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Call for Presentations OPPI Conference 2017

Take advantage of this exciting opportunity to profile your research at the 2017 Conference - Ontario Professional Planners Institute's biggest event of the year. The Institute is looking for student members to run dynamic, engaging Conference sessions based on their areas of research. Don't miss this out on this opportunity to enhance your profile and build relationships with some of the province's leading professional planners!

The School of Planning is pleased to announce that Martine August has joined our team as of September 1, 2017, as a tenure track Assistant Professor. Martine is dynamic scholar with interests in the political economy of housing, specifically the production of socio-spatial inequality and the pursuit of urban social justice. Her academic background includes degrees in Geography and Planning, (Ph.D. and MSc.Pl.

The School of Planning is delighted to announce that Jeremy Pittman has joined our team as of September 1^st, 2017, as a tenure track Assistant

Professor. Jeremy was most recently the Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow, and the holder of a National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center’s (SESYNC) Social Science Immersion Fellowship.

Apply for the Southwest District OPPI Planning Student Scholarship!

Submission deadline is November 1, 2017

The School of Planning is excited to announce that Brian Doucet has joined our team as of July 1, 2017, as a tenure track Associate Professor and our nominee for a Canada Research Chair in Cities (Tier 2). Bri

an is an internationally recognized expert studying the critical issues around gentrification and neighbourhood change.

By Farah Hasan, Communications & Social Media Coordinator, Faculty of Environment

Workplace development near LRT stations lagging home building

Originally posted by Dheana Ramsay on the Faculty of Environment website

Open roads: one co-op student’s experience working abroad

by Andreea Perescu

Congratulations to Planning student Michael Wideman for receiving a $5,000 award from the Velocity Fund Finals competition and access to space for his entrepreneurial enterprise!

Congratulations to the School of Planning teaching assistant award winners!

Teaching assistants are an integral part of successful course delivery. In order to recognize excellence in teaching among our Teaching Assistants, the School of Planning has introduced a new annual TA Award program. Instructors are asked to nominate TA's who have demonstrated commitment to the student learning experience through their outstanding efforts in a course.

Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award

Sara Brown
PLAN 313/647, Spring 2015