BC Hydro),
capita, and is also convertible to planet Earths and tonnes
of Co2. Calgary has applied this tool to the development
of plans where global hectares speak to policy targets,
Don Luymes (City of Surrey),
as well as specific questions. The session reveals how
Sadhu Johnstone (City of Vancouver).
the City has analyzed its plans for sustainability using the
Ecological Footprint in GIS.
PRESENTERS >
Session 23 > LUs/CMs 1.5
Law > Planning Law
Les Kuzyk, Matt Rockley (City of Calgary).
Good Evidence Makes a Difference
This session is intended as a practical legal review to
benefit not only planners preparing for court or dealing
with enforcement or litigation matters, but also to inform
daily practice and procedures. Rules of evidence will be
reviewed with reference to a selection of recent case law.
PRESENTERS >
Lui Carvello, MCIP, RPP (Carvello Law Corporation),
Dana Goodfellow (Phoenix Law Corporation, Public
Prosecution Service of Canada).
CitySpaces Consulting
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Policy > Financial Analysis > LUs/CMs 3.5
Tools > Funding > LUs/CMs 3.5
Follow the Money:
The Key to Developing Effective Policy
FCM: Funding Sustainability Planning
Market and financial analysis play an important role in
you know that your municipal plans may also be eligible
land and development policies that help communities
achieve their goals. This interactive workshop will
discuss key elements of market and financial analysis,
present real-world financial “hits and misses,” and look
at applications and scenario testing. One of the guiding
themes of the session will be how planners can avoid
common land planning policy pitfalls by framing informed
market and financial questions that allow developers
and the community to understand options and trade-offs.
The workshop concludes with an interactive review of
planning and development policies that do not tend to yield
desirable outcomes and a discussion on how these might
be altered to improve results.
LEADERS >
Justin Barer (GP Rollo & Associates),
David Fitzpatrick, MCIP, RPP (DIALOG),
David Bell (Colliers International).
LOCATION > Marine
You may be aware that GMF funds capital projects, but did
for funding? Join this workshop to learn how to develop
a successful application for three types of plans eligible
through FCM’s Green Municipal Fund. This workshop
will feature case studies of a successful sustainable
neighbourhood action plan, brownfield redevelopment plan
and climate action plans; will showcase lessons learned
through the application and plan completion processes
and will include an interactive learning lab to explore your
plan concepts with the presenters and each other. The
workshop will also highlight new tools to assist you in
implementing your plans and learning from past GMF
funded initiatives.
LEADERS >
Barbara Daly (City of Edmonton), Presenter & Roundtable Host
Joëlle Saltel-Allard (Economic Development Council for
Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities), Presenter & Roundtable Host
Dave Causely, MCIP, RPP (FCM’s Green Municipal Fund)
Jeca Glor-Bell (FCM’s Green Municipal Fund),
Beverly Grieve, MCIP, RPP (City of New Westminster),
Geneviève Rodrigue (FCM’s Green Municipal Fund).
Skills > Media Training > LUs/CMs 3.5
Media-Wise Relations
This humorous and interactive workshop is a must for individuals who want to respond to the media with confidence and power,
whether the interview is impromptu or planned. Learn how to prepare and protect yourself, understand the importance of key
messages, and find out what a reporter really wants. This workshop will teach the tricks of the trade that further your message,
credibility, and confidence.
Note: This longer format workshop runs to 4:40 pm, and requires pre-registration.
LEADER > Carol Boothroyd (Carol & Co.).
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CONFERENCE SESSIONS
& WORKSHOPS > Mon
Break > 2:40 to 3:00 pm
Generously sponsored by Coriolis Consulting
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Policy > Transportation > LUs/CMs 1.5
Session 26
Career > Working Overseas > LUs/CMs 1.5
Move It: Meeting the Challenge of Freight Issues
across the GTHA and Ontario
So You Want to be an International Planner:
Working in the Middle East
With congestion continuing to hinder economic
Two professional planners share their diverse experience
competitiveness, innovative solutions for goods movement
working on professional planning assignments in the
and freight-supportive planning are needed to help
Middle East. Ron will draw from his experiences in the
municipalities and planning authorities tackle freight-
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and as Project Manager for
related issues. This panel discussion will outline the
multi-disciplinary projects for the Royal Commission in
approach taken to support urban freight in the Greater
Jubail KSA, the government agency that oversees the
Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and across Ontario.
largest petrochemical complex in the world. Michael will
The presentation will reveal the challenges of planning for
reflect on experiences working for Abu Dhabi, and as a
urban freight and provide participants with practical tools
planning consultant in the Philippines. Topics will include:
for supporting efficient freight movement.
recognizing cultural and religious needs in the planning
Chris Bachmann (University of Toronto),
Becky Upfold (Metrolinx),
Laurie Miller, MCIP, RPP
(Ontario Ministry of Transportation).
process, as well as in the work and personal environments;
adapting to non-western political processes and decision
making; and adventures and challenges with climate,
health and safety, lifestyle, and social context.
PRESENTERS >
Ron Shishido, FCIP, RPP (Dillon Consulting),
Michael White, MCIP, RPP (AECOM).
PRESENTERS >
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Skills > Infrastructure Management > LUs/CMs 1.5
Session 28
Boot Camp:
Building Capacity in Infrastructure Management
School Lesson: Transportation, Healthy Kids,
and School Site Selection
A community’s infrastructure assets are the foundation for
providing needed and relied-upon services. Communities
globally face serious infrastructure challenges: assets are
failing prematurely, infrastructure needs major repairs,
and funds are not sufficient to address these needs. This
workshop offers a mini infrastructure management boot camp
for planners. It is structured around a simple case study (a
small community water system) and uses hands-on tools
to effectively convey key learning objectives, which can be
applied to any community, regardless of size. It is intended
to broaden participants’ understanding of infrastructure
management and develop new perspectives about how
planners help build healthier, more resilient communities.
When school boards decide to close neighbourhood
schools in favour of building “big box” schools on the
edges of communities, the decision is often based on
short-term funding. Even when a municipality adopts an
official plan that is working to bring more people back to
downtown, school boards may make decisions that are
disconnected with broader planning goals. An opportunity
for encouraging active travel is lost, which detracts from
healthy public policy and neighbourhood design. The
session explores the role of neighbourhood schools, school
site selection processes, planning policies, and how to
make healthy planning policies.
LEADERS >
Danny Higashitani
(Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada),
Catherine Simpson, MCIP, RPP (Urban Systems Ltd.).
PRESENTERS >
Jacky Kennedy (Canada Walks, Green Communities Canada),
Janet Barlow (Ecology Action Centre),
Mark Seasons, FCIP, RPP
(School of Planning, University of Waterloo)
Session 27
Law & Policy > Environment > LUs/CMs 1.5
Thinking Like a Watershed
Water will be the economic and planning issue of the 21st
century. With changing climatic conditions, over-allocation
of water resources, unquantified aboriginal rights to water,
and often compromised ecological conditions in urbanized
watershed authorities. This panel will explore emerging
models of watershed-based governance, with particular
focus on the roles of local governments and First Nations
in collaborative, shared decision-making models that aim to
mitigate conflicts over water entitlements, and the long-term
social, economic and ecological health of communities.
PRESENTERS >
Oliver Brandes (Water Sustainability Project, University of
Victoria Centre for Global Studies)
Deborah Curran (University of Victoria, Faculty of Law)
Merrell-Ann Phase
(Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources).
INFUSIUM LOUNGE
4:45 to 5:30 pm
Enjoy this optional, informal discussion of the
hot topics, insightful lessons, and simmering
issues raised during today’s events. Make
this your opportunity to ask questions of
the speakers and others, and hear about
sessions and workshops that you didn’t get the
opportunity to take in yourself.
LOCATION >
Bayshore Grand Ballroom Salons DEF
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CIP & PIBC AWARDS RECEPTION /
RÉCEPTION DE REMISE DES PRIX
DE L’ICU ET DE PIBC
5:30pm – 6:30pm
De 17 h 30 à 18 h 30
This special event celebrates the talents and excellence
of CIP and PIBC award winners. Due to limited time and
space, this reception is by invitation only – thank you for
your understanding. Invited guests are reminded to bring
their invitations to the event.
Cet événement spécial souligne les talents et l’excellence
des lauréats des prix décernés par l’Insitut canadien des
urbanistes (ICU) et le Planning Institute of British Columbia
(PIBC). Faute de temps et de place, cette réception a lieu
sur invitation seulement – merci de votre compréhension.
Nous rappelons aux participants qu’ils doivent apporter
leurs invitations avec eux.
Award winners will be recognized in a number of ways
throughout the conference, including at the Exhibit Hall and
Speakers' Corner.
Congratulations to all winners and nominees!
Les lauréats des prix seront reconnus de plusieurs façons
durant toute la conférence, y compris dans la salle des
exposants (Exhibit Hall) et dans la salle de conférences
(Speakers' Corner).
Félicitations à tous les lauréats et candidats!
GALA > Infuse Street Festival /
GALA > Festival de rue Infusez
6:30 pm +
De 18 h 30 +
It’s the event food and music aficionados have been
Voilà l’activité tant attendue des adeptes de bouffe et
de musique.
waiting for.
On Monday evening, the Westin Bayshore will transform
for the Infuse Street Festival. The roaming event features
buffet ‘stations’ themed around the streets of Vancouver,
and buskers to amuse and delight! You might choose to
take a load off in the soft piano lounge for a while before
heading next door for the live DJ (and a violin!) for a digital
media experience. We are bringing the energy of the city to
you, and we know you are going to enjoy it!
Dress up, dress down, but bring your best smile. Departing
from tradition, this is a truly social event. No speeches,
no program. It’s about strengthening your network and
meeting with friends old and new!
Meet for the reception in the Bayshore Grand Ballroom
Lundi soir, l’hôtel Westin Bayshore se transformera en
Festival de rue Infusez. Cet événement sera assorti de
postes de buffets portant sur des thèmes propres aux rues
de Vancouver, et agrémenté par la présence de musiciens
pour vous divertir. Vous aurez l’occasion d’écouter du
piano au bar salon, ou de vous rendre juste à côté pour
entendre un DJ (et un violon!) et vivre une expérience
musicale numérique. Nous vous communiquerons l’énergie
de cette ville et sommes assurés que vous l’apprécierez!
Portez ce que vous voulez, chic ou décontracté, mais
souriez. Hors du cadre formel, il s’agit vraiment d’une
activité sociale. Pas de discours, pas de programme. Ce
qui compte, c’est de renforcer votre réseau, de rencontrer
de vieilles connaissances et d’en faire de nouvelles!
you move upstairs to the "Street" at 7:30 pm.
Rassemblement au Bayshore Grand Ballroom Foyer pour
la réception à 18 h 30, et réparez-vous à l’expérience de la
"rue" à 19 h 30.
Young Anderson Barristers and Solicitors
Tout cela est rendu possible grâce à la généreuse
commandite de Young Anderson Barristers and Solicitors
Foyer at 6:30 pm, and then prepare to be transformed as
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CONFERENCE SESSIONS
& WORKSHOPS > Tue
TUESDAY, JULY 9TH
Lots more to do today. And a take-away challeng – climate change in our communities!
Join fellow delegates for a light continental breakfast. Generously sponsored by Anthem Properties Group
Canadian Institute of Planners
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
7:45 to 9:00 am > LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom Salons ABC > LUs/CMs 1
THE GREAT DEBATE > 9:15 to 10:30 am
Do We or Don’t We Intervene?
Climate Adaptation – To ensure population safety and well-being, planners and decision-makers have a
responsibility to relocate people to less hazardous areas. Or do they? Should they?
Jack Basey (Candidate Member, PIBC), David Brown, FCIP, OUQ (McGill University), Christine Platt
(Commonwealth Association of Planners), and Mary Rowe (Municipal Art Society of New York City) will engage
all of us in this debate with the support of moderator Mark Seasons, FCIP, RPP (University of Waterloo).
What will you take back to your own community?
LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom Salons ABC > LUs/CMs 1.5
Break > 10:30 to 10:45 am
Generously sponsored by Carvello Law Corporation > LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom & Stanley Park Ballroom Foyer
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On Track: Implementing Cycle Tracks in Canadian Cities
Cycle tracks, also known as separated bicycle lanes, are increasingly common – Vancouver, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto
and Montreal are recent examples. These are a relatively new type of bicycle facility. Research shows they are effective at
increasing the number of cyclists and improving safety. But, the implementation of cycle tracks has been controversial and
challenging. This session shares a variety of lessons from cycle tracks in Canadian cities, ranging from lessons in planning and
design to communications and monitoring.
PRESENTERS > Brian Patterson, MCIP, RPP (Urban Systems), David Rawsthorne, P.Eng. (City of Vancouver),
Robin Bennett, MCIP, RPP (City of Ottawa), Andreas Rohl (City of Copenhagen/Urban Systems Ltd.).
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Career > Management > LUs/CMs 1.5
Session 31
Ask Me: How to Build and Lead Teams
Adaptation Planning in Canadian Cities
This workshop enables planners interested in establishing
This panel session features three leading municipalities
and leading teams to learn from three planners who have
from ICLEI’s Adaptation Initiative. Panelists will share their
years of experience excelling in this area. The intent is to
experiences and advice for a robust planning process
facilitate peer learning and highlight real examples of how
and how to transition to implementation. Each panelist will
to build and lead teams to get the job done.
have ten minutes to share their experience and advice
in a concise and dynamic format; the second half of the
LEADERS >
Ron Mattiussi, MCIP, RPP (City of Kelowna),
Rob Buchan, FCIP, RPP (District of North Saanich),
Susan Haid, MCIP, RPP (District of North Vancouver).
LOCATION > Marine
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session will be a facilitated dialogue to allow participants
the opportunity to ask questions. Anyone who plans to run
an adaptation planning process will want to participate in
this peer learning exercise.
PRESENTERS >
Tamsin Mills (City of Vancouver),
Averil Parent (City of Windsor),
Nancy Hackett, MCIP, RPP (City of Red Deer).
Two Dialogues:
Up-scaling and Updating Vancouverism
As former Co-Directors of Planning at the City of Vancouver,
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Law > First Nations > LUs/CMs 1.5
Larry and Ann led processes and implemented plans that
are now widely described as “Vancouverism.” The success
of Vancouverism often leads planners to ask if experiences
in one city can be successfully scaled to other locations,
and if there are lessons that cities can learn from elsewhere
to update existing plans. They have travelled extensively,
finding diverse testing grounds in a variety of economic
and governance structures for the essential features of
Vancouverism, They will draw from their post-Vancouver
experiences to suggest new directions for communities
looking to improve the robustness of plans to address the
new economic, social, and environmental challenges.
PRESENTERS >
Larry Beasley, FCIP, RPP (Beasley and Associates),
Ann McAfee, FCIP, RPP (City Choices Consulting),
Michael White, MCIP, RPP (AECOM).
