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Thursday, March 12, 2020 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

AGP Community Planning Café – 2019-2020 - 7th Installment

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Speakers: Dr. Matthias Sweet, RPP and
Dr. Raktim Mitra

Dr. Matthias Sweet, RPP

  • Topic: On-demand ride-hailing in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area: Who are users?  And how has this changed?

Dr. Raktim Mitra, Associate Director

  • Topic: StudentMoveTO: Insight to Action on Post-secondary Students’ Transportation Behaviour

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

AGP Community Planning Café – 2019-2020 - 6th Installment

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Contested urbanisms:
Equity planning and the remaking of socio-spatial peripheries in Medellín

Speaker: Luisa Sotomayor PhD, MCIP, RPP

Dr. Luisa Sotomayor is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, where she is also the Coordinator of the MES Planning Program. Her research and teaching focus on urban inequalities, governance, urban politics, community planning and housing. Luisa holds a PhD and a M.Sc. in Planning from the University of Toronto, and a B.A. in Sociology from the National University of Colombia.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

NSW Young Planner of the Year - Planning Institute of Australia!

The School of  Planning offers our sincere congratulations to 2014 Alumni Rukshan de Silva for receiving the Young Planner of the Year award in New South Wales! Rukshan also completed a Master of Economic Development and Innovation (MEDI) at Waterloo before

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embarking on his very successful career in both the private (HOK) and public (Town of Halton) sectors.

The 2019 Ceremony of Induction
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The 2020 Ceremony of Induction

The 2020 Ceremony of Induction into Professional Planning Education

The 2018 Ceremony of Induction

Incoming Planning students and their supporters are invited to celebrate and mark the beginning of their Planning education. This online event is an opportunity to be introduced to fellow inductees, School of Planning faculty, staff, alumni, and current students.

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 

Virtual Induction Ceremony 

RSVP by October 9, 2020

For additional information about the ceremony, please visit the Induction page. Please direct any further inquiries to Shelley Knischewsky.

Monday, May 9, 2016

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship - Olivier Roy-Baillargeon

The School of Planning welcomes Olivier Roy-Baillargeon to the School of Planning and extends congratulations for receiving the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship!

Olivier will be working closely with Dr. Pierre Filion to develop his research on transportation and land use Planning.

Friday, September 16, 2016

School of Planning welcomes Kevin Curtis

The School of Planning is very pleased to announce that Kevin Curtis joined our team as of September 1, 2016, taking on the Faculty position of "Planning Lecturer". Kevin is an accomplished Planning professional with a tremendous range of practical and academic experience.

Monday, August 1, 2016

Master's student wins prestigious award

The International Council on Monuments and Sites Canada has selected School of Planning master's student Ashley Rudkevitch as one of two winners of their 2016 juried award.

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Celebration of World Town Planning Day at the University of Waterloo

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World Town Planning Day celebrates the role of the planning profession in creating livable communities. It is celebrated annually in more than 30 countries on four continents and has been celebrated for over 55 years.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

AGP Brown Bag Lunch Sessions Fall 2015

The AGP Brown Bag lunches have long been an excellent venue for facilitating student-faculty interaction, and contribute positively to the intellectual environment in the School. In conjunction with the AGP, the School is pleased to present the lunch speaker series for the fall term!

A list of winter speakers will be available in the near future.

This series is jointly funded by the School, AGP and UWPAT.