Congratulations to the CIP Emerging Planner Award Recipient Nicholas Kuhl!

APPI congratulates CIP Emerging Planner Award Recipient, Nicholas Kuhl RPP, MCIP. This award celebrates the leaders of tomorrow by recognizing the outstanding professional success and achievement – including leadership and service to the profession – of Canadian planners within their first ten years of professional planning experience. 

Nicholas is a Planner with O2 in Calgary, where he specializes in infill master planning, development approvals, and growth planning for regional, urban, and community planning projects. He is also a Sessional Instructor at the University of Alberta and volunteers with the University of Calgary’s Citizens + Students program. He was central to the development, adoption, and implementation of the Habitat Professionals Forum’s Roadmap to Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nick currently serves on APPI Council and previously served on the CIP Board and Co-Chaired the CIP Student Affairs Sub-Committee.

Joint Statement by the Canadian Institute of Planners, Provincial and Territorial Institutes and Associations, and Professional Standards Board in Recognition of National Indigenous History Month

OTTAWA, June 1, 2023 – June marks National Indigenous History Month – a time to recognize the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples who have stewarded these Lands known to many as Canada for time immemorial. It also creates an opportunity for us to honour and celebrate the diversity of Indigenous knowledge systems, cultures, languages, governance structures, and kinship models that continue to exist today.
 
As the voices of the planning profession, we acknowledge the responsibility that we have to the unceded, un-surrendered, and Treaty Lands of Canada. We recognize that we have much to learn from Indigenous ways of knowing and being in order for Registered Professional Planners (RPPs), Licensed Professional Planners (LPPs), and equivalent fully certified members to practice planning in an inclusive way. National Indigenous History Month reminds us of our commitment to ongoing learning through our connection to the Land and the beings who make their home on it. We encourage all our members and partners to dedicate time this month to strengthening their relationships with the Indigenous Peoples of their territory and find meaningful ways to incorporate Indigenous knowledge systems into their planning practice.

For National Indigenous History Month, and all year long, we encourage our members and our organizations to actively participate in reconciliation through listening, learning, and engaging in respectful relationships with the Land and with each other.

The City of Calgary's Energy Futures - Hosted by Susan Carter, Partner, DIALOG - Climate Imperative Series: Energy Futures

June 8,  4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Central Library 800 3 Street SW Calgary

Register for free:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-imperative-series-energy-futures-tickets-629036102917

Calgary has long been seen as an energy center, but what would it look like for our city and province to take the lead on a sustainable energy future? How do we not only build a better future for our great city, but also become a force to amplify these practices to those who look to us as a global example? Hosted by Susan Carter, partner at DIALOG
Moderator, Jasmine Palardy - Co-Founder, Future Fit Cities 
Panelists
Jyoti Gondek - Mayor, The City of Calgary
John Kousinioris -  President and CEO, TransAlta
Teri Balser - Professor and Former Provost, University of Calgary 

APPI June Events

APPI and ITE Edmonton Event - The Arc Card: Developing Our Smart Card System

June 13, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

U of A University Club, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, AB
11:30am – Arrive and eat
12:00pm – 1:00pm Panel Discussion

Load, tap, and go. In many cities around the world contactless smart cards are an integral part of your day to day life, providing you access to regional transit systems (Presto Card (Toronto)) and/or retail businesses and services (Octopus Card (Hong Kong). Join Sarah Feldman (ETS), Lindsey Radford (City of Fort Saskatchewan) and Cameron Grayson (Transit Innovation Programs), as they share the evolution of Arc Card, including the history, the unique features of Arc, and how the system aims to improve the customer experience. 

For the presenters' full bios and to register please click here: 

APPI Event - The Arc Card: Developing Our Smart Card System | Alberta Professional Planners Institute (albertaplanners.com)

Cost: $35 APPI and ITE Members, $45 Non member, $25 Students
Registration includes soup and sandwich buffet. GST included and refunds are not available. This event qualifies for 1.0 CPL units.

APPI Edmonton Event - New Planning Leaders on the Block

June 19, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

U of A University Club, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, AB
11:30am – Arrive and eat
12:00pm – 1:00pm Panel Discussion

Re-imagine. Plan. Build. This is the vision set forth for the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. But what does this mean and look like for some of regional municipalities? How is growth being managed in a rural context vs urban context? What innovative ideas might be hiding in plain sight in our backyards?

Join T. J. Auer (Town of Morinville) as he dishes with Teaka Broughm (City of Leduc), Natasha De Sandi (Parkland County), and Lyndsay Francis (City of Fort Saskatchewan) on what makes their communities great, the exciting projects brewing, and learn more about the municipalities around the region!

For the presenters' full bios and to register please click here:

APPI Event - Panel New Planning Leaders on the Block | Alberta Professional Planners Institute (albertaplanners.com)

Cost: $35 APPI members,  $45 Non members, $25 Students. Registration includes soup and sandwich buffet. GST included and refunds are not available. This event qualifies for 1.0 CPL units.

APPI Virtual Coffee Breaks

The Institute has resumed hosting virtual coffee breaks once a month over the noon hour. Click on each date to register.
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PSB Webinar: Mentoring a Candidate Member PSB Webinar: Mentoring a Candidate Member (vimeo.com)  Volunteer - Professional Standards Board (psb-planningcanada.ca) 2023 APPI Conference Sponsor Opportunities Planning Awards Call for Submissions! Deadline is July 15, 2023