The Three Cs:
Context, Case Law, and Consultation with First Nations
There are several legal scenarios that exist across Canada
regarding First Nations. This session will review several
primary topics, focusing on the implications of these issues
for coordinated planning and land use: the constitutional
status of First Nations lands and jurisdiction, including
treaty lands, reserve lands and fee simple ownership
lands; consultation obligations and First Nation-local
government protocols; the implications of the First Nation
Commercial and Industrial Development Act and First
Nations Certainty of Title Act for local governments; and
local government-First Nations service agreements.
PRESENTERS >
Sandra Carter, Pamela Jefcoat
(Valkyrie Law Group LLP).
Generously sponsored by Valkyrie Law Group LLP.
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CONFERENCE SESSIONS
& WORKSHOPS > Tue
Skills > Engagement > LUs/CMs 3
Policy > Plan and Policy Writing > LUs/CMs 3
Boot Camp: Public Engagement
What if Apple Designed Community Plans?
Closing the Planning-Implementation Gap
Need to strengthen your public participation techniques,
bench press your body language, or stretch out your
communication skills? This workshop is aimed at a diverse
array of professionals who need to interact with the
public using leading-edge tools and techniques. A fastpaced 150-minute mental workout will showcase trending
communication techniques, exercise creative engagement
skills, and balance body language awareness. Participants
will leave feeling challenged, empowered, and engaged.
Note: This longer format workshop runs until 1:45 pm and
Official Community Plans shape how we design, service,
and program our communities, and are often visionary,
well-considered documents. However, they can also be
lengthy, full of jargon, and they change more slowly than
communities do, making them inaccessible for those who
might help ensure their successful implementation. Can
OCPs benefit from user-centered design? This session will
explore how planners can learn from usability professionals
to make planning processes and products more enjoyable,
attractive and easy to use, with the aim of closing the
planning-implementation gap.
PRESENTERS >
Note: This longer format workshop runs until 1:45 pm,
Amelia Shaw (Amelia Shaw Consulting),
and requires pre-registration.
Misty Sklar, MCIP, RPP (MMM Group),
LEADERS >
Debbie Parhar
(Debbie B. Parhar Communications & Public Relations).
Ray Young, MCIP, RPP (Young Anderson Barristers
and Solicitors), Vince Verlaan (Golder, Sustainable
Communities Group), Jess McMullin (The Centre for
Generously sponsored by MMM Group Limited.
Citizen Experience), Brent Toderian MCIP, RPP (Toderian
Urban Works), Daniella Fergusson (Golder, Sustainable
Communities Group).
Skills > Design > LUs/CMs 3
Boot Camp: Community Design Workshop
This intensive and highly interactive workshop will engage participants in the process of urban design. Participants will work
together to explore the different layers and process of creating a master plan.
Note: This longer format workshop runs until 1:45 pm, and requires pre-registration.
LEADERS > Andrea Gabor, FCIP, RPP, Tim Smith, Eric Turcotte, MCIP, RPP (Urban Strategies),
Jean Trottier (Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Manitoba).
Planning Institute of British Columbia
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
12:30 to 1:30 pm > LOCATION > Mackenzie > LUs/CMs 1
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ONGOING…PLEASE STOP BY!
Student and
Young Professionals’ Lounge
This lounge is set aside exclusively for students and young
professionals to relax and network.
LOCATION > Cowichan
Urban Café
Why settle for a traditional coffee break? Stop by any time
during the day at Urban Café for a quick coffee or light snack.
Take the opportunity to network, catch up with colleagues,
and share new ideas and lessons from the conference.
LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom Foyer
Generously sponsored by Urban Systems Ltd.
Film & Video Screening Room
Increasingly, we rely on digital media to engage the public
in the planning process. Video and photography help to
convey ideas, tell stories, showcase initiatives in other
communities, and document citizen engagement.
A selection of videos and photographs submitted from
around the world will be shown throughout the conference
in the Film & Video Screening Room. These multimedia
offerings include short documentaries and uniquely
produced video presentations.
LOCATION > Seymour
Poster Presentations
Students’ and others’ posters and presentations will
augment the program.
Infusion Career Fair
Young professionals have great opportunities to network
and strategize about your careers. The dedicated Student
and Young Professionals Lounge is the hot spot for
networking, and smart employers will be stopping by to
meet the ‘up and comers’ in the profession.
A number of sessions are dedicated to supporting the
launch of your career. Look for the “career” sub-theme for
sessions that will bolster your success in your next steps.
Job boards will be available for posting jobs and resumes.
As many a seasoned practitioner can attest, the contacts
made at a conference can lead to great things!
LOCATION > Stanley Park Ballroom Foyer
Hope in Shadows:
Portraits of Our Community
Hope in Shadows is a unique community project that
blends photography and social entrepreneurship. Hosted
at the Interurban Gallery and presented by Pivot Legal
Society, this collection arises from an annual contest that
gives an opportunity for people experiencing poverty – in
particular residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside – to
show their community through their eyes. Through their
winning photographs and personal narratives you will see
the strengths, beauty and struggles of this community while
deepening your understanding of complex social issues
such as poverty, homelessness and addiction.
LOCATION >Interurban Gallery
1 East Hastings, Vancouver
This is an opportunity to informally drop-by to listen in on
short, diverse and interesting presentations on engaging
planning topics. including presentations from award
winners and others.
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Tourism Vancouver/Danielle Hayes
Speakers’ Corner
VOUS PASSEZ…ARRÊTEZ-VOUS!
Salon pour les étudiants et les
jeunes professionnels
Le coin des conférenciers
Ce salon est réservé exclusivement à l’usage des jeunes
professionnels qui pourront y relaxer et s’adonner à leur
activité préférée qu’est le réseautage.
Venez nous rendre visite au coin des conférenciers pour
assister à de courtes présentations à la fois diversifiées et
intéressantes sur des sujets convaincants dans le domaine
de l’urbanisme.
LIEU > Cowichan
LIEU > Stanley Park Ballroom Foyer
Café Infusion (Urban Café)
Pourquoi vous contenter d’une pause-café traditionnelle?
Arrêtez-vous dans un Urban Café à toute heure de
la journée pour y déguster un café ou une collation
savoureuse. Profitez de l’occasion pour vous adonner un
peu au réseautage, bavarder avec les collègues et échanger
de nouvelles idées et les leçons tirées de la conférence.
LIEU > Bayshore Grand Ballroom Foyer
Ce Café est rendu possible grâce à la généreuse
commandite d’Urban Systems Ltd.
Salle de
visionnement multimédia
Nous nous en remettons de plus en plus aux médias
numériques pour impliquer le public dans le processus
d’urbanisme. La vidéo et les photos nous aident à
transmettre les idées, à raconter des histoires, à
présenter les initiatives constatées au sein des autres
communautés et à documenter l’engagement des citoyens.
Nous présenterons ainsi dans la salle de visionnement
multimédia et tout au long de la conférence une sélection
de vidéos et de photos provenant de partout sur la
planète. Ces œuvres multimédia comprennent de courts
documentaires, ainsi que des présentations vidéo de
production exclusives.
Salon de l’emploi Infusionir
Les organisateurs de la conférence travaillent à la mise sur
pied de partenariats avec les employeurs afin d’organiser
un salon de l’emploi. Ayez l’œil ouvert pour plus de détails
et consultez notre site Web pour en apprendre davantage
sur le sujet. www.infuse2013.ca
De l’espoir dans les ombres :
Portraits de notre collectivité
De l’espoir dans les ombres/Hope in Shadows est un projet
communautaire exceptionnel qui allie la photographie à
l’entrepreneuriat social. Présentée à l’Interurban Gallery
par la Pivot Legal Society, cette collection donne aux
personnes pauvres — surtout aux résidents du centre-ville
Est de Vancouver — l’occasion de montrer leur collectivité
à travers leurs propres yeux. Les photos retenues et les
commentaires personnels illustrent les forces, la beauté
et les luttes de ces personnes et vous feront mieux
comprendre les problèmes sociaux complexes comme la
pauvreté, l’itinérance et la toxicomanie.
LIEU > Interurban Gallery, 1 East Hastings, Vancouver
LIEU > Seymour
Affiches et présentations
Des affiches et des présentations soumises par
les étudiants et par d’autres viendront agrémenter
le programme.
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DIGITAL INFUSE 2013
Looking for an alternative to a traditional conference
session or workshop? Check out the INFUSE 2013 Film &
Video Screening Room. Documentary makes a statement,
captures a moment, solicits discussion. Join us as we
explore digital media and planning!
Morning Documentary Series
Featuring a curated selection of documentaries from
of contemporary planning. Check page 40 for schedule
and times.
Peer Productions
Through the Call for Digital Media: Planning In Motion,
Infuse Vancouver 2013 invited submissions for short film
and video with a goal to illuminate and celebrate the use
Tourism Vancouver/A.Rios
Canada's archives related to the issues and challenges
of video in planning. We were thrilled to receive over 40
submissions of narrated video capturing critical issues in planning, processes, stories, and history. Individual films range in
length from 2 to 24 minutes, and themed sessions will include moderated discussion. Where possible, the videographers will be
present to discuss their work. We look forward to your feedback on this unique element of the conference program.
A complete schedule and listing of submissions are located in the following pages.
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Sunday, July 7
Monday, July 8
Tuesday, July 9
MORNING DOCUMENTARY SERIES
10:20 am-12 pm
DETROPIA
Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos
Dive! Living Off
America's Waste
10:45 am-12:15 pm
PEER PRODUCTIONS
1-2:40 pm
Planning in Action Series
Engagement & Storytelling Series
K'omoks First Nation:
Comprehensive Community Plan
Housing Matters Media Project
The Language of Planning:
Communication & Indigenous
Community Planning
Imagine Our Future!
Digital Stories by Youth in Williams Lake
Breaking Down Barriers:
The Evolution of Urban Life in Saskatoon
Quirke – A Learning Collective
Nunavut Land Use Plan
Neighbourhood Book Box Experiment
iCUP – Edmonton
Hazel's Harvest
Metro – Climate Smart Communities
The Atrium
Salt Spring Riparian Areas
Jasper Place Learning Scenarios
Community Planning 101: Walkability
3-4:40 pm
People, Places & Culture Series
Highlight Reel
Live, Work, Play, Perth
Housing Matters Media Project
Once Upon a Day…Cowichan
Imagine Our Future!
Digital Stories by Youth in Williams Lake
24 hrs Downtown Yellowknife
Beyond Business:
Community Perspectives in Chinatown
K'omoks First Nation:
Comprehensive Community Plan
Street Food Stories
Jasper Place Learning Scenarios
Arctic Bay
Street Food Stories
An Old Town Saturday
El Turista
Things To Do in the Rain
Dancing in the Park
El Turista
Before It's Lost
Dancing in the Park
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DIGITAL INFUSE 2013
Planning in Action VIDEO SERIES
Sunday, July 7 | 1-2:40 pm | LOCATION > Seymour
Some have described planning as both a science and an art. This session will present videos focused on the practice of
planning. This diverse collection explores some of the innovative ways that video is used to document planning practice, as well
as ways that video can be used to inform and educate people about planning and other processes of community change.
Featured Videos
K’omoks First Nation:
Comprehensive Community Plan (2012)
Production: Lance Blackwell/Make Waves Consulting, Ltd.
Submitted by: Alanna Mitchell/K’omoks First Nation
Length: 5:19
The Language of Planning: Communication and
Indigenous Community Planning
Production: Juliet Van Vliet
Submitted by: Juliet Van Vliet
Length: 13:26
Breaking Down Barriers:
The Evolution of Urban Life in Saskatoon (2012)
Production: Carolyn Dunn, Doug Ramage, Chad Reynolds,
Matt Thompson
Submitted by: Carolyn Dunn; Doug Ramage; Chad
Reynolds; Matt Thompson
Length: 7:48
Production: Adrian Boyd
Submitted by: Adrian Boyd/Nunavut Planning Commission
Length: 3:14
iCUP - Edmonton (2013)
Production: Adam Bentley
Submitted by: Adam Bentley
Length: 6:00
The Atrium (2013)
Production: Miko Betanzo/CitySpaces Consulting
Submitted by: Miko Betanzo/CitySpaces Consulting
Length: 9:05
Salt Spring Riparian Areas
Production: Stefan Cermak
Submitted by: Stefan Cermak/ Islands Trust
Length: 4:49
Jasper Place Learning Scenarios (2013)
Production: Anne Stevenson, Mark Pickersgill, Susan Milley
Submitted by: Anne Stevenson/City of Edmonton
Length: 2:54
Community Planning 101: Walkability
Production: Rob Voight
Submitted by:
Rob Voight/Ontario Professional Planners Institute
Length: 2:26
Video Series Running Time: 61 mins
Speakers and Discussion:
25 mins
Total Session Time:
90 mins
Speakers:tba
Facilitator:
Mark Pickersgill
Metro - Climate Smart Communities
Production: Sam Beresky
Submitted by: Sam Beresky/JLA Public Involvement
Length: 5:36
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PEOPLE, PLACES AND CULTURE VIDEO SERIES
Sunday, July 7 | 3-4:40 pm | LOCATION > Seymour
This session features a diverse range of videos showcasing both wide-angled perspectives on communities, as well as personal
reflections on the people, places and cultures that define them.
Featured Videos
Live, Work, Play, Perth
Production: Jeremy Johnston
Submitted by: Jeremy Johnston
Length: 2:45
Things To Do In The Rain (2012)
Production: Jessica Hallenbeck, Yvonne Hii,
Aviva Savelson
Submitted by: Jessica Hallenbeck/Hallenbeck Consulting
Length: 6:14
Once Upon a Day…Cowichan (2012)
Production: Cowichan Valley Regional District, DV Cuisine
Submitted by:
Kathy Lachman/Cowichan Economic Development
Length: 5:32
El Turista (2013)
Production: Arcelia Ocaña Manjarrez
Submitted by: Arcelia Ocaña Manjarrez
Length: 2:53
24 hrs Downtown Yellowknife (2013)
Production: aRTLeSS Collective
Submitted by: Nalini Naidoo/City of Yellowknife
Length: 2:40
Before It’s Lost
Production: Brodie Vissers
Submitted by: Brodie Vissers
Length: 4:37
Beyond Business:
Community Perspectives in Chinatown (2011)
Production: Erik Blair, Paula Leyton
Submitted by: Erik Blair
Length: 10:46
Dancing in the Park (2012)
Production: R3IMAGE
Submitted by: Henry Mochida
Length: 11:15
Street Food Stories (2012)
Production: Andrea Winkler
Submitted by: Andrea Winkler
Length: 9:24
Arctic Bay (2013)
Production: Jonathan Franz/Ear to the Ground Planning,
Kingulliit Productions
Submitted by: Jonathan Franz/Ear to the Ground Planning
Length: 7:28
25 mins
Total Session Time:
90 mins
Speakers:tba
Facilitator:tba
An Old Town Saturday (2013)
Production: aRTLeSS Collective
Submitted by: Nalini Naidoo/ City of Yellowknife
Length: 3:36
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DIGITAL INFUSE 2013
ENGAGEMENT AND STORYTELLING VIDEO SERIES
Monday, July 8 | 1-2:40 pm | LOCATION > Seymour
This session is focused on unique video practices that use storytelling and community engagement as a means of exploring
pertinent local issues, understanding community dynamics and imagining alternative futures. While primarily issue focused,
these videos give voice to unheralded and sometimes marginalized people (and youth) in communities.
