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
Bulletin
University of Calgary, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Doctor of Design
A doctoral degree for practicing design professionals who want to build recognized expertise in a specific topic area and elevate their professional career to a new level.
The DDes is intended for mid-career design professionals with at least five to seven years of professional experience and a desire to augment the expertise developed in their career through focused, applied research at the doctoral level. \
Deadline to apply is February 1, 2020. Click here for complete information. Click here for press release.
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.