Aaniin, Boozhoo! Ullakut! Hello, Bonjour!
The Canadian Institute of Planners’ office is located on the unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation, whose presence on these lands reaches back to time immemorial. With a membership that spans Turtle Island, CIP values the ongoing stewardship of all First Nations, Inuit, and Métis, where we enjoy the opportunity to live, work, and study.
Letter From Our President, Dan Huang RPP, MCIP
It has been a busy and pivotal year indeed for my fellow Board colleagues and for CIP staff. As a result of our efforts, we are especially pleased to be able to present a new Strategic Plan to the membership in 2022, which we hope will guide the organization and our profession through the next few years of this Decade of Action and beyond.
In 2021, we conducted and released the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Insight Survey, which highlighted the importance and need to make our profession and the communities we serve more socially inclusive and welcoming. Our online presence continues to be strong, with CIP’s webinar series attracting over 1,300 attendees in 2021 on a variety of topics including Climate Change, Active Transportation, Indigenous Planning, and Ethics in Planning. Our Emerging Leaders Program launched, an online program designed for aspiring and early-career stage planning professionals to help provide enhanced learning and networking opportunities over a ten-month period (from September 2021 to June 2022).
On the international front, CIP continues to support the Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP) in its Call to Action for Sustainable Urbanism, and in November 2021, we participated in the Canada-UK Roundtable on Net Zero Cities. CIP is also a member of the Global Planners Network (GPN) and together, we benefit from information sharing and promoting the planning profession through World Town Planning Day.
I would like to take this opportunity to especially thank all of our amazing CIP staff, led by our CEO Beth McMahon. The staff team works closely with the Board and our members with professionalism and tenacity, in order to keep our many CIP initiatives moving forward. I would also like thank all of my colleagues on the CIP Board, especially to those Directors whose terms are expiring in 2022 – Preethi Anbalagan, Nancy Griffiths, Ann Joyner, Sahar Khelifa, and Jenna Schroeder. Your contributions have been instrumental over the years in both weathering the storm through the pandemic, as well as steering our profession towards the future with our renewed Strategic Plan. My current term on the Board is also expiring, and I hope that am I fortunate enough to continue to serve the members for another three-year term.
As a final word of thanks, I would like to acknowledge with gratitude all of the volunteers who served in a variety of capacities, including but not limited to: committees (for CIP and allied professions), Professional Standards Board, Standards Committee, College of Fellows, and the CIP/ICU Planning Student Trust Fund. Without our many volunteers, we would not be able to achieve a fraction of our goals and objectives in raising the profile of our profession, by providing our expertise on so many important topics that impact our communities and regions across the country.
Respectfully submitted,
CIP President
Celebrating Our Volunteers
CIP’s accomplishments are a testament to its volunteers who ensure its governance, programs, and extensive networks are robust and effective.
Thank you for your dedication and service!