Featured Videos
Housing Matters Media Project (2013)
Production: Corin Browne,Patti Fraser
Submitted by: Corin Browne,Patti Fraser
Length: 18:56
VIDEO PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS SERIES
Monday, July 8 | 3-4:40 pm | LOCATION > Seymour
Imagine Our Future
– Digital Stories by Youth in Williams Lake
Production:
Jessica Hallenbeck/Ear To the Ground Planning
Submitted by: Jessica Hallenbeck
Length: 2:22
Featured Videos
Quirke – A Learning Collective
Production: Callista Haggis
Submitted by: Callista Haggis
Length: 12:55
Neighbourhood Book Box Experiment (2012)
Production: Sue Hallatt, Narissa Chadwick
Submitted by: Sue Hallatt, Narissa Chadwick
Length: 13:04
Hazel’s Harvest (2012)
Production: Jesse Hsu, Ly Ngo, Jonathan Hilts
Submitted by: Jesse Hsu
Length: 17:11
25 mins
Total Session Time:
90 mins
Speakers:tba
Facilitator:
Mark Pickersgill
This session will present the some of the highlights of the
video programme, with select videos taken (in-part) from
each of the 3 formal sessions and additional material not
screened in the previous sessions.
ENGAGEMENT AND STORYTELLING
Housing Matters Media Project (2013)
Production: Corin Browne, Patti Fraser
Submitted by: Corin Browne, Patti Fraser
Length: 18:56
Imagine Our Future
– Digital Stories by Youth in Williams Lake
Production:
Jessica Hallenbeck/Ear To the Ground Planning
Submitted by: Jessica Hallenbeck
Length: 2:22
PLANNING IN ACTION
Production: Adrian Boyd
Submitted by: Adrian Boyd/Nunavut Planning Commission
Length: 3:14
K’omoks First Nation:
Comprehensive Community Plan (2012)
Production: Lance Blackwell/Make Waves Consulting, Ltd.
Submitted by: Alanna Mitchell/K’omoks First Nation
Length: 5:19
Jasper Place Learning Scenarios (2013)
Production: Anne Stevenson, Mark Pickersgill, Susan Milley
Submitted by: Anne Stevenson/City of Edmonton
Length: 2:54
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INFUSE > At A Glance
7 am
8 am
9 am
10 am
11 am
12 pm
1 pm
2
REGISTRATION > 8:00 am-7 :00 p
ADVANCE WORKSHOPS > 9:30 am-4:00 pm
SAT
STU
July 6
LEA
REGISTRATION > 7:30 am-6:30 pm
EXHIBIT HALL & POSTER SESSION / URBAN CAF
STUDENT LOUNGE > 7:30 am-6:30 pm
LEARNING TOURS > 10:00
SUN
PLENARY
& KEYNOTE
SPEAKER
> 9:00-10:00 am
July 7
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS
& SESSIONS
> 10:20 am-12:00 pm
SCREENING ROOM & SPEAKERS' CORNE
EXHIBIT HALL & POSTER SESSION / URBAN CAF
LEARNING TOURS > 10:00 am-5:00
PLENARY
& KEYNOTE
SPEAKER
> 9:00-10:00 am
MON
July 8
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS
& SESSIONS
> 10:20 am-12:00 pm
SCREENING ROOM & SPEAKERS' CORNE
URBAN CAFÉ > 7:30 am-12:00 pm
TUE
July 9
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CIP AGM
> 7:45-9:00 am
THE GREAT
DEBATE
> 9:00-10:30 am
WORKSHOPS & SESSIONS
> 10:45 am-1:45 pm
SCREENING ROOM &
SPEAKERS' CORNER
> 10:45 am-12:15 pm
PIBC AGM
> 12:30-1:30 pm
3 pm
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm
7 pm
8 pm
9 pm
10 pm
pm
UDENT LOUNGE > 12:00-6:30 pm
ARNING TOURS > 12:00-6:30 pm
WELCOME
RECEPTION
COCKTAILS
> 6:30-7:30 pm
WELCOME RECEPTION
(Vancouver Aquarium)
> 8:00-10:30 pm
FÉ > 7:30 am-5:00 pm
0 am-6:00 pm
S & SESSIONS > 1:00-4:40 pm
INFUSIUM
LOUNGE
4:45-5:30pm
ER > 10:20 am-5:00 pm
SUNDAY EVENING OPTIONAL
SOCIAL & NETWORKING EVENTS > 6:00 pm
Beer & Bites – Surrey Centre (6:00-8:00 pm), Learning + Dinner, Vancouver on Film
FÉ > 7:30 am-5:00 pm
pm
S & SESSIONS > 1:00-4:40 pm
INFUSIUM
LOUNGE
4:45-5:30pm
GALA > Infuse Street Festival
> 6:30-10:30 pm
ER > 10:20 am-5:00 pm
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pm
PEOPLE, PLACES AND CULTURE
Street Food Stories (2012)
Production: Andrea Winkler
Submitted by: Andrea Winkler
Length: 9:24
El Turista (2013)
Production: Arcelia Ocaña Manjarrez
Submitted by: Arcelia Ocaña Manjarrez
Length: 2:53
Dancing in the Park (2012)
Production: R3IMAGE
Submitted by: Henry Mochida
Length: 11:15
25 mins
Total Session Time:
90 mins
Speakers:tba
Mark Pickersgill
Facilitator:
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SUNDAY EVENING
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
BEER & BITES featuring Bing Thom,CM
6:00 pm onwards
Come experience the transformation of Surrey’s downtown from suburban shopping district to vibrant city centre
with a unique opportunity to hear from world-renowned architect, Bing Thom, CM! Enjoy food, music, and a local
micro-brewed Red Racer beer-tasting. LOCATION > Surrey City Centre Library. Transportation via public transit.
Pre-registration is required and additional fees apply.
Learning + DINNER!
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Learning + DINNER! features dialogue and dinner with colleagues. Nine hosts, each well versed in their topic areas, will provide
a short presentation or easy walking tour, followed by dinner at a nearby restaurant to carry on the conversation. All Learning +
DINNER! events depart from the Bayshore Grand Ballroom Foyer at 6 pm. Pre-registration is required and additional fees apply.
Learning + DINNER! 1
Public Realm Animation and Programming
Building a Transit-Oriented Region
Cities with parks and open spaces that are actively
TransLink staff will discuss newly developed Transit
programmed are seeing social and economic benefits.
Discussion will follow a presentation on PFS’s recent work
Passenger Facilities and Transit Oriented Communities
Design Guidelines and how they are being applied to
on designing spaces to be intensively programmed and
recent projects around Metro Vancouver.
what it takes to run them once built (examples include
HOSTS >
Southeast False Creek Plaza, Lansdowne Park, Hastings
TransLink – Jeff Busby, Joanne Proft, MCIP, RPP
Park, Beach and Howe).
Strengthening Sense of Place on Campus
HOSTS>
PFS Studio – Marta Farevaag, FCIP, RPP &
The pre-dinner tour will review the implementation of
others from Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg.
Vancouver Campus Plan, Public Realm Project and
wayfinding policies and objectives seeking to strengthen
Active Transportation in Vancouver
people’s mind maps and sense of place of the urban
The evening will include a tour of active transportation
(campus) environment.
facilities in Vancouver and a talk by Urban Systems
HOSTS >
staff and the City of Copenhagen’s Bicycle Programme
Campus + Community Planning, UBC
Manager, continuing the conversation over dinner on
– Dean Gregory, RLA, BCSLA, ASLA, LEED® AP,
Vancouver’s scenic seawall.
Nena Vukojevic, CPP, MPIBC, MCIP, RPP
HOSTS >
Location >
Urban Systems – Brian Patterson, MCIP, RPP,
UBC Point Grey Campus, 2210 West Mall.
Andreas Røhl (City of Copenhagen).
Dinner at Point Grill Restaurant.
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Dialogue: Community Wellness and Design
Transforming Underutilized Urban Sites
Referencing recent work at UniverCity (SFU-Burnaby),
Explore the transformation of underutilized urban sites
Sears Crosstown (Memphis, USA) and Pearson-Dogwood
via some innovative examples from across Canada of
(Vancouver), DIALOG will initiate a conversation to explore
brownfield redevelopment, underpass areas transformed
the planning processes, plan frameworks, and urban
into parks, redevelopment of military bases, and waterfront
design initiatives that can contribute positively to the
revitalization. The evening will include a tour of the
holistic health and well-being of residents, ecologies, and
successfully redeveloped Woodward’s site.
the community as a whole.
HOSTS >
HOSTS >
Carla Guerrera, MCIP, RPP, John Steil, FCIP, RPP,
Alan Boniface, Kevin King, MCIP, RPP (DIALOG).
Simon O’Byrne, MCIP, RPP (Stantec).
Dialogue: Sustainability & Innovation
in the Public Realm
Innovative Urban Aboriginal Project
Streets, parks, and public spaces can contribute to
–“a triumphant reflection of the rich and diverse heritage
social, environmental, and economically sustainable
developments. This presentation and discussion will
include a look at projects at Southeast False Creek, SFU
UniverCity, Granville Street, and Dockside.
You will tour the beautiful and distinctive Skwachàys
of Aboriginal people living in the urban landscape”. This
mixed-use project (art gallery, low income housing, healing
lodge, and traditionally inspired gathering places) balances
a 100-year old Victorian facade, a 40-foot story pole, and a
HOSTS >
traditional longhouse. http://skwachays.com/
PWL Partnership – Margot Long, Jason Wegman.
Dinner follows at a popular, friendly restaurant in the
Downtown Eastside.
HOSTS >
Gwyn Symmons, MCIP, RPP, Jada Martinson, BPI
(CitySpaces Consulting).
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SUNDAY EVENING
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
CINEMA VANCOUVER
A Community Film Screening & Dialogue > 7 to 10 pm
Open to delegates and the public, this event will journey into Vancouver’s archival film footage. Film and video play
a significant role in helping people to understand place, space and their relationships to the social world. Cinema
Vancouver will pay respect to those who found value in turning their lenses onto the city and making Vancouver
their subject. This screening will showcase some unique, mid-20th century CBC and the National Film Board
footage exploring the city through its architectural patterns, revisiting notions of “blight” and urban renewal in the
1960’s, walking along Robson Street when it was the epicenter of German-Canadian culture. Enjoy a contemplative
journey through the city in the cinematic premiere of “City Song”. Aimed at planners, historians, filmmakers and city
lovers of all stripes, this event is both a visual treat for the senses and a unique opportunity for dialogue.
Guest speakers include local historian John Atkin, local resident Shirley Chan, moderated by planners/film makers
Mark Pickersgill and Diana Leung. Q&A and audience discussion will be encouraged.
Film Program
•
City Patterns (13 mins) (CBC; 1962)
•
To Build a Better Neighbourhood (15 mins) (NFB/CMHC; 1964)
•
Robson Street Stories (5 mins) (CBC; 1964)
•
City Song (Premiere Screening) (20 mins) (CBC; 1961)
Location
>
Pacific Cinémathèque (1131 Howe Street)
Sunday July 7, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (doors 6:45pm)
Cost
$15 (delegates may pre-register. Tickets will also be available at the venue).
>
Date/Time >
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LEARNING TOURS > Sat
All Learning Tours require pre-registration, and have fees additional to the conference registration fee.
SATURDAY, JULY 6TH
LEARNING TOUR 1 > 12:00 to 5:00 pm > LUs/CMs 4
Everything to Everybody:
The Multiple Personalities of the Boundary Bay Dyke
– Bike Tour
Gearing Up:
Form, Density, and Growing Pains
in Vancouver’s Connected Core – Bike Tour
This tour offers participants an oceanside bike route with
This tour will visit Vancouver’s inner districts to examine
breathtaking scenery. Boundary Bay Dyke is located
various neighbourhood policies and planning projects
very near the US border. The tour introduces various
that have defined “Vancouverism” from a planning and
planning issues that intersect with the Boundary Bay Dyke,
design perspective. Leaders will reveal how Vancouver’s
revealing on site the challenges related to residential land
development has evolved in the contexts of history,
use and agriculture, heritage conservation and recreation,
societal change, environmental psychology, and
wildlife and public access from provincial, regional, and
sustainability, as well as in relation to ever-changing design
local perspectives. Short discussions and presentations will
and planning traditions. Similarly, the traveling discussion
happen at designated stops along the bike route.
will explore the relationship between development, activity,
This tour includes transportation, bicycle and helmet rental,
and form alongside shifting investment in transportation
as well as a boxed lunch.
technologies; participants will experience this relationship
in a direct way as they travel through the downtown
LEADERS >
core. The tour is intended to be accessible to both local
Adam Vasilevich MCIP, RPP, Greg Paris
practitioners and urban thinkers new to Vancouver’s
(Metro Vancouver Parks),
planning contexts. Riders of varied experience are
Susan Elbe MCIP, RPP (Corporation of Delta),
welcome, as the tour will stay mainly on bike lanes,
Lee-Ann Garnett MCIP, RPP (Metro Vancouver),
seawalls, and protected bikeways.
Kathleen Zimmerman (BC Ministry of Agriculture).
This tour includes bicycle and helmet rental, as well as a
DEPARTURE LOCATION >
boxed lunch.
Bayshore Grand Ballroom Foyer
LEADERS >
Brendan Hurley (Via Architecture),
Patrick Chan (Urban Designer).
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Seeding Change:
Local Food Networks and Community Revitalization
– Walking Tour
Planners must address the complex, interrelated issues
of climate, food production, lack of arable land, high real
estate costs, and exploding population growth. Though the
issues are challenging, they are not without solutions. The
local food movement is an ally, taking aim at food security,
food accessibility, and environmental degradation. In
Vancouver, purveyors of local food are part of the potential
transformation of the city’s food systems, connecting
multiple avenues of production and sparking a wider
network of food growers, sellers, and enthusiasts.
This mobile tour provides a glimpse into how these
networks are forming, focusing on the Downtown Eastside
neighbourhood as fertile ground for community movements
and local urban gardens. Aboriginal communities, rehabilitation
centres, tenants of single-room occupancy, business owners,
condo owners, and the wider community are realizing the
potential of local food for community revitalization.
Participants will enjoy a meal of local food at the Potluck Cafe.
LEADERS >
Jessica Hum (PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication),
Cameron Barker (University of British Columbia),
Andrea Carlson (Raincity Grill),
Sean Dory (SOLEfood Farm),
Kailin See (Portland Health Society),
James O’Neill (City of Vancouver),
Sean Heather (The Irish Heather).
