Fellowship in the Canadian Institute of Planners is the highest honour the Institute can bestow upon a planner. This distinction recognizes excellence, identifies prominent role models, promotes advances in planning practice and draws leaders to the forefront of planning in Canada. Such professional attainment and experience must be significant at a national or international planning level. Fellows proudly use the designation FCIP, to denote Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners.
To become a Fellow, an individual must be nominated by a professional (MCIP®/FCIP) or retired member of CIP in good standing and adhere to the nomination criteria. The nomination is then brought before the Honours and Awards Jury, which makes a recommendation to the CIP Board of Directors. For nominations guidelines, visit CIP's Honours page.