CIP Board of Directors 2020/2021
- Preethi Anbalagan
- Doug Daniels RPP, MCIP
- Josée Dion urbaniste, MICU
- Bernice Gonzalez
- Nancy Griffiths MCIP
- Dan Huang RPP, MCIP
- Ann M. Joyner RPP, FCIP
- Tonii Lerat RPP, MCIP
- Eleanor Mohammed RPP, MCIP
- Jeff Palmer RPP, MCIP
- Jenna Schroeder RPP, MCIP
- Ren Thomas RPP, MCIP
- Cindy Welsh RPP, MCIP
CIP Board of Directors 2021/2022
- Preethi Anbalagan
- Doug Daniels RPP, MCIP
- Sahar Khelifa
- Nancy Griffiths MCIP
- Dan Huang RPP, MCIP
- Ann M. Joyner RPP, FCIP
- Tonii Lerat RPP, MCIP
- Ken Melanson RPP, MCIP
- Jeff Palmer RPP, MCIP
- Jenna Schroeder RPP, MCIP
- Ren Thomas RPP, MCIP
- Adam Wright RPP, MCIP
Executive Committee 2020/2021
- Dan Huang RPP, MCIP (President)
- Jenna Schroeder RPP, MCIP (Vice-President)
- Doug Daniels RPP, MCIP (Treasurer)
Executive Committee 2021/2022
- Dan Huang RPP, MCIP (President)
- Jenna Schroeder RPP, MCIP (Vice-President)
- Doug Daniels RPP, MCIP (Treasurer)
Finance Committee 2020/2021
- Preethi Anbalagan
- Doug Daniels RPP, MCIP (Chair)
- Ann Joyner RPP, FCIP
- Ian Wong, CPA
Finance Committee 2021/2022
- Doug Daniels RPP, MCIP (Chair)
- Ann Joyner RPP, FCIP
- Ian Wong, CPA
Governance Committee 2020/2021
- Josée Dion urbaniste, MCIP
- Bernice Gonzalez
- Jeff Palmer RPP, MCIP
- Jenna Schroeder RPP, MCIP (Chair)
Governance Committee 2021/2022
- Karen Bolton RPP, MCIP
- Jason Ferrigan RPP, MCIP
- Ken Melanson RPP, MCIP
- Jeff Palmer RPP, MCIP
- Jenna Schroeder RPP, MCIP (Chair)
- Gordon Smith LPP, MCIP
Nominations Sub-CommitteeS
- Nancy Griffiths MCIP
- Tonii Lerat RPP, MCIP
- Eleanor Mohammed RPP, MCIP
- Jenna Schroeder RPP, MCIP
- Cindy Welsh RPP, MCIP
- Adam Wright RPP, MCIP
Plan Canada Editorial Committee
- Alan Howell LPP, MCIP
- Dilys Huang RPP, MCIP (Co-chair)
- Ernette Hutchings-Mason RPP, MCIP
- Shalaka Jadhav
- Lyndsay Francis RPP, MCIP
- Kristy Kilbourne RPP, MCIP
- Glenn Miller RPP, FCIP (Co-chair)
- Kent Munro RPP, MCIP (Co-chair)
- Monika Rau RPP, MCIP
- Tatsuyuki Setta RPP, MCIP
- Ray Tomalty, PhD
- Haiqing Xu PhD, RPP, MCIP
College of fellows committee
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- Bob Lehman FCIP (co-chair)
- Pamela Shaw PhD, RPP, FCIP (co-chair)
Members of the College of Fellows Committee include all FCIPs with an interest in participating.
Elevation 2.0 Conference committee
- Dear Bhokanandh RPP, MCIP (Co-chair)
- Courtney Beaubien RPP, MCIP (Co-chair)
- Elicia Elliott RPP, MCIP
- Amanda Grochowich RPP, MCIP
- Lisa Pedrini RPP, MCIP
- Randolph Wang RPP, MCIP
PLACE21 Conference committee
- Kristina Bell
- Julie Bull
- Sarah Foulkes (Chair)
- Kari-Ann Grandy
- Sharifa Riddet
- Yeva Mattson
- Julia Tippet
2020/2021 CIP Student Representatives
- Allison Donnelly, York University
- Bryce Deveau, University of Northern British Columbia
- Catherine MacKinnon, University of Waterloo
- Claire de Souza, McGill University
- Deanna Cummings, Simon Fraser University
- Elise Geschiere , University of Guelph
- Elizabeth Pollock, University of Alberta
- Hongzuo Sun, Ryerson University
- Katrina Tawnawsky, University of British Columbia
- Michelle Grover, University of Manitoba
- Oliver Norbert Prcic, University of Calgary
- Olivia Tomcala, University of Saskatchewan
- Sarah Foulkes, Vancouver Island University
- Titus Lee, Queen’s University
- Vanessa Kiley, University of Toronto
2021/2022 CIP Student representativES