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LEARNING TOURS > Sun
SUNDAY, JULY 7TH
Morning
All Day
LEARNING TOUR 4A > 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
> LUs/CMs 2.5
LEARNING TOUR 5 > 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
> LUs/CMs 6
Vancouver’s Public Art – Bike Tour
Join local expert John Steil for the first of two bicycle tours
showcasing Vancouver’s diverse public art. Pedal through
Choose Your Own Adventure:
Themed Walks Within Regional City Centres
– Transit and Walking Tour
interesting planning and urban design sites like Vancouver’s
This tour provides a taste of Metro Vancouver by visiting
Olympic Village, Downtown, Coal Harbour, False Creek, and
three distinct regional city centres: Lonsdale (City of North
visit some of Vancouver’s historic neighbourhoods, including
Vancouver), the City of New Westminster, and Surrey
Gastown and Chinatown.
City Centre.
Bicycle and helmet rental are included as part of this tour.
Traveling by Skytrain and SeaBus allows for a real-life
Registered participants will also receive a copy of Public
illustration of the challenges and successes of transit-
Art in Vancouver: Angels Among Lions by John Steil and
oriented urban waterfront and suburban centre revitalization.
Aileen Stalker.
Upon arrival at each regional city centre, local planners will
provide an orientation with interesting context about history,
LEADER >
demographics, and current planning issues. Participants will
John Steil, FCIP, RPP (Stantec).
then be guided on walking tours of their choosing. Various
walking-tour topics will focus on: energy and climate, green
building, transit-oriented development, pier and suburban
redevelopment, river market renewal, and city-centre
revitalization. The aim is to provide a broad-brush perspective
of the region as a whole, but also delve more deeply into
specific issues unique to each regional city centre yet
representative of concerns faced by many communities.
Participants will be contacted after registering for this tour
to select the themed walking tours. Note: Come prepared
to walk for a few hours. This tour includes travel on transit,
and admission to the Beer & Bites reception at the Surrey
Public Library, hosted by the City of Surrey.
LEADERS >
Emilie Adin, MCIP, RPP (City of North Vancouver),
Erik Blair (Metro Vancouver),
Jason Emmert, MCIP, RPP (Metro Vancouver),
Beverly Grieve, MCIP, RPP (City of New Westminster),
Eve Hou, MCIP, RPP (Metro Vancouver,)
Don Luymes (City of Surrey),
Jason Smith (Metro Vancouver).
DEPARTURE LOCATION > Bayshore Grand Ballroom Foyer
Generously sponsored by Metro Vancouver.
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Afternoon
Add People and Stir:
Lessons Learned in Rapid Sustainable Development
– Bus Tour
Cranes, (Sky)trains and Automobiles:
The Future of Surrey City Centre
– Transit & Walking Tour
Surrey is the fastest-growing city in Metro Vancouver,
Since 1991, it has been the goal of the City of Surrey to
and in response to this demand has developed and
develop City Centre as a regional downtown and as the
implemented policy to facilitate the rapid redevelopment
main business, cultural and activity centre for Surrey and
of suburban acreages into high-density “instant” urban
for communities south of the Fraser River. Since then,
communities, with varying results. This rapid growth has
Surrey’s City Centre has been rapidly transitioning into
taken place primarily in two neighbourhoods of several
an area of high-density residential, commercial, office,
thousand residents. Growth has been faster than expected,
and institutional development containing a wide-range of
leaving little time for the evaluation of policy effectiveness,
entertainment, cultural and social amenities, community
resulting in unexpected challenges that are unique to
facilities, and diverse residential neighbourhoods. City
each neighbourhood. It has also shown that in practice,
Centre population was 22,800 in 2006, jumped to 28,120 in
achieving more sustainable forms of development requires
2011, and is expected to reach 65,000 people by 2031.
not only strong planning principles, but also a focus
Accommodating this high level of growth and rapid change
on planning for neighbourhood functionality for when
construction is complete.
requires a complete shift in density, design, and function.
This shift has been underway for several years but what
Using a lessons-learned approach, this half-day mobile bus
has taken place to date represents only a small fraction of
tour will demonstrate some of the successes and failures of
the transitions that this Surrey neighbourhood is going to
these instant communities by exploring form and function
experience over the next 20 years.
first hand.
Note: This tour includes travel on transit, and admission to
Note: This tour includes a boxed lunch and admission to
Beer & Bites reception at the Surrey Public Library, hosted
Beer & Bites reception at the Surrey Public Library, hosted
by the City of Surrey.
by the City of Surrey.
LEADERS >
LEADERS >
Carla Stewart, MCIP, RPP, Preet Heer, and Patrick Klassen
Chris Atkins (City of Surrey),
(City of Surrey).
Daniel Sturgeon (City of Surrey),
Art Phillips (Larco Investments Ltd.).
Generously sponsored by the City of Surrey.
Generously sponsored by the City of Surrey.
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LEARNING TOURS > Sun
LEARNING TOUR 4B > 1:00 to 3:30 pm
LEARNING TOUR 8 > 1:00 to 4:30 pm
> LUs/CMs 2.5
> LUs/CMs 3.5
Vancouver’s Public Art – Bike Tour
Planning in a Canadian Port City:
Vancouver Harbour Tour – Boat Tour
Join local expert Bill Pechet for the second of two bicycle
tours showcasing Vancouver’s diverse public art. Pedal
Join Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) and Asia Pacific
Gateway Skills Table (APGST) for a boat cruise in Burrard
through interesting planning and urban design sites like
Inlet that will provide planners with a unique view of
Vancouver’s Olympic Village, Downtown, Coal Harbour,
False Creek, and visit some of Vancouver’s historic
industrial lands within the Port and the region.
neighbourhoods, including Gastown and Chinatown.
The afternoon will also include presentations on port and
Bicycle and helmet rental are included as part of this tour.
regional land use planning, and a tour of PMV’s Operations
Registered participants will also receive a copy of Public
Centre at Canada Place to learn about supply-chain
logistics, marine navigation and emergency response.
Aileen Stalker.
LEADERS >
LEADERS >
Lillian Chau, MCIP, RPP, Sarah Farina, MCIP, RPP
Bill Pechet
(UBC School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture)
(Port Metro Vancouver),
Oksana Exell (Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table).
Generously sponsored by Port Metro Vancouver.
Art in Vancouver: Angels Among Lions by John Steil and
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Picture BC
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LEARNING TOURS > Mon
MONDAY, JULY 8TH
Morning
Afternoon
> LUs/CMs 3.5
Prove It:
Evidence-based Tools for Evaluating & Planning
Healthy Community Design – Walking Tour
False Creek:
Past, Present & Future Models of City-Building
– Walking Tour
In this mobile tour, presenters from a variety of
This “field school” learning tour will provide training on two
disciplines—architecture, planning, urban history, art
practical tools for evaluating healthy community design.
curatorship, and adaptive climate policy—will lead various
The Walkability Index examines macro-scale land use
and transportation patterns, analyzing parcel-based land
use mix, net residential density, street connectivity, and
retail floor space ratio (built from postal code geometry).
in situ discussions on False Creek’s master-planned
districts. Together, these talks will explore False Creek’s
neighbourhoods as testing grounds for different, and
sometimes conflicting, ideas about city-building.
Participants will explore the data sources used by the Index
Topics of discussion will include: housing types, urban
and methods to bring it into the hands of practitioners.
infrastructures, public art, public space and landscape,
The Streetscape Audit Tool picks up where walkability
leaves off—it evaluates micro-scale urban design features
of streetscapes, including seating, lighting, sidewalk
features, intersection and sidewalk characteristics, parking,
sustainable building practices, and climate change. The
aim is to create a complex portrait of an urban place and to
point to the myriad factors that we must take into account
in our planning work.
LEADERS >
and other features.
The tour will include a policy-focused discussion of how the
City of Vancouver and its regional transportation authority
(TransLink) use built environment measures collected
through these tools to inform decisions on transportation and
Danielle Wiley (City of Vancouver),
Roger Bayley, AIBC (Roger Bayley Inc.),
Joyce Drohan, AIBC (Perkins + Will, Vancouver),
Barrie Mowatt (Vancouver Biennale).
land use. Note: This tour includes a boxed lunch.
LEADERS >
Dr. Lawrence Frank, MCIP, RPP
(University of British Columbia) and other colleagues.
LOCATION > Arbutus
Listen and Learn: Soundwalking as a Planning Tool
– Session and Walking Tour
EVs Please!
How to Recharge Your Region with Electric Vehicles
– Electric Vehicle Tour
This Learning Tour has been discontinued.
This Learning Tour has been discontinued.
See Session 33.
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LEARNING TOURS > Mon
> LUs/CMs 2.5
Laneway Housing:
Residential Intensification & Rental Housing
– Bus & Walking Tour
Laneway houses add density to established single-family
areas, while preserving the streetscape and adding
housing supply and choice to areas well served by existing
infrastructure and services. Over 700 laneway houses
have been built in Vancouver since City Council approved
the laneway housing initiative in November 2009.
This mobile tour will view these small, detached dwelling
units built in backyards in place of garages. Zoning for
this new use was introduced for over 90% of the singlefamily lots in the city. Design guidelines provide for
neighbourliness, addressing privacy, shadowing, and
overlook of the partial second storey. Staff from the City
of Vancouver will discuss the laneway housing initiative
in detail, from outreach and policy development to site/
building design and construction. Participants are
encouraged to bring their questions.
LEADERS >
Jane Pickering, MCIP, RPP, Patricia St. Michel,
Heather Burpee, Sonia Erichsen (City of Vancouver).
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SPEAKER BIOS
Emilie K. Adin, MCIP, RPP, LEED® AP
Christopher Atkins, MCIP, RPP
Emilie is the City of North Vancouver’s Deputy Director of
the Community Development Department, and currently
manages the long-term planning, policy development,
social planning and development planning functions for
the City. Emilie came to the City of North Vancouver in
2009, previously at the City of Langford as the Deputy City
Planner. For the past 12 years, Emilie has written widely on
urban design and planning, including the PlanGirl Travels
column in Planning West magazine, and she is currently
writing a book on the history of urban design ideas in
Europe. She holds a UBC Master’s Degree in planning and
an SFU Urban Design Certificate; and has instructed over
Christopher has worked with the City of Surrey for
approximately 7 years specializing in the processing
of development applications and is involved with the
preparation of neighbourhood-level secondary plans,
including Surrey’s East Clayton residential neighbourhood.
He received his education at the University of British
Columbia School of Community and Regional Planning.
Before joining the City Christopher worked for the City of
New Westminster in the Planning Department.
the course of several years at Royal Roads University.
Morgan Alger
Morgan is a Master’s student at Queen’s University School
of Urban and Regional Planning. She is originally from
Calgary, Alberta, and she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Urban
Studies and Architectural Studies from the University of
Calgary. She likes to bring her background in design,
education and social issues into her studies in planning.
Morgan’s graduate studies have centered on questions
of democracy, public space and public engagement in
contemporary Canadian cities. Her current research project
about alternative approaches to graffiti is informed by her
coursework in community development and social planning.
John Andrew, MCIP, RPP, PhD
John teaches urban planning and commercial real estate
courses at the Queen’s University, in the School of Urban
and Regional Planning and the School of Business. He
is also Director of the Queen’s Real Estate Roundtable
(Q25), which focuses on executive education seminars
and applied research in the commercial real estate sector.
The Q25 offers the Executive Seminars on Corporate and
Investment Real Estate, an industry-leading, Torontobased seminar series which John established in 2004.
John is a consultant in urban planning and commercial real
estate, and has served as an expert witness in real estate
commercial litigation. He is a frequent speaker and national
media commentator on a broad range of real estate issues,
and currently is the guest expert on a weekly real estate
segment on CTV News Channel.
Justin Barer
Justin is an Associate, Planner with GP Rollo & Associates,
Land Economists, in Vancouver. He has worked in planning
& real estate consulting for 5 years and holds a Masters in
Planning from Queen’s University.
Cameron Barker
Cameron is passionate about cities, the environment and
urban space. He graduated from Ryerson University in
Urban and Regional Planning and has worked in municipal
city planning and environmental planning including stints
in Suriname, South America and Australia. Cameron
worked for the City of Toronto’s Live Green environmental
grant program and delivered research relating to local
food procurement at the municipal level. He currently
resides in Vancouver and assists the Vancouver Public
Space Network in his free time. Cameron is also an active
member of the Process Advisory and Civic Engagement
committee for the Grandview-Woodlands Community
planning process.
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Janet Barlow
Larry Beasley, CM, FCIP, RPP
Janet is an Active Transportation Coordinator at the
Ecology Action Centre, has worked on walking and cycling
issues at the Ecology Action Centre since 2002. In the
role of Active Transportation Coordinator she manages
programs, consults on safe active transportation and works
on infrastructure and policy issues. An environmental
educator at heart, Janet has worked for 15 years with
a variety of Nova Scotian non-profit and governmental
organizations. She is co-author of a trail activity book
called Earth Adventures in the Halifax Region: 25 Nature
Trails for Fun and Discovery, works with Hike Nova Scotia
and runs Sense of Wonder Environmental Education.
Larry is the retired Co-Director of Planning for the City of
Vancouver. He is now the “Distinguished Practice Professor
of Planning” at the University of British Columbia and the
founding principal of Beasley and Associates, an international
planning consultancy. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute
of Planners, an Honorary Member of the Canadian Society
of Landscape Architects and has been recognized as an
“Advocate for Architecture” by the Royal Architectural Institute
of Canada. He has two Honorary Doctorate Degrees, is a
Member of the Order of Canada, and has received the Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Jack Basey, QC
Robin is a transportation planner who has worked in
both the private and public sectors since graduating from
McGill University with a Masters degree in Urban Planning
in 1989. He became involved in advocating bicycle
transportation in Ottawa in the mid 1990s and then spent
10 years as the city’s Cycling Facilities Coordinator. He
currently works as Project Manager within a significantly
expanded cycling planning and implementation unit within
Transportation Planning in Ottawa. Robin has enjoyed
riding bicycles since childhood, and discovered as an
young adult that it is usually the very best way to explore
and experience a new region or city. He has undertaken
urban cycling transportation in dozens of cities on four
continents, and experienced the best and worst of cycling.
His inspiration for urban design, bicycling transportation
and bicycle facility designs comes from various
experiences in northern Europe.
Jack, President of Bazink Solutions Inc., has over 30 years
of broadly based legal and planning and development
experience in both the public and private sectors in British
Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. Jack is formally educated
and trained in Business, Law, Facilitation and Dispute
Resolution. In addition to several bar memberships, he is a
candidate member of the Planning Institute of BC. Jack has
worked at both the provincial and municipal levels. He was
the Director of Planning and the City Solicitor of Victoria
BC. In addition to legal duties he was responsible for all
Land Use Planning, Development and Building Regulatory
matters. Before this he was the City Solicitor of Edmonton,
Alberta responsible for all legal matters for that city. He has
been in the private sector since 2006 and works directly
with the development and legal communities applying his
planning knowledge and legal skills in both the urban and
rural areas of BC. He facilitates complex developments
through the regulatory approvals processes. In addition, he
has participated on planning teams assisting municipalities
with the development of new land use bylaws. He also
acts as independent legal counsel to several law firms and
private citizens who request his assistance in land use
regulatory matters.
