What We Do
Planners link knowledge and action in ways that improve public and private development decisions which affect people, places and the environment. Planning is a key agent in shaping our communities and leading how we adapt to and manage the physical, economic and social forces that affect our communities.
The Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI) is a professional regulated organization under the provisions of the Professional and Occupational Associations Registration Act of Alberta, responsible for certifying members to achieve "Right to Title" and thereby are legally entitled to use the Registered Professional Planner – RPP designation. APPI regulates private and public sector planners practicing in Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. APPI is governed as a public accountable organization with an obligation to serve the public interest under the Professional and Occupational Associations Registration Act.
APPI works to support its members so its professional planners can
- Support civic leaders, business interests and citizens to envision new possibilities and consider the short and long term consequences of decisions facing the community
- Lead in the development of innovations in regulation, programs and policy
- Anticipate change to help communities synthesize and meet the challenges of growth and development
- Design communities that create better choices for where and how people live and work
- Strike a balance between public and private, individual and community interest
APPI History
APPI Geographical Map of Regulated Members
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New heritage certificate program offered by University of Calgary
To apply for the Built and Landscape Heritage Certificate, students must submit an application and all supporting materials by September 1st.
Click here for registration and program information.
Volunteers required for consideration as APPI nominees to the Calgary Planning Commission (CPC) and Calgary Urban Design Review Panel
If you are a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) and interested in being considered as one of APPI’s non-binding nominations to serve in one of these capacities, please send an email to the APPI office confirming your interest and attach both a cover letter and a personal resume of no more than two single-sided pages by 3:00 PM on Thursday August 29, 2019.
APPI 2019 Conference
Sponsorship Program is now Available!
PLAN North West
The Summer 2019, Issue 5 is now available, click here.
PLAN NW invites planners who are members of APPI as well those who are not, to submit articles or concepts for articles, for consideration in upcoming issues of this planning publication. Click here for submission information.