- Alexander Hook, Simon Fraser University
- Allison Donnelly, York University
- Bassel Sleem, University of Manitoba
- Claire de Souza , McGill University
- Emily Huang, University of Toronto
- Georgia Smith, University of Saskatchewan
- Katrina Tarnawsky, University of British Columbia
- Kayla Ermantrout, University of Alberta
- Kimberly Lam, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Kirandeep Kaur, University of Calgary
- Megan Cranfield, University of Guelph
- Omar Irfan, University of Waterloo
- Pooja Choudhary, Vancouver Island University
- Santana Patten, University of Northern British Columbia
- Titus Lee, Queen’s University
HONOURS Jury
- Larry Beasley CM, RPP, FCIP
- Brian Bridgeman RPP, MCIP
- David Brown urbaniste-émérite, FCIP
- Dayna Edwards RPP, MCIP
- Marta Farevaag RPP, FCIP
- Rylan Graham PhD, RPP, MCIP
- Raymond Kan RPP, MCIP
- Stephen Jewczyk FCIP
- Anne McIlroy RPP, FCIP
- Daniel Mercer RPP, MCIP
- Karen Russell RPP, FCIP (Chair)
- W.G.A. (Bill) Shaw RPP, FCIP
2021 Awards for planning excellence jury
- Olimpia Pantelimon RPP, MCIP (Chair)
- Jennifer Barrett RPP, MCIP
- Lilian Chau RPP, MCIP
- Rob Dowler RPP, MCIP
- Colton Kirsop RPP, MCIP
- Daniel Millette RPP, MCIP
- Nathalie Prud’homme MICU, OUQ
- Lenore Swystun RPP, MCIP
- Scott Taylor RPP, MCIP
PLAN CANADA AWARDS JURY
- Paul Bell RPP, MCIP
- Mollie Kuchma RPP, MCIP
- Doug Merry RPP, MCIP
- Barbara Myers RPP, MCIP
CIP’s Representatives on External Bodies
CIP also recognizes its members who represent the Institute on external bodies:
Federation of Canadian Municipalities Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP) Technical Working Group
- Christine Callihoo RPP, MCIP
Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation Planning Research Advisory Board
- Lilian Chau RPP, MCIP
Transportation Association of Canada Autonomous Vehicles Task Force
- Victor Ngo RPP, MCIP
Professional Standards Board
- Greg Birch RPP, MCIP
Global Earthquake Model Canada-National Steering Committee
- Laurent Mougeot
Central Experimental Farm Advisory Committee
- Rajbir Sian, RPP, MCIP
Commonwealth Planners Association (CAP)
- Jihad Bitar RPP, MCIP
CAP Young Planners Network Steering Group
- Champa Maduranayagam RPP, MCIP
National Urban Design Awards Jury
- Audrey Alemao RPP, MCIP
- Karen Russell RPP, FCIP (Professional Advisor)
Standards Committee
- Nina Maher RPP, MCIP
What Our Members Say
2021 Survey
According to the 2021 membership survey, the two most important CIP services for members are the MCIP® title and CIP’s advocacy on behalf of the profession, and Plan Canada magazine is the highest rated membership benefit.
MCIP®
MCIP® is a registered trademark of the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP). Only individuals who have met all the professional requirements of their Provincial and Territorial Institute and Association (PTIA), and are members in good standing with their PTIA and CIP, are permitted to use MCIP in their professional title.
Plan Canada Magazine
Plan Canada is the premier planning magazine in Canada and the official magazine of the Canadian Institute of Planners. It is published quarterly and features informative and beautifully presented articles on innovative projects and best practices in Canadian planning, as well as original research by practitioners and academics. Each edition explores one theme in the planning world.
