Watch the first edition of CIP's new Plan Canada Webinar Series!

Presentations from Session 4 - Climate Resilience

Bringing the Forest Back to the Forest City:  A Redesign of Reg Cooper Squar

Planning for Longstanding Sustainability:  Addressing the Downfalls of Green Infrastructure Planning 

Presentations from Session 3 - Healthy Communities for All

Playing & Place: Older Adult Perceptions of Playful Environments in Victoria, B.C.

Policy Proposals for Ageing in Place: Interventions for Successful Ageing in Place in Windsor, Canada & Brescia, Italy 

Presentations from Session 2 - Reconciliation & Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Gender, Planning, and the City: A Modern Call to Action for the Field of Plannin

The Land We Walk On: Reconciliation and Decolonizing Planning in Education

Perceived Municipal Goals and Objectives Towards Increasing Food Distribution and Access >> Municipal Food Systems: Calgary Case Study

Planning and Agri-Food Systems: Evaluating the Capacity of Ontario Municipalities

The global demographic trend of population ageing presents a challenge for government institutions, urban planners, policy makers and community organizations. Concurrently, ageing in place has emerged in planning discourse, with the potential to support cities in becoming age-friendly environments. This thesis poses the research question: to what extent and how can cities experiencing population ageing use ageing in place as a conceptual planning and policy tool to create the conditions for older adults to age in place successfully? The literature review finds five dichotomies, offering analytical frameworks for the case studies of Windsor, Canada and Brescia, Italy. The case studies describe the existing conditions for ageing in place at three spatial scales: the internal and external characteristics of the home, and the neighbourhood, considering both private owned homes and social housing. The research question is answered in a six-part proposal for ageing in place programs in care, the home and ICT: the Continuum of Care, Neighbourhoods of Care, Green Retrofitting, Adaptable Homes Modifications, Alternative Housing Typologies, and Telemedicine and Social Calls. These proposals offer a framework for cities to implement ageing in place policies according to their unique contexts, and highlight the role of older residents as important community resources.

This webinar will present HealthyPlan.City, a new and innovative Canada-wide tool that facilitates visualization and analysis of environmental and socioeconomic data in support of planning. 

This session will focus on the development and financing of the Region of Peel's Housing Master Plan which, when fully funded and implemented, could result in the development of more than 5,650 new affordable rental units, including 226 supportive and 60 emergency shelter beds. The plan maximizes the housing potential of 31 sites in the Region of Peel land and Peel Housing Corporation property portfolio. Recently, Peel reached an agreement with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation for up to $276.4 million in federal funds to develop 2,240 of these units and beds by 2028.

Join leading experts and practitioners for an engaging and informative panel discussion on important housing and planning topics and issues. Moderated by Dr. Ren Thomas RPP, MCIP, panelists will tackle some of the most complex and urgent issues related to planning, homelessness, and affordability with a focus on innovative ideas and solutions.

CIP hosted a free webinar entitled "Form-Based Code: From Theory to Practice" on February 7, 2022. The webinar was designed to demystify Form-Based Code, explain its benefits, and use local examples to explore how planners can use this tool in their planning practice.