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Robin Bennett, MCIP, RPP
Carol Boothroyd
Carol has presented this session across Canada to rave
reviews. Audiences include RCMP, health care, educators,
volunteer sector, firefighters, all levels of government, UBC,
UNBC, the Justice Institute, BCIT, private sector and not
for profit groups. Carol is also a dynamic keynote speaker
focussing on communication. She addresses thousands of
people across Canada each year and brings professional
insights, skills and energetic humour to her fast paced,
practical and entertaining sessions. Carol teaches professional
development skills across Canada and is well known for fast
paced, refreshingly practical and enjoyable workshops.
SPEAKER BIOS
Alex Boston
Brad Bradford
Alex is a Senior Planner and Community Climate and
Brad, an urbanist, planner, and futurist is the Community
Energy Planner at the International District Energy
Association (IDEA) and is responsible for the Canadian
desk. A graduate of the University of Waterloo with a
Master of Planning degree, his research and project
work focuses on the intersection of land use planning,
density, and efficient solutions for addressing thermal
energy requirements. He is a passionate advocate for the
development of community-based thermal energy systems
that make sense in a world of energy scarcity and climate
change. He works with Canadian communities interested in
deploying district energy systems to support more resilient
energy strategies, increase economic competitiveness,
and drive urban intensification. Prior to joining IDEA,
Brad worked as a Planner at the Toronto-based design
studio DIALOG, where he provided land use and planning
policy consultation for transformative projects across
Canada. Brad continues to research, compose articles,
and speak on a number of topics including district energy
development, transit urbanism, and resilient city building
and is one of the co-founders of the Future-Proofing Cities
Working Group, an active contributor to the Symbiotic
Cities Network, and holds a seat on the QUEST Research
Advisory Board.
Energy Lead at Golder Associates Planning and Design
Division in Vancouver. He has advised real estate
developers, local governments and the Province of BC on
sea level rise adaptation. As a senior policy analyst with
the David Suzuki Foundation, Alex led projects on climate
change impacts in the Great Lakes and Canadian national
parks, and climate change and human health.
Adrian Boyd, MCIP, RPP
Adrian is the Director of Policy for the Nunavut Planning
Commission. He is currently leading the development of
a single land use plan to manage the land, water, marine
areas and resources of the Nunavut Settlement Area
(1.9 million kms). With 25 years of land use planning
experience Adrian has been involved in numerous
community and regional level land use planning, resource
management and conservation planning initiatives. He
has worked with municipal governments, First Nations,
Métis and Inuit communities and organizations in southern
Canada, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Adrian has
a: Diploma in Land Use Planning Technology; Bachelor of
Environmental Studies Degree (Geography); Certificates
in Social Work; Community Based Resource Management;
Leadership and Facilitation.
Oliver M. Brandes
Oliver joined the POLIS Project in 2003 to lead the Water Sustainability Project. He is a political ecologist with a Master of
Economics degree from Queens University and a Law Degree from the University of Victoria. He also studied ecological restoration
through the Restoration of Natural Systems program at UVic and international relations in Europe. Oliver was involved in various
environmental and development projects in Costa Rica and Ecuador, including a tropical reforestation initiative, water treatment
facility construction and a sea-turtle restoration project. He also worked in Canada’s North for the territorial judges at the Nunavut
Court of Justice. His work at POLIS focuses on sound resource management and ecological based legal and institutional reform.
As Water Sustainability Project leader, Oliver provides strategic water policy advice to NGOs and all levels of government and has
authored several major reports. In 2007, Oliver took on the role of Associate Director of POLIS and in 2010 he became Co-Director.
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Rob Buchan, FCIP, RPP
Devin Causley, MCIP, RPP
Rob is currently a Ph.D Candidate researching food system
planning at the University of Victoria, an Instructor at the
University of Victoria, and is also the Chief Administrative
Officer for the District of North Saanich. In 2009, Rob
was elected to the College of Fellows in the Canadian
Institute of Planners. His professional work has won 18
awards of Excellence from several organizations including
the Canadian Institute of Planners, Canada Mortgage
and Housing Commission, the Union of British Columbia
Municipalities, the Provincial Capital Commission and the
Planning Institute of British Columbia. Rob was a member
of the Federal Government’s Interface Fire Hazard Policy
working group, a member of the Canadian Green Building
Devin has worked with the Federation of Canadian
Municipalities since 2003 where he is responsible for
managing and developing programs on climate change,
energy and sustainable community planning, including
the Partners for Climate Protection program. Devin holds
a Master of Applied Environmental Studies in Local
Economic Development and a Bachelor of Environmental
Studies in Planning from the University of Waterloo. He
is a registered professional planner with the Canadian
Institute of Planners (CIP) and trained facilitator. Beyond
his work with FCM, he is an active member of several
external working groups including the PIEVC committee of
Engineers Canada and CIP’s National Policy Committee.
Drawing upon these experiences, Devin regularly publishes
articles on climate change and sustainable planning. In
his time away from work Devin is an avid traveller and has
visited more than 40 countries.
Council LEED® ND core committee and is the Chair of
the Community Planning program with the Municipal
Administration Training Institute. With over 20 years of
management and leadership experience, Rob has served
as the Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Planning
for the District of North Saanich, the CAO and Director of
Planning in the City of Langford, and the Planning Director
for the Town of Comox.
Bill Buholzer, FCIP, RPP, LL.B
Bill is a partner in the Vancouver municipal law firm Young,
Anderson and the author of British Columbia Planning
Law and Practice and the Planning and Zoning title
in Halsbury’s Laws of Canada. He writes regularly for
Planning West and teaches in the Simon Fraser University
City Program and the School of Community and Regional
Planning at UBC.
Sandra Carter
Sandra is a senior municipal solicitor with Valkyrie Law
Group. She provides advice to local governments and
First Nations, including servicing agreements, protocol
agreements, treaty implications, planning and related
issues, as well as local government law generally. Sandra
has participated in FCM and UBCM local governmentFirst Nations forums on a variety of issues, as well as
presenting for other local government organizations in
British Columbia.
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Lui Carvello, MCIP, RPP
Lui has provided advice to local governments across B.C.
for more than a decade, and previously to developers
and landowners. Carvello Law Corporation focuses on
planning, development and environmental law.
Patrick Chan, Ph.D
Patrick is an urban designer currently working in
Vancouver. His international experience in planning
and design practices ranges from community and
neighbourhood physical plans to building design at various
scales to public engagement workshops and co-design
strategies. Prior to working in the public sector in the Lower
Mainland, he worked in various firms in Australia and
Singapore. He has taught history and theory at the Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology's School of Architecture
and Design where he received his PhD.
SPEAKER BIOS
Candy Chang
Ron Cruikshank, MCIP, RPP
Candy is an artist, designer, and urban planner who makes
cities more comfortable for people. A Senior TED Fellow,
Chang is passionate about redefining the ways we share
information in public space to improve our neighborhoods.
Candy is co-founder of Neighborland.com— a website that
allows people to share their suggestions about improving
the public spaces in their cities with others who have similar
goals. She was chosen as one of six Community Advocates
to speak on behalf of the 2012 TED Prize winner, “The City
2.0." During the ceremony, she spoke about her dreams for
future cities. Chang’s experience working with residents,
community organizations, companies, and governments in
cities around the world—on projects about street vendors'
rights, criminal justice, housing costs, career choices,
downtown revitalization, economic development, and
personal goals—gives her speeches a unique perspective
for improving lives. She is creating a book on the "Before
I Die" project that will include lots of walls from around
the world, personal stories, and visual insights into our
aspirations for urban living.
Ron is the Director for the Yukon Land Use Planning
Council (YLUPC). He has 20 years of professional planning
experience in northern Canada. For 4 years, he was the
Senior Land Use Planner/Coordinator for the Gwich’in
Land Use Planning Board in the NWT. This work led to
the approved Gwich’in Settlement Area Land Use Plan.
For the past 10 years, he has assisted and coordinated
the implementation of Chapter 11 of the Umbrella Final
Agreement, Land Use Planning in the Yukon, including the
approved North Yukon Regional Land Use Plan. Through
his professional experience, he has become familiar
with regional planning under both the Mackenzie Valley
Resource Management Act (MVRMA) and the Yukon First
Nation Final Agreements. Ron received his Master of Arts
(Geography) from the University of Waterloo in 1990.
Fast Company named Candy Chang an Emerging
Master of Design, and TED made her a Senior Fellow
for 2011-2012. A former art director at The New York
Times, and a 2011 Tulane/Rockefeller Foundation Urban
Innovation Fellow, Chang has exhibited her work at the
National Design Triennial at the Cooper-Hewitt Design
Museum, and has created public art commissions for civic
institutions, airports, and creative organizations. She has
also been selected as a World Economic Forum Young
Global Leader.
Lindsay Chase, MCIP, RPP
Lindsay is the Director of Development Services with
the Town of View Royal and is the Past-President of the
Planning Institute of British Columbia. She is also the
program chair for this conference. In her spare time she
can be found on a bike, hiking trail or New York City.
She met her co-presenters when they all served on CIP
Council. Life was never the same after that!
Deborah Curran, LL.B, LL.M
Deborah is the Hakai Professor in Environmental Law and
Sustainability at the University of Victoria in the Faculty of
Law. A land use lawyer, Deborah's work focuses on legal
strategies for smart growth and sustainability.
Barbara Daly
Barbara has a background in Economics and brings
more than 20 years of private sector project management
experience. She has been a Sr. PM with the Office of
Environment, City of Edmonton for three years and
oversees a range of environmental projects that include a
role as the City's Brownfield Coordinator.
Nicholas Danford
Nicholas is a Queen’s University Urban and Regional
Planning 2013 Master’s candidate. Nicholas also holds
a Bachelor of Business Management from the University
of Queensland in Australia. His planning interests lie in
land use policy and strategic planning. Prior to returning
to school Nicholas worked as a project coordinator in
the policy and strategy department of a British Columbia
Crown Corporation. Nicholas also volunteered at a
resource center for male sex workers in Vancouver, where
his interest in the subject of brothels started. He has
dedicated his research to the identification of best policy
practice for the sex industry.
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Janine de la Salle
Geoff Dyer
Janine is one of Canada’s leading professionals in the
emerging field of sustainable food and agriculture systems.
As a senior planner with Golder, Janine works with
municipalities, developers, and communities to plan and
design food systems that create community health and
wealth while respecting and restoring ecological systems.
Janine brings multi-disciplinary teams together to develop
a wide-range of projects including food system strategies
and policies, guidebooks for local governments, farm
parks, food hub feasibility and design, local food economy
assessments, agriculture strategies, and agricultural
urbanist neighbourhood designs. Janine is frequently
invited to teach and speak about sustainable food and
agriculture systems, and is a co-editor and contributor to:
Agricultural Urbanism, Handbook for Building Sustainable
Food and Agriculture Systems in 21st Century Cities. As
recognition of these efforts, in 2010 Janine was awarded
the CIP President’s award for Young Planner (2010).
Geoff is a Principal and Director of Design for Placemakers
llc, and Owner, Principal of Placemaker s Canada Inc. He
is a regular educator, lecturer, and writer on the subject of
sustainable urbanism, urban design, and alternative land
use regulations and development standards - particularly
form based codes and the SmartCode. For the past
nine years, he has run a successful Calgary-based
urban design firm focused exclusively on the design
and implementation of walkable, mixed-use urbanism.
Geoff holds a Master of Environmental Design (Urban
Design) from the University of Calgary, is a Knight Fellow
in Community Building from the University of Miami, is
accredited by the Congress for the New Urbanism, and is a
member of the New Urban Guild.
Joyce Drohan, AIBC, LEED AP
As Executive Director of Asia Pacific Gateway Skills
Table, Oksana has experience in both the public and
private sectors, which lends itself well to managing a
non-project focussed on the Asia Pacific Gateway. As
a former CEO of a provincial crown corporation, she is
familiar with operating accountabilities within a provincial
financial framework. As a CEO and COO of two technology
firms she has firsthand knowledge of the needs of small
business employers.
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As Director of Urban Design at Perkins + Will (Vancouver),
Joyce led design teams for Vancouver’s flagship sustainable
communities, South East False Creek (Official Development
Plan) and East Fraserlands (ODP and Rezonings). The
latter was recognized with awards from the Canadian
Institute of Planners, Smart Growth British Columbia, the
Canadian Urban Institute and the Canadian Society of
Landscape Architects. More recently, Joyce consulted for
the City of Vancouver on a master planning study of the
Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts site in Northeast False
Creek. Joyce is also an adjunct professor at the University of
British Columbia.
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Susan Elbe, MCIP, RPP
Susan is a Planner II at the Corporation of Delta in Delta, BC.
Oksana Exell
Anthony Ferri
Anthony is a graduate of the University of New South
Wales’ (Australia) Master’s degree in Urban Development
and Design and is currently working in Yellowknife as the
Planning & Lands Officer with the City of Yellowknife’s
Department of Planning and Development. He moved
to the north with dreams of biathlon, dog sledding, and
excellent job prospects, but stayed for the weather and
welcoming people. Although he has been there for less
than two years, his experience has been an eye opener
and has contributed to broadening his planning knowledge
and increasing his interest in Canada’s north.
SPEAKER BIOS
Andy Fillmore, MCIP, LPP, AICP
Andrea Gabor, FCIP, RPP
Andy is the Vice President of Planning & Development at the
Waterfront Development Corporation in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Andrea is an urban planner and partner of Urban Strategies
Inc. Through her extensive planning experience, she has
dealt with a full range of planning, policy and development
issues. This includes land use policy issues at all levels,
from site to region and in many jurisdictions within Canada
and internationally. Andrea often leads interdisciplinary
teams in the achievement of community or corporate
master plans and the elaboration of strategic, effective
policy. Her focus is to manage the synthesis of public and
private interests to achieving outcomes that meet both
public and private objectives. Her approach is to bring all
interests together from the inception of any assignment to
stimulate discussion and ultimately forge consensus. Andrea
frequently lectures and presents in a variety of venues
including universities, conferences and industry events. She
was named a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners
in 2007 and is just finishing her term as the President of the
Canadian Institute of Planners.
David Fitzpatrick, MCIP, RPP
David is a Planner with the Planning and Urban Design
team in DIALOG’s Toronto studio where he specializes in
land economics and market feasibility.
Patricia Foran
Patricia practices law at Aird and Berlis in Toronto where
she is the senior lawyer in their municipal and land use law
group. She appears regularly before the Ontario Municipal
Board and in courts in the province of Ontario.
Dr. Lawrence Frank
Dr. Frank has extensive experience investigating the
impacts of the built environment on transportation choice,
physical activity, air pollution, and health outcomes. He
is cross appointed in the University of British Columbia’s
School of Population and Public Health and School of
Community and Regional Planning. He was the first to
document significant associations between neighborhood
level measures of the built environment, obesity, and
objectively measured physical activity, and was also the
first to connect time spent in cars with obesity. Dr. Frank
has published over 80 peer reviewed articles and regularly
consults with planning and public health agencies.
