World Town Planning Day
APPI supports World Town Planning Day (WTPD) as an opportunity to promote better understanding and awareness of Canadian Planners and planning to the local community and all levels of government. WTPD is November 8 of each year. APPI Regional Event Committees are proud ambassadors and host various events to connect planner, public and government.
On the week of November 4-8, CIP will hold a week-long online conference, which will showcase presentations on important planning issues and innovations from Canada and around the world.
https://www.cip-icu.ca/WTPD2019#
CIP WTPD Call for Abstracts Deadline: September 13, 2019 5:00 pm EDT https://www.cip-icu.ca/Files/WTPD/Call-for-Abstracts-WTPD-2019.aspx
APPI 2019 WTPD Events!
'City Dreamers' a film by Joseph Hillel November 6 at the Metro Cinema, 7:00 PM, Edmonton Click here for the poster.
WTPD Webinar, November 8 online, 10:00 AM, School of Community Government Click here for the poster. Contact Scott Lough, [email protected] for further information and to register.
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APPI hosts free Webinars and Virtual Coffee Breaks!
Join your peers for Virtual Coffee Breaks via GoTo Meeting. Webinars are posted as confirmed via GoTo Webinar. Check out the details and register online here.
Request for Volunteers - PSB Advisory Group on Indigenous Planning
The Professional Education and Examination Committee of the Professional Standards Board for the Planning Profession in Canada (PSB) is looking for a 3-7 qualified volunteers from across the country to serve on an Advisory Group to review content it has developed related to Indigenous Planning for its Professional Examination for the certification of Registered Professional Planners/Licensed Professional Planners in Canada, including Examination questions and Study Guide materials.
The work would involve independent review of the materials and 1-3 meetings with the group within the next 3-6 months to discuss feedback on the materials. Members of the Advisory Group have significant expertise in Indigenous Planning and may also be part of Indigenous communities. The Advisory Group may be called upon for future consultation as well.
Please send any questions or interest in participating to [email protected]
PLAN North West
The Winter 2020, Issue 6 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.