Have we been asking the wrong questions about the housing crisis?
A new documentary by Dr. Brian Doucet in the School of Planning explores this idea by shifting the focus from how much housing we build to what kind of housing we create and for whom.
Dr. Brian Doucet, associate professor in the School of Planning, invited Mayor of Waterloo, Dorothy McCabe, to speak to students in PLAN 100: Urbanization Today – Introduction to Cities and Regions.
The Region of Waterloo is taking steps to improve safety at its roundabouts to better protect pedestrians and cyclists. Dr. Jeff Casello emphasized the importance of providing clear, visual cues for drivers, especially when there are other roundabout users.
With Canadian summers becoming increasingly hotter, Dr. Luna Khirfan urges cities to move beyond temporary “band-aid solutions” and adopt a comprehensive, unified strategy to create cooler urban environments.
In a recent CBC article, Dr. Jeff Casello discusses how roundabouts can enhance safety by slowing down traffic and reducing conflict points.
Attention, graduate students - the 2025 GRADflix competition has officially launched!
School of Planning PhD Candidate Cloé St-Hilaire proposes four key ways to address housing financialization: an open data property registry, public housing, rent control and taxing REITs.
The School of Planning’s Dr. Luna Khirfan recently spoke with CBC to discuss the benefits of daylighting natural waterways hidden below Canada's three largest cities.
School of Planning PhD Candidate Ryan Lok has received the 2024 Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student.
Former Caivan Communities Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Raphael Ayambire and the School of Planning’s Dr. Markus Moos have recently released an in-depth review on scenario planning, a method of future planning based on a variety of assumptions, drivers and uncertainties. They found that social equity is largely ignored or is not emphasized in traditional scenario processes at all.