On June 6, CIP proudly partnered with the National Capital Commission for their June Urbanism Lab on Lessons in Indigenous Planning, featuring panelists Dr. Ted Jojola of the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning and David Thomas of Treaty One Development Corporation.

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. 

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.

On December 10, the webinar "Transportation Planning" explored how transportation planners from across Canada are beginning to drive fundamental change in the direction of safe, accessible, and sustainable urban spaces through the implementation of equity, resilience, and sustainability policies. 

CIP hosted a free webinar titled "Plan Evaluation" with Mark Seasons RPP, FCIP, on November 17. The webinar was designed to (a) review key plan evaluation concepts and processes; (b) discuss the characteristics of useful indicators; and (c) consider factors that can impede or facilitate effective plan evaluation.