Award-Winning Placemaker, Jay Pitter, selected Planner in Residence
The School of Planning is excited to announce that the Planner-in-Residence for the 2021-2022 academic year is Jay Pitter. Jay will deliver PLAN 403 in the winter term to our 4th year undergraduate students, and interact with the School community in various other ways throughout the year.
Each year, the School of Planning hosts a Planner-in-Residence, an expert who teaches and conducts seminars. The program gives students and professors the opportunity to interact with professionals who are leaders in their field. The Planner-in-Residence program is funded by the University of Waterloo Planning Alumni of Toronto.
Jay Pitter, MES, is an award-winning placemaker whose practice mitigates growing divides in cities across North America. She spearheads institutional city-building projects specializing in public space design and policy, forgotten densities, mobility equity, gender-responsive design, inclusive public engagement and healing fraught sites.
