November 28, 2025 – The range and extent of issues facing Canada – and the planning profession – in these turbulent times are unprecedented. This has blurred the lines between an urgent need to deal with today’s problems and the desire to better understand the longer-term trends affecting Canada’s future well-being. Planners may be trained to develop strategies and solutions, but determining a logical way forward in the current climate has rarely been so difficult.
Listen as authors from the most recent issue share more insights from their article, dive deeper into the theme, and take members’ questions live.
Acknowledging these uncertainties, this special issue of Plan Canada challenges readers to look ahead to the year 2100. What role can planners play in delivering a quality of life that is economically, environmentally and socially sustainable for our diverse publics? How can we factor in commitments to Reconciliation and solutions for dealing with climate change? Do planners have the skills and expertise to answer such questions, and if not, how do we develop them?
