Disruptions are rarely unforeseen; at our fingertips is a wealth of data, historical and contemporary patterns, and peer expertise that we can use to integrate resilience into everyday decision-making. This edition of Plan Canada intends to help compile this accumulated knowledge to continue our professional conversation about resilience.
This issue’s theme, Canada in 2100, challenges planners to imagine what kind of place Canada will be in 75 years. This prospective, futures-thinking exercise is both timely and relevant given the magnitude of current issues facing Canada and the planning profession…
What should be the focus of the Winter 2025 issue of Plan Canada? It’s up to you!
Technology, in its many forms, has always been a fundamental tool for understanding and engaging with communities. When we issued our call for articles for the Summer 2025 edition on Planning and Technology, we envisioned an issue that would capture the disruptive effects of generative artificial intelligence on our profession…
More and more Canadians, young and old, are struggling under the weight of high rents, high mortgage payments, and intense competition for limited housing choices from coast to coast to coast. Policies and funding are now pivoting to confront the housing crisis on a scale not seen in generations. These are extraordinary times for planners. Planners are positioned at all levels of government, First Nations, the private sector, and the non-profit sector to meet the moment and help deliver net new housing supply…
The Fall 2024 issue of Plan Canada is intended to share, illuminate, and discuss progressive planning policies and tools that planners throughout the country are using to shape Canada’s communities.