The School of Planning's Dr. Leia Minaker has recently published a report in partnership with Heart & Stroke which details how food and beverage companies employ dozens of tactics to market their products directly to children at point-of-sale locations across Canada, such as grocery stores and restaurants.
Updated March 2, 2023 - Domestic application deadline extended from January 15th to June 1st for MA/MES. Please contact potential supervisors prior to applying to discuss your interest in this program and confirm that they are still accepting new students.
Congratulations to Alan Mak (Accounting and Finance), Matthew Van Bakel (Planning), Nathan Lee (Civil Engineering), and Samantha Kerry (Architectural Engineering) for winning the First Place Grand Prize at the Expand Your Empire Development Conference.
This year, the PLAN 211: Design Studio Foundations course, taught by Dr. Katherine Perrott, has partnered with the Sustainability Office to produce urban design visualizations that explore the possibilities of what the future of the University of Waterloo campus could look like when meeting the University’s sustainability goals. The students’ first project was to create a general idea of a sustainable campus by submitting prompts into the new cutting-edge technology: DALL-E 2.
On November 23, the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada announced its support for a research project led by Dr. Michael Drescher, Professor in the School of Planning: “Residential development Impact Scorecard for the Environment (RISE) – An assessment tool for carbon stock and greenhouse gas impacts of residential developments”
School of Planning Associate Professor Michael Drescher and Associate Professor Luna Khirfan raise their concerns about the Government of Ontario's recently proposed a new bill, the More Homes Built Faster Act, or Bill 23 in an article published in "THE CONVERSATION".
The School of Planning's participation in the ASCP conference this year is excellent. You will find a number of student and faculty talks throughout the 3 day event starting on November 3rd and ending on November 5th. The School's daily participation schedule is included below. We hope to see many more of you during the event. You can learn more about the event and view the full schedule at ACSP 2022.
Clarence Woudsma contributes to a recent article in "the sprawl", a worthwhile read about how consumerism is driving a warehouse boom in Calgary.
We are pleased to announce that Janice Barry has agreed to serve as the Associate Director, Graduate Studies for the School of Planning, effective July 1, 2022.
The School of Planning is pleased to announce a new administrative role and Mark Seasons has kindly agreed to undertake the responsibilities of Associate Director, Professional Practice. This role will support building and maintaining strong relationships with the Planning profession in addition to other relevant stakeholders.
Mark will work to identify opportunities, liaise with stakeholders, and take initiative in the following areas: