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Wednesday, September 30th
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
SP1: Golf tournament (Sponsored by Urban & Environmental Management Inc.)
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Full-day intensive workshop
ITW1: Urban design charrette (Sponsored by GSP Group)
9:00 a.m. to noon
Morning-only intensive workshops
ITW3: Climate change breakthroughs: How to implement a Local Action Plan
Devin Causley, MCIP, RPP, Federation of Canadian Municipalities (PDF)
Beth Sills, TriEdge and Associates, Ontario (PDF)
Alex Boston, HB Lanarc, British Columbia (PDF)
ITW6: LEEDing neighbourhoods by design (PDF)
Lisa Prime, MCIP, RPP, Waterfront Toronto, Ontario
Anna Palamarchuk, MCIP, RPP, Waterfront Toronto, Ontario
Thelma Gee, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing, Ontario
Adam Stoker, EnerModal, Ontario (PDF)
Steve Carpenter, EnerModal, Ontario (PDF)
ITW8: Food and agriculture systems: New tools for an emerging planning area
ITW10: Climate Change Primer: What you need to know
2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
SP2: City of Niagara Falls bus tour
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Afternoon-only intensive workshops
ITW2: Ethics and Planning: Raising the Bar on Professional Standards
Ron Keeble, MCIP, RPP,
Ryerson University, Ontario (PDF)
Dana Anderson, MCIP, RPP,
Town of Oakville, Ontario (PDF)
Stan Floras, Legal Counsel,
Ontario Municipal Board (PDF)
ITW3a: Climate change breakthroughs: How to implement a Local Action Plan (Repeat Session from the morning)
Devin Causley, MCIP, RPP, Federation of Canadian Municipalities (PDF)
Beth Sills, TriEdge and Associates, Ontario (PDF)
Alex Boston, HB Lanarc, British Columbia (PDF)
ITW5: Integrating Environmental Assessment and Planning: Getting It Done
Janet Amos, MCIP, RPP, Amos Environment Planning, Ontario (PDF)
ITW6a: LEEDing neighbourhoods by design (PDF) (Repeat Session from the morning)
Lisa Prime, MCIP, RPP, Waterfront Toronto, Ontario
Anna Palamarchuk, MCIP, RPP, Waterfront Toronto, Ontario
Thelma Gee, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing, Ontario
Adam Stoker, EnerModal, Ontario (PDF)
Steve Carpenter, EnerModal, Ontario (PDF)
ITW8a: Rood and agriculture systems: New tools for an emerging planning area (Repeat Session from the morning)
5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Keynote speaker Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Thursday, October 1st
7:00 to 8:00 a.m.
OPPI Annual General Meeting and breakfast
8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Plenary panel discussion: Communities on the competitive edge
Mark Anielski,
Author, The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth (PDF)
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Plenary panel discussion: Land, water, air, and energy
Rick Findlay, The Sweetwater Seas:
From a Storied Past to a
Sustainable Future
12:30 to 1:45 p.m.
CIP-OPPI awards luncheon 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Mobile workshops MW1: The power of the Niagara River
MW2: Sustainable building practices using LEED standard certification
MW3: The Biosphere in our backyard: Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment
MW4: Bicycle tour: Planning and design for active healthy living 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent sessions
EV1: The Energy Challenge for Communities
Taylor Zeeg, MCIP,
Compass Resource Management Ltd.,
British Columbia (PDF)
Brent Gilmour, MCIP, RPP,
Canadian Urban Institute, Ontario (PDF)
Rafael Betancourt,
Canadian Urban Institute, Cuba (PDF)
Jessica Webster,
Natural Resources Canada, Ontario (PDF)
ES4: Building the regional city
Andrew Farncombe, MCIP, RPP, Canadian Urban Institute, Ontario
Ann McAfee, FCIP, City Choices Consulting, British Columbia (PDF)
Kathryn Bryk Friedman, University of Buffalo, USA
Francis Gentoral, Canadian Urban Institute, Philippines
ES11: Protecting land and the business of farming
CS1: Incorporating cultural, societal and scenic values in transportation planning
ES12: The economics of happiness in real time
CS4: Saving our cities: Contemporary approaches to heritage planning
CS6: Learning from the past: Canadian precedents in urbanism
David Gordon, MCIP, RPP, Queen’s University, Ontario
Rick Merrill, MCIP, RPP, The Planning Partnership Limited, Ontario
CS7: Conserving the past to achieve a better future
Marcus Letourneau,
City of Kingston, Ontario
Michael Seaman, MCIP, RPP,
Town of Oakville, Ontario
Robert Shipley, MCIP, RPP,
University of Waterloo, Ontario
Natalie Bull, Heritage Canada
Foundation, Ontario
EV4: Silk purses: The power of transformation
4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Concurrent sessions
ES5: Local food, local economy
Deepthi Jayatilaka, Provincial Health Services Authority, British Columbia (PDF)
Marc Xuereb, Waterloo Region Health, Ontario (PDF)
John Lubczynski, Waterloo Region Planning, Ontario (PDF)
ES13 What planners can bring to the table in a recession
ES2: The “Big Move” in Canada’s largest urban region (PDF)
Leslie Woo, Metrolinx, Ontario (PDF)
John Howe, Metrolinx, Ontario (PDF)
CS3: Culture and livable places
Winston Wong, MCIP, RPP, Ministry of Culture, Ontario (PDF)
Alan Binks, MCIP, RPP, Ministry of Culture, Ontario (PDF)
Patrick Robson, Region of Niagara, Ontario (PDF)
Gregg Barrett, City of London, Ontario (PDF)
SS1: Economic Innovation: The Saskatchewan Story
EV8: Do I really have to save that tree?
Greg Pulham, MCIP, RPP, Ministry
of Natural Resources, Ontario (PDF)
Amy Handyside, Ministry of
Natural Resources, Ontario (PDF)
Don Campbell, MCIP, RPP,
Region of Niagara, Ontario (PDF)
Chris Gosselin, MCIP, RPP,
Region of Waterloo, Ontario
SS4: From edge city to urban place: Tysons Corner revisited
EV5: Infrastructure for a changed climate
Lou DiGironimo,
Toronto Water, Ontario
Jillian Stephen,
City of Hamilton, Ontario (PDF)
Nick Illauq, Clyde River, Nunavut
SS7: Joining the conversation: New strategies for consultation and action
Pamela Sweet, FCIP, RPP, FoTenn Consultants Inc., Ontario (PDF)
Meghan Shaw, McGill University, Quebec
Courtney Johnson, City of Saskatoon (PDF)
Paula Kotasek, MCIP, City of Saskatoon (PDF)
5:30 to 11:00 p.m.
SP3: Evening in Niagara-on-the-Lake 6:00 to 10:30 p.m.
SP4: Greg Frewin dinner theatre & magic show 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
SP5: Bird Kingdom Aviary
Friday, October 2nd
7:00 to 8:00 a.m.
CIP Annual General Meeting and breakfast 8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Plenary panel: The cultural economy and your community
Jacqueline Norton, Manager of Film & Television Office,
City of Hamilton (PDF)
Jeremy Freiburger, Director of the Imperial Cotton
Centre for the Arts in Hamilton, Ontario (PDF)
Jeff Evenson, Canadian Urban Institute (PDF)
Bruce Kuwabara, KPMB Architects (PDF)
10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Plenary panel: This land is our land 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Interactive Media Café 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.
Luncheon: Keynote speaker Chris Ronayne (Sponsored by Halsall Associates) 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Mobile workshops MW5: New directions in managing waste
MW6: Walking tour of historic Niagara-on-the-Lake MW7: Niagara Parks planning then and now MW8: Environmental restoration and natural heritage planning in Niagara
MW9: Not exactly Old Macdonald’s farm 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent sessions
CS11: Derelict to desirable: Sustainability, landscape & art transform a neighbourhood
Carla Guerrera, MCIP, RPP, Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, Ontario (PDF)
David Leinster, MCIP, RPP, The Planning Partnership Limited, Ontario (PDF)
SS8: Ontario’s Growth Plan hits the ground
Andrea Gabor, FCIP, RPP, Urban Strategies Inc., Ontario (PDF)
Melanie Hare, MCIP, RPP, Urban Strategies Inc., Ontario (PDF)
Perry Vagnini, MCIP, RPP, Region of Halton, Ontario
Roger Saunders, MCIP, RPP, Region of Durham, Ontario (PDF)
Paul Robinson, MCIP, RPP, City of Vaughan, Ontario
ES1: City building in the public interest: P3 or not P3?
