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Plan Canada Winter 2025

Plan Canada Magazine

Plan Canada: Winter 2025 People’s Choice

We want to know: What issues are keeping you up at night? What changes are you working toward? What role do you believe planners should play in shaping stronger, more inclusive, and more sustainable communities?
Voting ends on Wednesday, July 16, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

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Plan Canada Fall 2025

Plan Canada Magazine

Imagining Canada in 2100

Planners may be trained to develop strategies and solutions, but determining a logical way forward in the current climate has rarely been so difficult. This special issue of Plan Canada challenges readers to look ahead to the year 2100.
Deadline for submissions is Friday, July 18, at 11:59 p.m. ET.

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CIP National Job Board

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New platform, lower prices, and more perks! The CIP National Job Board is designed to help professionals like you find positions that align with your skills and interests.

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The Path
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The Path

Your Journey Through Indigenous Canada

CIP is pleased to offer The Path, an acclaimed six-module course on the history and contemporary realities of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. The course is eligible for six unstructured CPL units.

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The Number One Threat to Our Communities

With new initiatives to increase adaptation planning knowledge and other climate-related skills, CIP reaffirms our commitment to continued action and advocacy.

How We’re Taking Action
Helping resilient communities becoming more liveable, prosperous and equitable in the face of climate change.

The Health of Our Communities and Residents Matter

As planners, we create and support conditions that increase community and individual health and well-being.

How We’re Planning Better Spaces
Fostering vibrant environments and active lifestyles that promote and protect the health of all Canadians.

Communities in Crisis

There’s no one solution to the housing challenge, as mounting concerns about affordability and choice intensify across the country.

How We’re Helping
Taking a strong stance on the sustainable and equitable development of housing, which is one of the biggest issues our country is facing right now.

Learning, Truth, and Healing

Reconciliation needs to be deeply ingrained in the jurisdictional and legal context of Canadian planning practices.

How We’re Learning Together
Leading by example in the process of reconciliation by facilitating strong, respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

Fostering Inclusive Places

Planners create safe and inclusive communities for all through thoughtful engagement and participatory approaches.

How We’re Changing That
Applying an EDIA lens to planning practice is required to confront and address systemic racism and discrimination.”