The School of Planning honours the remarkable career and many wonderful accomplishments by our late friend and colleague, Ian MacNaughton. 

Ian was deeply and passionately committed to excellence in Planning practice, to the development of our School, and to enhancing the quality of life in Waterloo region and in many other communities across Ontario. 

On behalf of the School, I thank him so very much for his generosity, advice, and support of our efforts over the years. We admired, respected, and liked him, and we will miss him.

Mark Seasons
Director

The University of Waterloo is remembering Ian MacNaughton (BA ‘68, MA ‘71), a remarkable force in Ontario’s urban planning sector, after his death on Saturday, October 7, 2023.

To honour his rich legacy UWaterloo, which awarded MacNaughton its 50th Anniversary Alumni Award in 2007, is inaugurating an award in his name, the Ian MacNaughton Memorial Award, and naming a space in his honor. With this award and space naming, MacNaughton will continue the impact he made in life by inspiring and supporting future environment students.

A lot of people dream of making the world around them a better place. MacNaughton is a rare individual who managed to make that dream happen.

Learn more about his life and impact. Read Ian MacNaughton’s planning footprint spans Ontario.