ES3: Intensification and greenfield densities: Surprising insights from new research
Marcy Burchfield, Neptis Foundation, Ontario (PDF)
Zack Taylor, MCIP, RPP, University of Toronto, Ontario
John van Nostrand, MCIP, RPP, planningAlliance, Ontario
ES6: Think big: Cultural and social projects
Joe J. Cimer, MCIP, RPP, Filmport Development Inc., Ontario (PDF)
Heather McRae, MCIP, ACP, City of Edmonton, Alberta
Carlo Bonanni, MES, MCIP, RPP, Toronto Economic Development Corporation, Ontario (PDF)
ES8: Byways, blueways, and greenways
EV2: Power tools: Sustainable design guidelines
EV7: Planners’ toolkit on renewable energy
Jason Day, Jacques Whitford, British Columbia (PDF)
Tim Cane, MCIP, RPP, The Jones Consulting Group, Ontario (PDF)
Lorelie Spencer, MCIP, RPP, Municipality of Grey Highlands, Ontario (PDF)
Kelly Yerxa, BA, LLB, LLM CS, O’Connor MacLeod Hanna, LLP, Ontario (PDF)
4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Concurrent sessions
CS8: Keeping it real: Guelph’s plan to grow sustainably (PDF)
Tim Smith, MCIP, RPP,
Urban Strategies Inc., Ontario (PDF)
Marian Plaunt, MCIP, RPP,
City of Guelph, Ontario
Ian Panabaker, CAHP, MRAIC,
City of Guelph, Ontario
CS5: Culture plans in challenging times
CS2: Cinq quartiers: Five case studies in Canadian urbanism
SS3: Show me: Demonstrating sustainable communities
SS6: Old age ain’t for sissies and what that means for planners
Kendra Fitzrandolph, York University, Ontario
Glenn Miller, FCIP, RPP, Canadian Urban Institute, Ontario
Gordon Harris, MCIP, British Columbia
May Wong, Diaspora Dialogues and the Canadian Urban Institute, Canada (PDF)
EV6: A quarry in the Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere Reserve!? Yes, it’s possible
Kathryn Pounder, MCIP, RPP, Niagara Escarpment Commission, Ontario
Nancy Mott-Allen, MCIP, RPP, Niagara Escarpment Commission, Ontario
Lisa Grbinicek, Niagara Escarpment Commission, Ontario
Moreen Miller, Ontario Stone Sand and Gravel Association, Ontario
ES7: Transforming industrial landscapes by greening the bottom line
ES10: Responding to gentrification in Toronto’s Downtown West
Katherine Rankin, University of Toronto, Ontario (PDF)
Edward Birnbaum, University of Toronto, Ontario (PDF)
Dan Cohen, University of Toronto, Ontario (PDF)
Katie Mazer, University of Toronto, Ontario (PDF)
Jessica Wu, University of Toronto, Ontario (PDF)
7:00 p.m. onwards
Gala Dinner and Awards: Celebrating Excellence
Saturday, October 3rd
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
All-day mobile workshops
MW11: Exploring Buffalo’s architecture and planning history 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. MW12: Scenic bicycling tour: Winery tour to Niagara-on-the-Lake
MW13: Scenic bicycling tour: Historic Fort Erie and shoreline 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Plenary: Keynote speaker Chris Turner 9:45 to 11:15 a.m.
Concurrent sessions SS9: Sustainability at the urban-rural fringe
Jared Kassel, MCIP, ACP, Rocky View County, Alberta (PDF)
Kyra McCardle, Rocky View County, Alberta (PDF)
Diana Hawryluk, MCIP, ACP, Mountain View County, Alberta (PDF)
Margaret Walton, MCIP, RPP, Planscape, Ontario
Chris Wolfe, MCIP, ACP, Rocky View County, Alberta (PDF)
SS2: Planning by design: The Healthy Communities Guide
George McKibbon, MCIP, RPP, Director of Policy Development,
Ontario Professional Planners Institute (PDF)
Lynne Peterson, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing, Ontario
CS9: Non-traditional actors in growth management
EV3: Making a sustainable city happen
SS5: Designing for density and livability
EV9: Sustainable green lands
Carolyn DeLoyde, MCIP, RPP, Region of Halton, Ontario (PDF)
Janet Wong, MCIP, RPP, Peel Region, Ontario (PDF)
Michelle Albanese, Orland Conservation, Ontario (PDF)
Eric Baldin, Credit Valley Conservation, Ontario (PDF)
ES9: Repairing the city: The reinvention of large-scale urban brownfield area
ES14: Finding the silver lining in the current economic slowdown
CS10: Hertiage Conservation Districts: The Port Dalhousie Decision and where do we go from here?
Jane Pepino, Partner, Aird & Berlis LLP, Ontario (PDF)
Catherine Nasmith,
Catherine Nasmith Architect, Ontario
David Cuming, MCIP, RPP, City of Hamilton, Ontario
Robert Shipley, University of Waterloo, Ontario (Part 1, PDF) (Part 2, PDF)
CS13: From urban coast to Amerindian hinterland: Community development planning in Guyana, South America
11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Closing plenary: Keynote speaker Chris Turner (Sponsored by Affordability and Choice Today ACT)
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
SP7: Tour and Winemaker’s lunch at Vineland Estates Winery |