Steve Frith, MCIP, RPP
Steve is the President of Urban Systems, a professional
consulting firm dedicated to the cause of vibrant
communities. Urban Systems has been named a Best
Workplace in Canada in the Globe and Mail Great
Workplace List for eight years running, one of only
a handful of companies in the country to share that
distinction. Steve’s professional and research interests
include organizational development, leadership, strategic
planning, and public policy.
Jeca Glor-Bell
Jeca worked in capacity building and youth engagement
in environmental non-profit sector for several years before
completing her MA in community and regional planning
from the University of British Columbia. Her long standing
interest is in supporting sustainable development, with
experience working and training on climate change,
planning, operations and governance. She joined the
Green Municipal Fund’s Knowledge Services team in 2010.
Dana Goodfellow
Dana is Agent for the Director of the Public Prosecution of
Canada at the Phoenix Law Corporation. Dana, a lawyer
of 12+ years, has extensive litigation experience, including
having worked with the Vancouver and Toronto offices of a
leading national law firm, BC Securities Commission and
BC Ministry of Justice. Through Phoenix Law Corporation
she teams with Carvello Law on municipal litigation matters
and provides bylaw enforcement services to BC local
governments. She is also associate counsel with Jones &
Co. and an agent for the Director of the Public Prosecution
Service of Canada and prosecutes federal cases.
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Dr. David Gordon, MCIP, RPP, AICP
Dr. Gordon is Professor and Director of the Queen’s
School of Urban and Regional Planning. He has been
a professional planner in the private and public sector
for 20 years, twice sharing the CIP National Award of
Distinction. David's latest books are Planning 20th Century
Capital Cities (Routledge 2010) and Planning Canadian
Communities (Nelson 2012 with Gerald Hodge). His
current research is on the extent of Canadian suburbs and
on the history of Canada’s national capital.
Beverly Grieve, MCIP, RPP
Beverly is a planner with a longstanding interest in growth
management, housing policy, sustainable development and
mentoring the next generation of planners. She is currently
the Manager of Planning for the City of New Westminster
and before that she was a Senior Planner and Acting
Manager for the Homelessness Unit at Metro Vancouver
and the Housing Planner for the City of Burnaby. For
over ten years, she has taught a course in Housing and
Community Sustainability at Simon Fraser University. She
holds a MA in urban planning from the University of British
Columbia and is a member of CIP.
Susan Haid, MCIP, RPP
Susan is Manager of Sustainable Community Development
at the District of North Vancouver where she leads longrange, integrated community planning and brings 20
years of experience in community and sustainability
planning from municipal and regional levels along with
an educational background in planning, landscape
architecture, and biology.
Nancy Hackett, MCIP, RPP
As a professional planner with 15 years’ experience in
community planning, and armed with a Bachelor’s degree
in urban planning and Masters in Natural Resource and
Environmental Management, Nancy began The City of Red
Deer’s first climate change adaptation plan in 2010. The
project involved a multi-departmental approach spanning
all components of city planning and City operations. Nancy
will discuss the resulting plan’s success in navigating
obstacles to arrive at a completed plan and the strategies
developed to bring resources together to advance Red
Deer’s understanding and response to climate change.
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Jessica Hallenbeck
Jessica is the Principal of Hallenbeck Consultants, a
planning consulting company located in Vancouver, BC.
She is a professionally trained filmmaker and community
planner with over ten years of experience in documentary
video production, participatory video facilitation, and
digital storytelling. She is currently working on several
video-based projects, including; the South Vancouver
Neighbourhood House senior’s digital storytelling project,
urban ink production society’s film “We Have Stories:
Indigenous Women’s Work in the Fishing Economy”, and
the Lake Babine Nation’s film on the barricade treaty.
Jessica is also a PhD candidate in the Department of
Geography at UBC.
Colleen Hamilton
Colleen is an associate at Ecoplan with experience in
local economic development, climate change adaptation,
strategic planning and community engagement. Recently
Colleen co-facilitated a week-long workshop in South
Korea on Strategic Planning for Eco-Efficient and
Socially Inclusive Infrastructure. Delivered in partnership
with UN-HABITAT and UNESCAP, the session brought
together local government professionals from around the
Asia-Pacific. Colleen is also certified by the Canadian
Standards Association as a Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Quantifier and has experience in developing offset
projects, conducting complex greenhouse gas inventories
and training businesses how to measure and manage
their environmental impact. Colleen holds a M.Sc. in
Local Economic Development from the London School of
Economics and an undergraduate degree in Business from
the University of Victoria.
Alan Hart
Alan is founding principal of VIA, an architectural and
planning practice that has been dedicated to creating
livable sustainable cities for three decades. His work
has been has been described as visionary pragmatism,
whereby the goals are set high yet the framework,
measures and tools for implementation are clearly
established and rooted in common sense. Alan believes
that by working collaboratively, we can better understand,
envision and improve how we use our cities. Our
movement within and around cities profoundly affects our
perception and experience.
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Preet Heer
Preet, Senior Planner, City of Surrey has worked with the
City of Surrey for 10 years where she is responsible for the
City Centre Plan and other Neighbourhood Concept Plans.
Preet has also work in policy development in a range of
areas including agricultural policy and social planning as well
as development planning. Before joining the City of Surrey,
Preet worked in the non-profit sector as a Community
Planner for Surrey Social Futures; she also worked as
a sessional instructor in the Department of Sociology at
Kwantlen University. Preet completed her Master’s in
Community and Regional Planning at UBC, and her Urban
Studies Certificate at SFU. Preet is also passionate about
health and well- being and is a part time yoga instructor.
Danny Higashitani
Danny is a senior engineer who has worked with AANDC
for the past 13 years on infrastructure projects. He has
provided strategic advice to senior management on water
supply, treatment, and distribution as well as on federal
government policies. His current role in Asset Management
allows Danny to focus on empowering First Nations in
the proper day-to-day function of their infrastructure,
particularly around health and safety by providing them
with tools to develop appropriate Maintenance and Asset
Management Programs. Prior to joining AANDC, Danny
worked in the private sector on local and international
water and wastewater projects.
Brendan Hurley
As a Vancouver-based urban design and planning
professional, Brendan has been facilitating and
developing visions for the planning, community-building,
and engagement efforts of sustainable, functional and
vibrant urban places in North America, Australia, and the
Middle East. He has worked with both civic government
and design firms examining strategies for effective
livable density and connectivity for existing and new
neighbourhoods and town centres. He has also been
involved in post-occupancy evaluation, place-based
assessment, and public engagement regarding dwelling,
open space, and urban structure design in districts ranging
from rural townships to tower-density urban
core neighbourhoods.
Paul Inghram
Paul is the comprehensive planning manager for the City
of Bellevue, Washington. He has spent nearly twenty years
serving neighborhoods, cities, and counties in Washington
State, working for both public and private employers.
Recently, Paul led the adoption of the Bel-Red Plan, an
ambitious plan for three new light rail transit stations and
redevelopment of 900-acres with 10 million square feet of
urban mixed uses by 2030. Paul has an undergraduate
degree in design and planning from the University of
Washington and an MBA from Seattle University.
Jessica Hum
Jessica is a community development and communications
professional with background in Urban and Regional
Planning. Jessica uses a wide range of online media
and personal communications in her role as Community
Engagement Strategist for PUBLIC: Architecture +
Communication. She brings over eight years of community
development experience with seniors, children, youth
and adults with disabilities. She is a Canada World Youth
alumni and former member of the Toronto Youth Cabinet
and Youth Engagement Program, Laidlaw Foundation. As
a former lifeguard, youth worker and recreation instructor,
she can engage with families and seniors, community
members of all ages and abilities.
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John Ingram, MCIP, RPP
Jacky Kennedy
John is a professional planner whose core areas of
experience include strategic planning, community and
regional planning, community engagement and facilitation,
and local economic development. With fourteen years
of planning experience, John has worked on a wide
range of projects throughout BC, Alberta, Yukon and
beyond. His projects have included land use plans,
growth management strategies, community engagement
initiatives, economic development strategies, and ecotourism opportunity analyses and assessments. His
clients have included the Musqueam, Gitga’at, Blackfoot,
Driftpile, Lower Nicola, Sliammon, St’át’imc, Hesquiat
and Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek First Nations;
the Central Okanagan, North Okanagan, Powell River,
Comox Valley, Metro Vancouver, Capital, Cowichan Valley,
and Nanaimo Regional Districts; the cities of Vancouver,
Surrey, Colwood, Langford and Langley; the Province of
BC; and multiple local and international non-government
organizations. John was project director on the Sliammon
Land Use Plan that won the 2010 PIBC Award of Planning
Excellence, and was primary author of Planning for
Climate Change: a strategic, values-based approach for
urban planners, which won a 2011 CIP Award of Planning
Excellence for publications (honourable mention). John
holds a graduate degree (with distinction) in urban and
rural planning from Dalhousie University. John is approved
as a Qualified Supplier of Professional Citizen Engagement
Services by the BC Government’s Ministry of Labour,
Citizens and Immigration.
Jacky is Director at Canada Walks, Green Communities
Pam Jefcoat
Pam is a municipal solicitor with Valkyrie Law Group who
provides advice to local governments and First Nations
on a wide range of issues including planning, zoning,
subdivision and infrastructure development and all aspects
of real estate development, as well as development of
treaty First Nation laws. Pam is a frequent public speaker
at many local government seminars and conferences
throughout the Province.
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Canada. Since 1993 Jacky has worked in the non-profit
sector to promote and encourage people to walk; she has
worked extensively with municipalities to encourage them
to create great walking environments. Jacky developed
and implemented Ontario’s Active & Safe Routes to School
program (in its 15th year) and is the lead on the national
dissemination of School Travel Planning. Jacky has been
involved in many successful sustainable community
projects: co-hosting Walk21 Toronto 2007, the Canadian
Walkability Roadshows, and the 2007 World Record Walk.
Jacky’s background is in project management but her
children motivated her to join the environmental movement.
Mark Kingwell, Ph.D
Mark is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of
Toronto, where he has taught since 1991 after finishing a
PhD at Yale University and Master's degree at Edinburgh
University. He has also been, since 2001, a contributing
editor of Harper’s Magazine. Mark is the author or coauthor of sixteen books of political, cultural and aesthetic
theory, including the national bestsellers Better Living
(1998), The World We Want (2000), Concrete Reveries
(2008), and Glenn Gould (2009).
Mark has lectured extensively in Canada, the U.S., Europe,
the Middle East, and Australia on philosophical subjects
and has held visiting posts at Cambridge University, the
University of California at Berkeley, and the City University
of New York, where he was the Weissman Distinguished
Visiting Professor of Humanities in 2002. He is the recipient
of the Spitz Prize in political theory, National Magazine
Awards for both essays and columns, the Outstanding
Teaching Award and President’s Teaching Award at
the University of Toronto, a research fellowship at the
Jackman Humanities Institute, and in 2000 was awarded
an honorary DFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art &
Design for contributions to theory and criticism.
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Patrick Klassen
Neal LaMontagne
Patrick has worked with the City of Surrey for the past
three years in the Parks Planning and Design Section
of the Parks, Recreation & Culture Department. Patrick
specializes in parks, open space and recreation planning,
active transportation and urban design. He received his
education through SFU and Dalhousie. Before joining the
City of Surrey, Patrick was involved with policy, research
and community planning within the private sector, the
City of Vancouver and the Alternative Planning Initiatives
(Alterplan) in Manila.
Neal is a PhD student in Urban Planning at the University
of California, Los Angeles. A former Senior Planner with
the City of Vancouver, Neal has over a decade of public
and private sector planning experience developing
comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances in Canada
and the US. Neal holds a Master of Urban Planning from
McGill University and is currently engaged in a PhD
research project "Coding for Complexity" on how land use
regulation can evolve to enable the emergence of complex,
sustainable and livable urbanism.
Margaret Kralt, MCIP, RPP
Bob Lehman, FCIP, RPP
Margaret is a Community Planner with Dillon Consulting
firm in Yellowknife. As a northern Planner, she has
worked with small northern communities and aboriginal
governments in a variety of capacities related to community
and regional land use planning, and capacity development.
Although originally from southern Ontario, Margaret quickly
fell in love with the northern culture and landscape and
developed a passion for planning north of 60. Margaret is
always interested in adapting and incorporating different
planning techniques that best suit northern communities.
Bob is the President of Lehman & Associates and a
founding partner of Meiridan Planning Consultants,
the Planning Partnership and Metropolitan Knowledge
International. Working initially for the City of Toronto he
became a consultant in 1974 working with KPMG and the
IBI Group, establishing his own practice in 1980. Bob has
written over 100 Official Plans, policy guidelines, zoning
by-laws and Secondary Plans. He has acted as project
director for major research and policy studies such as
the Urban Density Study and the Metrolinx Plan for the
Greater Toronto Area, and recently developed a provincial
policy guideline dealing with religious heritage properties.
He is the author of the Zoning Trilogy, a bestseller of the
American Planning Association Bookstore. Twice awarded
with the Canadian Institute of Planners Honour Award for
Planning Excellence, Bob is a Fellow of the Institute and
currently serves as the Chair of the College of Fellows.
Les Kuzyk
Les has been with the City since 1993, and works in the
Business and Technical Services division of the City’s
Land Use and Policy Planning department as a Planning
Analyst carrying out GIS work supporting policy plans. Les
championed a BTS movement to promote GIS analysis
within LUPP and researched and developed a methodology
for measurement and analysis of sustainability in GIS
using the Ecological Footprint (EF). Les presented the
methodology developed at the Footprint Forum 2010
conference in Italy and has authored four publications on the
Ecological Footprint: one CIP Climate Change paper, one
AACIP Journal article, one each of Ecological Indicators and
Local Environment academic papers.
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Frank Lewinberg, FCIP, RPP
Carolyn MacEachern
Frank started his own planning consulting firm in 1981,
and together with Joe Berridge in 1986, founded the
firm which is today known as Urban Strategies Inc. His
training in urban planning and architecture has led to the
integration of regulation and design in his work. His public
policy studies, including Living Downtown in Toronto,
Guidelines for the Reurbanization of Metro Toronto and
Tall buildings: Inviting Change in Downtown Toronto, and
his involvement in dozens of private developments, among
them the (Brookfield) BCE Place in Toronto and Oak Park
in Oakville, demonstrate the success of this approach.
Consensus building is a key part of the design process,
and it forms an integral part of Frank’s approach to master
planning. Frank has guided a number of master planning
initiatives, most recently for Bridgepoint Health, the Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health and Toronto’s Central
Waterfront. One of his most notable successes is the
St. Lawrence Neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, now
substantially complete.
Carolyn, a partner with Young, Anderson, graduated from
UBC law school in 1997. Carolyn advises local government
clients on all areas of law relating to the workplace, and
also regularly advises clients on freedom of information
and protection of privacy matters. She always tries to find
pro-active resolutions to labour, employment and human
rights issues that are cost effective and avoid unnecessary
litigation and conflict. and has represented clients in
matters before the courts, as well as labour arbitrators,
the Labour Relations Board, the Human Rights Tribunal,
the Workers’ Compensation Board, the Employment
Standards Tribunal, and the Information and Protection
of Privacy Commissioner. She also conducts collective
bargaining negotiations for local governments. Carolyn has
written papers and conducted seminars on various labour,
employment, human rights and freedom of information and
protection of privacy matters. She is a frequent contributor
to and speaker for The Continuing Legal Education Society
of British Columbia. She also regularly teaches the labour
and employment law component of the Capilano University
Local Government Administration Certificate Program.