Membership
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PUBLIC SUBSCRIBER
Thank you to the 2021 CIP Staff Team
Lori Barron-Munteanu
Valérie Broadfoot
Kevin Farrell
Christopher Hansen
Jesse Hsieh
Sharon James
Sheena Jardine-Olade
Matthew Klaas
Marisa Lingard
Christine McLenan
Beth McMahon
Joëlle Perrier
Daniel Potter
Kylie Schatz
Wendy Vance
2021 Accomplishments
Strategic Planning
Commitment to Carbon Neutrality
World Town Planning Day
CIP’s President, Dan Huang RPP, MCIP, participated in the COP-26 event, The Race to Net Zero, organized by the Royal Town Planning Institute in partnership with the Global Planners Network, Commonwealth Association of Planners, and the International Society of City and Regional Planners. A CIP webinar on International Approaches to Healthy Communities was also presented by Lindsay Fischer RPP, MCIP, Juma Assiago (UN-Habitat), and Michael Chang MRTPI, Hon. MFPH.
Recognizing the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Insight Survey
New: Emerging Leaders Program
PLACE21: Canadian Planning & Geography Student Conference
PLACE21 was a smashing success!
“I needed to get back into the present thinking about professional practice after taking a 2-year leave. I was just taken aback by the questions, the research, and professionalism of this conference. I am so hopeful for the profession given the work that was shared over the past two days.”
– PLACE21 attendee
Monthly Webinar Series
Top attended webinars:
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- Planning for Active Transportation
- Zoning, Equity and Human Rights: Lessons from Edmonton
- National Indigenous History Month Webinar Series
Social Media
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Honours and Awards
CIP recognizes excellence across Canada through its honours and awards program, while its sister charity, CIP/ICU Plannting Student Trust Fund, does so through its scholarships and bursaries offerings. These extraordinary planning achievements – both historical and at the cutting edge – highlight the best of communities, organizations, and individuals at every career stage.
College of Fellows Inductees
In 2021, CIP welcomed two new inductees into its esteemed College of Fellows: Kelley Moore RPP, FCIP, and Leela Viswanathan PhD, RPP, FCIP.
President’s Awards
This award recognizes outstanding achievement by a Canadian planning scholar whose significant contribution to planning research, literature, or the student community warrants acknowledgment on a national level.
This award celebrates the leaders of tomorrow and recognizes young planners (under the age of 35) for their vision, leadership, and/or service to the profession.
- Megan Meldrum, Queen’s University
- Tara Slater, University of Alberta
- Elise Geschiere, University of Guelph
- Bailey Walsh, Vancouver Island University
- Andrew Faber, McGill University
- Kristin Levy, University of Northern British Columbia
- Allison Evans, York University
- Jean Guillemette, Université Laval
- Megan Asbil, University of Calgary
- Ella Romia Gindi, Dalhousie University
- Anushree Banerjee, Dalhousie University
- Hillary Beattie, University of Manitoba
- Tara Lamothe, Simon Fraser University
- Dominic Dike, Ryerson University
- Carly Murphy, Ryerson University
- Keisha St.Louis-McBurnie, University of Toronto
- Lauren Pettapiece, University of Waterloo
- Alison Curtis, University of Waterloo
- Aaron Shantz, University of Waterloo
- Jennifer Koss, University of British Columbia
- Nicole Levine, University of Saskatchewan
- Damon Widynowski, University of Saskatchewan
Awards for Planning Excellence
A CIP Award for Planning Excellence is the highest honour a planning project can receive nationally. They recognize innovation, impact on the profession, overall presentation, and implementation potential, and are the highest level of recognition the Institute bestows on professional planning projects.
A total of 53 national and international projects were received across 11 categories, resulting in a total of 18 awards, including, for the first time in more than a decade, an award of “Excellence” in each category.
CIP invites you to read the jury statements and review the plans/reports in their entirety on the CIP website.
Plan Canada Awards
ARTICLE OF THE YEAR
Pandemic Patios and “Flat White” Urbanism
By Amina Yasin and Daniella Fergusson RPP, MCIP
“The jury commends the authors for not only highlighting the inequalities that exist and how the gap has been further exacerbated through the COVID-19 pandemic, but also for providing thoughtful analysis and opportunities to challenge planners to think more inclusively in all aspects of community planning.”
Congratulations to CIP’s 2021 MCIPs
2021 Financial Statements
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