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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.

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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.

Congratulations

to School of Planning professor, Luna Khirfan and undergraduate student Mandy Zhang for their award winning submission of “Community Based Climate Change Adaptation in Tobago”!

This winning entry was in the second category of the ARCH+ International Design Competition “Planetary Urbanism – Critique in the Medium of Information Design”

For more information about the competition please visit ARCH+

Metrolinx is seeking candidates with a fresh perspective and creative transportation ideas from all fields of study!

The 2016 Rob MacIsaac Fellowship Program is looking for students with a keen interest in transportation innovation to participate in a unique study/work opportunity at Metrolinx from January to September 2016.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

2015 Esri Canada GIS Scholarship

Congratulations to Logan Romphf for receiving the 2015 Esri Canada GIS Scholarship! Logan will receive $1,000 cash, a license for ArcGIS desktop, 3 Esri Press books, registration at one of Esri Canada's user conferences in 2015 as well as registration in two instructor led training courses offered by Esri Canada. Esri Canada is the world’s leading GIS software provider.

As the debate continues in several cities surrounding the potential

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impact of light rail transit (LRT), a researcher from the University of Waterloo is harnessing the power of big data to help gather new insights into how transit systems might transform urban redevelopment and affect the housing market.