Don Luymes, MCIP, RPP
Don is the Manager of Community Planning for the City
of Surrey, responsible for growth management, Citywide and Neighbourhood plans, and policy development
in a range of areas including housing, social planning,
environment, heritage, agriculture and urban design.
Before joining the City of Surrey, Don filled a similar role at
the City of Abbotsford. Much of Don’s earlier career was in
academia, with faculty positions in landscape architecture
and environmental design at Penn State University and
UBC; he has also worked as an urban design consultant in
Toronto and Guelph, Ontario.
Colin MacLean
Colin has been the President and CEO of the Waterfront
Development Corporation since 2008. He has helped
lead the creation of public spaces that people truly love
to visit, the Halifax Waterfront is the #1 visited tourist
destination in Nova Scotia and home to the TD Halifax
Jazz Festival, Word on the Street, alFresco Film Festo,
International Buskers Festival, World Junior Beach
Volleyball Championships, Nocturne: Art at Night, and Tall
Ships Nova Scotia. Prior to joining Waterfront Development
Corporation Colin was a Vice President at the Nova Scotia
Community College.
Dr. Ann McAfee, FCIP, RPP
Dr. McAfee is the retired Co-Director of Planning for the City of Vancouver. She was Vancouver’s first Housing Planner
and, in 1994, became Co-Director of Planning responsible for Vancouver’s "CityPlan". In mid-2006, Dr. McAfee established
City Choices Consulting, a firm specializing in advice on strategic planning and public processes. She recently represented
Canada on the APA Sustaining Places Task Force and is currently external advisor to Auckland’s Unitary Plan and an Adjunct
Professor of Planning at UBC. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners and has been recognized by a variety of
organizations including Lambda Alpha (International Honorary Land Economics Society).
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David McLellan, MCIP
Christina Merkley
David is currently retired from the practice of Community
Planning after having served in various local governments
for 37 years. Most recently David was the Deputy City
Manager for the City of Vancouver with responsibility to
move forward City Council's affordable housing agenda as
well as to oversee the collection and allocation of Public
Benefits from development. Previously David had served
the City of Vancouver as General Manager of Community
Services which included the Planning, Development,
Building, Licencing, Social Development and Cultural
Services functions. David also served in senior positions in
Richmond, Abbotsford and the Regional District of Bulkley
Nechako. A brief sojourn as a Consultant was his only
abandonment from local government.
As a graphic facilitator, Christina helps organizations reach
greater clarity and make better, informed decisions through
a visual process that allows clients to "see what they
mean". The work juxtaposes her childhood love of doodling
and drawing with a decade of experience and training in
organizational development and change management.
With 600+ meetings under her belt, she has generated
creative meeting maps and facilitated strategic planning
and visioning for a host of corporate, not-for-profit and
governmental agencies. Christina holds a Masters degree
in Organizational Development & Transformation and spent
four years with The Grove Consultants International, the San
Francisco firm that pioneered the field of graphic facilitation.
She is also trained as a Co-active Coach through The
Coaches Training Institute. She also teaches the skills of
graphic facilitation and graphic recording for those who are
intrigued with these creative and strategic skills.
Ronald (Ron) L. Mattiussi, MCIP, RPP
Ron has been the City of Kelowna’s City Manager since
2006. He was appointed the Executive Director with the
Edmonton Metropolitan Regional Planning Commission
at the age of 35. From there Ron became the Director
of the Planning and Development Services Department
with the City of Kelowna and soon after he became the
City Manager. Ron is a professional planner with 30 years
experience and he is a Member of the CIP with over 25
years of experience at a senior level. Ron is also a mentor
and faculty member for the Capilano University/ LGMA
Course MATI 5 Planning for Non-Planners Course.
Glenn Miller FCIP, RPP
Glenn is Vice President, Education and Research, with
the Canadian Urban Institute, where he is responsible for
initiatives such as research into regional competitiveness
and population aging. A Fellow of the Canadian Institute of
Planners (CIP), Glenn is a graduate of Concordia University
(BA (Hon.) Urban Studies) and McGill University’s School of
Urban Planning (MUP). Glenn was also editor of the Ontario
Planning Journal from 1986 to 2011. He was “Planner
in Residence” at the University of Waterloo’s School of
Planning in 2012 and also teaches at Ryerson University’s
School of Urban and Regional Planning.
Laurie Miller, MCIP, RPP
Laurie is a Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry of
Transportation (MTO) and is working in the Provincial
Planning Office. Laurie began her career as a land use
planner with the City of Brockville over 10 years ago.
Laurie has worked at several provincial ministries including
Municipal Affairs and Housing, Environment and most
recently the MTO. Laurie has an undergraduate degree
from the University of Western Ontario and a Masters
in Environment and Management from Royal Roads
University in Victoria, British Columbia.
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Tamsin Mills
Joe Nethery, MCIP, RPP
Tamsin is a planner with the Sustainability Group at the City
of Vancouver. Tamsin led development of a City Climate
Change Adaptation Strategy working across departments
and with external partners. She co-hosted a workshop with
the Province on sea level rise and coordinated an interim
increase in citywide flood construction levels. Tamsin
partnered with the Port on a preliminary study of sea level
rise impacts and will lead an NRCan and City funded flood
risk assessment of False Creek and downtown.
Joe is currently the project manager of the Town of
Oakville’s Zoning By-law Review and a veteran of eleven
previous by-law review projects. He has been in the
Ontario Planning Journal on regulatory and implementation
issues for municipalities. He received his Bachelor of
Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo
in 2006 and his Master of Public Administration from the
University of Western Ontario in 2011, where his major
research project investigated Ontario’s new Development
Permit System.
Amanda Mitchell
Amanda is the Public Engagement Specialist at the City of
Vancouver. She has a background in sustainability and a
keen interest in the use of social media, online consultation
tools, and creative engagement strategies to enhance
community participation in municipal planning and policy
decisions. Amanda managed the online engagement
process to develop the Greenest City Action Plan and has
been leading the City’s internal social media community of
practice. Find her on twitter @iheartcities.
Barrie Mowatt
Barrie, Vancouver Biennale, is an internationally
recognized art curator, and was founder and CEO
of Buschlen Mowatt Galleries (1979-2011). In 1998,
Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, with the Vancouver Parks
Board, launched the Vancouver Biennale, which brings
artworks by celebrated and emerging international artists
to Vancouver’s public parks, beaches and urban plazas.
Barrie received the Vancouver Business in Arts Award from
the Vancouver Board of Trade, and the Ethics in Action
Award, presented by Vancouver City Savings and the BC
Work Ministry. He has twice been nominated for Western
Canada's Entrepreneur of the Year in the category of
socially responsible businesses.
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Andrea Nokleby, MCIP, RPP
Andrea is an Associate with Dillon’s Planning and
Development Practice. Her strength and experience is in
Aboriginal, community-based projects. A primary focus has
been in consultation and engagement, community planning,
Traditional Knowledge studies, socio-economic research,
and capacity building. Projects have included regional land
use plans, Comprehensive Community Plans, housing
strategies, resource development projects including power
and wind generation, mining development, and road and
infrastructure expansions. Through her project experience,
Andrea has worked directly with Chiefs and Councils,
Land Claim organizations, Elders, Youth committees,
developers, and government agencies. Her work has taken
her to remote communities ranging in size from 72 to 1,500
people, to First Nations located in the urban environment.
Time spent living in and working with Aboriginal communities
has provided her with valuable insight, and a critical
understanding of community dynamics, aspirations,
challenges, and opportunities. Andrea continues to draw
upon this first-hand knowledge, experience, and cultural
awareness in her work. Using approaches best suited to
the circumstances and communities involved, Andrea has
organized large community consultation events, public open
houses, focus group studies, workshops, and one-on-one
interviews. Andrea works with her clients early in the project
planning stages by identifying who should be consulted,
determining the major challenges, advising on go-forward
strategies, and highlighting and encouraging the use of
best practices. Andrea is dedicated to building community
capacity, and conducting meaningful consultation to meet
the needs of all parties.
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Averil Parent
Brian Patterson, MCIP, RPP
Averil has been Environment and Sustainability
Coordinator with the City of Windsor for two years and
has assisted with developing Windsor’s Climate Change
Adaptation Plan and Urban Heat Island Study as well
as implementing the ‘Stay Cool Windsor Essex’ heat
alert campaign. She is a graduate of the Master’s of
Environment and Sustainability program at the University
of Western Ontario.
Brian is a transportation planner in Urban Systems'
Vancouver office. Brian leads Urban Systems' active
transportation practice and specializes in multi-modal
transportation planning and active transportation
planning and design. Brian has developed over 40 active
transportation plans, designs and studies for communities
across Western Canada. Brian is keenly interested in
facility design, and has developed a Bicycle Facilities
Design Course that he has co-taught to over 150 design
professionals across Canada. The course includes a
lesson on planning cycle tracks, based on extensive
research and practical experience with communities
who have successfully implemented cycle tracks across
North America, Europe and Australia. He also recently
developed bicycle planning and design guidelines for the
City of Vancouver, which included guidelines for cycle
tracks. Brian is the co-author of the article "Shifting Gears:
The Emergence of Cycle Tracks in the Canadian Urban
Landscape" in the Spring 2013 issue of Plan Canada.
Debbie Parhar
Debbie is a leading communications professional,
strategist and business owner with a 16-year track
record of bringing new approaches to open dialogue and
communication. In the board room, Debbie is a trusted
strategic advisor to CEOs and executives and their
teams, Debbie has been integral to the development and
implementation of major transportation, telecommunication
and clean energy engagement plans and projects. Her
successes include helping to bring broadband service to
100 rural communities across British Columbia, creating
an online environment for public input on rapid transit
and other transportation projects, and leveraging media,
social media and digital communications to engage
audiences and build brand loyalty locally and across the
nation. Debbie’s solutions have helped companies earn
international recognition.
Bill Pechet
Bill has a background in Geography, Art and Architecture
and his interdisciplinary practice reflects these interests
with projects which include urban design, public art,
cemetery design and residential design. In 2006, along
with Stephanie Robb, he represented Canada at the
Venice Bienalle of Architecture with a witty commentary on
west coast life, called 'SweaterLodge'. His current projects
include a fountain for the city of Winnipeg called 'emptyful',
two cemetery projects in BC and a decorative lighting
Master Plan for the commercial streets of Vancouver's
West End. Bill is on the faculty of design at the UBC school
of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and he lectures
on his work both locally and nationally.
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Merrell-Ann S. Phare, LL.M
Kourosh Rad
Merrell-Ann is the Executive Director and Legal Counsel
to CIER, and has been with the organization in this
capacity since its inception in 1994. In addition to her
management role at CIER, Merrell-Ann has engaged in
research and policy assessment regarding Aboriginal
water, environmental and other rights, climate change,
environmental assessment, and sustainable development.
Merrell-Ann holds economics and law degrees from the
University of Manitoba. Her Masters degree in law explored
the impacts of international trade and NAFTA on Aboriginal
freshwater rights. Previous to her work at CIER, MerrellAnn practiced law privately in the areas of Aboriginal,
labour, and corporate law.
A former participant in the WorldLink International
Internship Program for Young Professional Planners in
2011, Kourosh was the Community Development Planner
at Guyana Ministry of Amerindian Affairs. Working with
the indigenous people of Guyana is one of the many
international experiences Kourosh has been involved
with. Born and raised in Iran, Kourosh graduated with
an Honours in Urban Design Studies at Dalhousie
University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After graduation,
he worked in Paris as a contributor in the field of
modal share transportation at the World Streets Online
Journal. Presently Kourosh is an Urban Planner with
GENIVAR+WSP in Halifax.
Art Phillips
Jacob Ritchie, MCIP, LPP
Art is the Director of Development for Larco Investments
Ltd., one of Canada’s largest and most respected real
estate firms. With nearly 40 years of experience, Larco
has earned the reputation for quality and experienced
professional management. Larco owns and manages a
broad range of real estate across Canada including retail,
hotel, residential, office and industrial properties. Larco
Investments Ltd is a private Canadian company with its
head office in West Vancouver. Morgan Crossing, an award
winning mixed-use development in South Surrey, was
developed by Morgan Crossing Properties Ltd, a whollyowned subsidiary of Larco.
Jacob is a Planner working with the Waterfront
Development Corporation in Halifax, where he works on
the redevelopment of waterfront lands. His automotive
design experiences, combined with planning practice in
Canada and the Caribbean have allowed him to produce
a unique portfolio of projects. With a focus on quantitative
methods and quality design he works to procure and
analyze data to achieve project and policy goals. Jacob
has received numerous awards and recognition for
volunteer work, has been recognized by the Boston
Society of Architects for Planning Design, and holds two
patents for automotive actuator design.
Christine Platt
Matt Rockley
Christine is the President of the Commonwealth
Association of Planners (CAP), and past president of the
South African Planning Institute. She is also a principal at
Christine Platt Consulting, based in Durban, South Africa.
As CAP President, Christine has led Commonwealthwide initiatives building capacity within the planning
profession, supporting leadership among young planners,
and developing a State of Commonwealth Cities Report.
Christine completed her B.A. (Economics) at the University
of Natal, Durban, in 1976, and her MTRP (UND) in 1979.
Matt has been planning communities in Alberta for the
last ten years. His first five years of planning experience
was with the Town of Okotoks and the last five years have
been with The City of Calgary. Matt’s planning experience
with The City of Calgary has been exceptionally diverse,
from intermunicipal development planning to inner-city
redevelopment planning. Matt has served on the Okotoks
Planning Commission for the past five years and is currently
serving his first term as an Okotoks Town Councillor.
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SPEAKER BIOS
Mary Rowe
Aviva Savelson, MCIP, RPP
Mary is currently Vice President & Managing Director of
the Municipal Art Society of New York City (www.mas.org),
a century-old advocacy organization working to promote
the livability and resilience of New York City. She recently
returned to the northeast United States after several years
working in the philanthropy, most recently coordinating
the New Orleans Institute for Resilience and Innovation, a
loose alliance of initiatives that emerged in response to the
systemic collapses of 2005. Previous positions include: a
fellowship and subsequent staff position as Vice President,
Urban Programs with the blue moon fund of Charlottesville,
Virginia, to focus on self-organization in cities as the
underpinning of urban and regional social, economic and
environmental resilience; President of Ideas that Matter,
a convening and publishing program based on the work
of Jane Jacobs based in Toronto. She is a contributor to
several volumes on urban life, with a particular interest in
self-organization.
Aviva is the Manager of Strategic Planning for UBC
Campus Sustainability . She is leading the development
of the Campus Sustainability Engagement and Social
Marketing Strategy as well as operational sustainability
planning and monitoring with various campus operational
units. Aviva is a Registered Professional Planner and has
worked in the field of Community Sustainability Planning for
over 8 years. Prior to her wok at UBC, Aviva worked with
numerous municipalities across Canada as a sustainability
planning consultant with Stantec and The Sheltair Group.
She assisted communities in developing sustainability
plans, community energy plans as well as with the
development of sustainability monitoring programs.
Joëlle Saltel-Allard
Joëlle is CDEM’s Green Sector communications
specialist, with a Master’s degree in Political Science
from the University of Manitoba and over seven years of
expertise in communications. After various professional
experiences within the CBC and within a communications
capacity at the three levels of government, Joëlle has the
ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects while
focusing on the production of high quality and extremely
specialized communications documents. Within the
Green Economy sector at CDEM, Joëlle assists with the
implementation of green projects throughout Manitoba.
Through the elaboration of communication strategies, she
conceptualizes and designs the necessary tools used to
emphasize the importance of the environment within the
context of climate change.
Deborah Sargent, MCIP, RCPP
Deborah is the Town of Smithers’s Chief Administrative
Officer. She has 10 years of experience as a planning
consultant complemented by 15 years as a Planning
Manager and Local Government Administrator.
Jennifer Schine
Jennifer, Co-coordinator of Vancouver Soundwalk
Collective, is a MA student in the School of Communication
at Simon Fraser University and an active sound artist.
She teaches sonic workshops, leads soundwalks, and
co-coordinates the Vancouver Soundwalk Collective. Her
ethnographic work explores the aural and oral heritage of
British Columbia’s coastal communities.
Amelia Shaw
Amelia is a consultation strategist, practitioner and
professional facilitator. Over the past seventeen years she
has been successfully involved in development of major
transportation policies, projects and plans from strategic
design, to initiating and facilitating inclusive processes, and
implementation. Her ultimate goal, with any project, is to find
an innovative approach that supports both community and
organizational values and objectives, and leads to helpful
deliverables, and a positive outcome. Her award-winning
solutions have earned international recognition. Some
successes include: advocating for Federal funding for transit,
tax credits for transit passes, participating in the development
of the Federal Gas Tax fund, creating CUTA’s Youth Summit
on Sustainable Urban Transportation, leading TransLink’s
public consultation on long term strategies and rapid transit
projects (Evergreen Line, UBC Line, Surrey Rapid Transit)
and Project Manager for the opening of Canada Line.
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Ron Shishido, FCIP, RPP
Misty Sklar, MCIP, RPP
Ron is a Partner and Officer at Dillon Consulting Limited.
He is a Senior Project Manager in the Planning and
Development Practice with over 25 years of consulting
experience with public and sector private sector clients
across Canada, the Caribbean Region and the Middle
East. Ron is the Sub-sector Leader for the Middle East
in Dillon’s International Sector responsible for business
development and client relationship management. His
current project work in the Middle East is focussed on the
Royal Commission in Jubail, Saudi Arabia and includes
program and project management of the Jubail Industrial
City Master Plan Update, Jubail Transportation Master
Plan, Transportation Microsimulation Modeling Program
for Jubail Industrial City and Ras Al Khair Mineral City,
Transportation Functional Design Studies, Urban Planning
and Design Studies and Area Master Plans for Jubail’s
Industrial Areas. Jubail Industrial City contains one of the
largest petrochemical complexes of its kind in the world. Ron
is a former President of the Canadian Institute of Planners
and Ontario Professional Planners Institute. He also served
on the Board of the Commonwealth Association of Planners
and is a former Chair of the Canadian Institute of Planners
International Affairs Committee.
Misty is the Manager of Planning with the MMM Edmonton
Office. She is also Associate and senior project planner with
over seven years’ experience in planning and development.
Misty is a non-verbal body communication and body
language practitioner. She has a broad range of experience
in public consultation including facilitation, round table
discussions, open houses, workshops and focus groups
as well as experience in housing research, policy analysis,
proposal review, international community development
work, and project management. In 2010, she took part
in the CIP Canada-Guyana Partnership for Community
Planning in Georgetown, Guyana and was responsible for
capacity building and support of planning public consultation
initiatives for the Central Housing and Planning Agency staff
in Guyana. Misty has strong interpersonal and cross culture
experience from over 30 countries worldwide.Misty is well
versed in the community consultation processes for both
land use planning and transportation.
Catherine Simpson, MCIP, RPP
Catherine is a planning consultant at Urban Systems
Ltd., specializing in asset management planning for
infrastructure systems, community finance, and sustainable
development. She has partnered with a diverse range of
municipalities and First Nations communities throughout
British Columbia, Alberta, and the Yukon. Catherine works
closely with inter-disciplinary teams of planners, engineers,
accountants, GIS specialists, and business professionals.
She enjoys leading innovative projects and facilitating
workshops that transform conceptual approaches into
hands-on solutions.
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Tim Smith, MCIP, RPP
Tim is an urban designer and Senior Associate with
Toronto-based Urban Strategies. He has over 16 years
of experience. Whether working in downtowns or new
communities, on campuses or waterfronts, he focuses
on the structure and quality of the public realm. He has
managed several planning initiatives for the City of
Guelph and recently completed an official plan for a new
downtown in Vaughan, Ontario. He was also involved in
developing the open space plan for the Cornell community
in Markham, Ontario. He has presented at numerous
conferences, including CIP conferences in 2007, 2009,
2011 and 2012.
Cari St. Pierre
Cari is the Senior Planner for the Whistler Centre for
Sustainability. She has worked in the area of Municipal,
Regional and First Nations planning for over 10 years, both
as a contractor and Government employee. Her area of
expertise is in the development and design of interactive
and innovative community engagement strategies, and
sustainable community-based policies and plans. Cari is
based from both Vancouver and Whistler BC.
SPEAKER BIOS
Jeffrey Staates
Daniel Sturgeon
With over 20 years of experience, Jeffrey is a Principal
at Vancouver-based Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg,
specializing in the design and detail of spaces within a
broad range of urban design and open space assignments.
He received his degree in architecture before moving on
to practice interior design and landscape architecture.
Jeffrey has worked on the West Don Lands Sustainability
Community Precinct Plan and the Lower Don Lands
Precinct Plan in Toronto, Lansdowne Park in Ottawa,
and the Jasper Avenue Urban Design Plan in Edmonton.
During his career, he has presented at numerous
conferences and professional gatherings.
Currently works as a Planning Technician in the Area
Planning Division of the Planning & Development
Department at the City of Surrey. He has also worked
in Burns Lake, and conducted extensive research into
agricultural planning policy. Previously a carpenter and
certified Electrician, he is a recent graduate of the School
of Environmental Planning at the University of British
Columbia (Natural Resources Planning). Spending over
20 years living in Surrey, he has witnessed the City’s rapid
growth firsthand. Daniel’s professional interests lie in policy
development as it relates to greenhouse gas reductions,
agricultural planning, integrated community sustainability
plans, and creating compact liveable communities that still
meet the dynamic needs of the resident population.
John Steil, FCIP, PPS, RPP
John Steil is a Principal with Stantec Consulting, and a
Past President of the Canadian Institute of Planners. He is
a long-standing member of PIBC's Professional Practice
Review Committee and, as a case officer, has investigated
numerous complaints of professional misconduct. His
planning experience includes a diversity of community
planning and design projects throughout Western Canada
that cover the gamut from broad, municipality-wide, "big
picture" policy planning to detailed design for specific sites.
Pamela Sweet, FCIP, RPP
Pamela is Senior Vice-President at FOTENN’s Ottawa
Office and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners.
She is well known and highly respected in the Ottawa and
Canadian planning community and has over 37 years
of experience in land use planning, policy development,
project management and public consultation. Pamela is
a seasoned Project Manager with extensive experience
leading Master Planning, Community Plans and Zoning
Carla Stewart, MCIP, RPP
Carla, Senior Policy Planner with the City of Surrey,
has over 15 years of experience working with the City
of Kamloops, City of Brampton and most recently the
City of Surrey. Carla specializes in policy development,
urban design and heritage planning. She received her
education through UBC and the U of C and SFU. Carla
was the project planner for Kamloops’ 2009 award-winning
North Shore Neighbourhood Plan, the project lead for the
construction of Kamloops’ first Green Street and is the
author of the 2010 Plan Canada Feature Article of the Year.
Carla serves as the vice-president of the BC Association
of Heritage Professionals and volunteers as a mentor to
junior planners.
By-law preparation. She works for the public and private
sector clients and enjoys mentoring young planners and
contributing to the profession. As a former Director of
Planning for the City of Cumberland and Director of Policy
and Infrastructure for the former Regional Municipality of
Ottawa-Carleton (now the City of Ottawa), Pamela is an
expert in growth management, policy development and
municipal administration.
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Mary Lou Tanner, MCIP, RPP
William Trousdale, MCIP, RPP
Mary Lou is the Associate Director of Regional Policy
Planning for Niagara Region. Mary Lou is the current
President of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and
has served in many different volunteer roles in both CIP and
OPPI, all of which has been rewarding work. In her planning
practice, Mary Lou's work has been recognized nationally
and provincially for a variety of projects. In her spare time
(what's that?), she can be found enjoying the wonders of
the worlds we build - the creative economy in her hometown
of Hamilton, the gorgeous wine country of Niagara, and the
Niagara Escarpment that connects her communities.
William is a globally recognized award winning planner,
economist, decision analyst and tourism expert. He is
a certified professional planner in the United States
and Canada. His work has been given national and
international recognition with nine awards for planning
excellence from the Canadian Institute of Planners
and the Planning Institute of BC, two tourism industry
awards, and three projects being selected for the United
Nations Best Practices Data Base. Currently he is
working with aboriginal communities in Canada, local
and regional governments, international organizations,
research institutes and the private sector. He has worked
on hundreds of assignments in countries across the
Americas, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Much of his
work has been published in academic and professional
journals. He has applied his expertise to local economic
development, comprehensive community planning,
economic development, biodiversity preservation, site
selection, parks planning, resource management, water
use planning, non-market compensation-negotiation and
sustainable tourism. He is an economic and strategic
planning adviser to UN-HABITAT, an Adjunct Professor
at the School of Community and Regional Planning at
the University of British Columbia and an Associate at
the Centre for Sustainable Community Development at
Simon Fraser University. William is also approved as a
Qualified Supplier of Professional Citizen Engagement
Services by the BC Government’s Ministry of Labour,
Citizens and Immigration.
Jean Trottier, MCIP
Jean is Assistant Professor in the Department of
Landscape Architecture at the University of Manitoba,
where he teaches urban design and design history. Prior
to that appointment he worked as a consultant in Montreal,
Calgary, and Vancouver, specialising in resort development
and urban planning. He currently chairs the Winnipeg
Urban Design Advisory Committee and is a Board Member
of the Council for Canadian Urbanism.
Eric Turcotte, MCIP, RPP, OAA, OAQ
Eric is a Senior Associate at Urban Strategies in
Toronto, Ontario.
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SPEAKER BIOS
Becky Upfold
Adam Vasilevich, MCIP, RPP, BCSLA
Becky has been working on sustainable transportation and
transit projects since 2000 in London, UK, and Toronto,
Canada, working from the political, consultant, transit
authority and not for profit perspective. Before moving
to Toronto, Becky was working for the Mayor’s office in
London, working on London-wide schemes including the
Low Emission Zone, Congestion Charging Zone, Mayor’s
Cycle Hire project and Electric Vehicle program. Becky
is currently Senior Policy Advisor at Metrolinx, taking the
lead for the agency on the Urban Freight agenda, GO Rail
Parking Strategy and Electric Vehicles.
Adam is currently an Architect and Planner with Metro
Vancouver Landscape in Burnaby, BC.
Michael ander Laan, LEED® AP
Michael is a Research Associate with elements-lab at
the University of British Columbia and a Sustainability
Design Consultant. Michael has a Master of Science
degree in Urban Climatology, an Undergraduate degree
in Environmental Design (Honours), and is a LEED® AP.
Michael's work is focused on measured visualizations that
evaluate building and urban design performance. Michael
is also an Associate Member of Sustainability Solutions
Group (SSG), and an active teacher at the Vancouver
School Board and University of British Columbia.
Tracy Vaughan
Tracy, in her role as Public Engagement Manager with the
City of Vancouver, is a best practices advisor to city staff and
a community liaison. She holds a Masters in Urban Studies
from Simon Fraser University and came to the City from the
private sector after several years of focused engagement
work as a sustainability planner with Golder Associates
Ltd, Sustainable Communities. Tracy’s work focuses on
engagement as a foundational element of sustainability
planning and building community capacity. She has worked
closely with municipalities and senior governments in BC for
the last eight years. Tracy brings a wealth of professional
experience in public engagement, including experience
with an array of outreach tools and techniques, project
and team management, strategic engagement design and
implementation, and new media management.
Richard White, MCIP, RPP
Richard is the former Deputy City Manager of the City of
North Vancouver. He has been the Planning Manager and
Administrator in a union environment for 28 years.
Anna Wilkes
Anna is a Christchurch-based environmental scientist. Working
as the office manager for a consulting practice with 50 staff she
had a direct and specific role in planning for the earthquake
recovery and reestablishment of business practices. Her office
was located at the epicentre of damage in Christchurch's CBD
and Anna played a key role in supporting staff through this
transitional period and well as re-initiating business operations.
Through this first hand experience Anna brings a practical
awareness of the difficulties of disaster response -- personally
and professionally.
Dan Wilson
Dan is a community sustainability facilitator with the
Whistler Centre for Sustainability. Dan has 12 years’
experience specializing in community sustainable planning;
developing sustainable implementation and monitoring
tools; and energy /GHG reduction strategies and plans.
Dan works primarily with Municipal Governments and
tourist based economies, and is currently living in Whistler
BC with his family.
Kasel Yamashita
Kasel is a Land Development Planner with McElhanney
Consulting Services Ltd. His interests include Land
Development, Housing, Urban Design, and expanding the
boundaries of planning vocabulary. He is acting as main
liaison between the INFUSE 2013 Organizing Social/Cultural
Sub-Committee and the Vancouver Soundwalk Collective.
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Raymond Young, MCIP, RPP, QC
Kevin Zhang
Raymond is a planner and land use lawyer with Young,
Kevin is a graduate from the School of Community
Anderson, a law firm of 18 lawyers practising exclusively
and Regional Planning at UBC with a background in
local government law. He has, as an adjunct professor,
environmental design and civil engineering. He is interested
taught municipal law and land use law at UBC Faculty of
in planning for active and public transportation through
Law for over 20 years and for 25 years at the School of
urban design techniques. Kevin is currently employed by the
Community and Legal Planning, UBC. He has also been
District of North Vancouver and has worked with Elements
visiting professor at the University of Florida and Georgia
Lab, Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning, and
State University (Atlanta). He practices as both a barrister
various municipalities, conducting development scenario
and solicitor in all Courts, in British Columbia and in the
testing and renewable energy modelling. He frequently uses
Supreme Court of Canada.
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planning tools.
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