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School of Urban & Regional Planning Letter from the Editors School of Urban & Regional Planning Letter from the Editors February 2006, Volume 1, Number 8 By Elise Willison and Viki Eric See you at the Reception in May! Greetings Fellow Alumni! About the editors: Elise Willison graduated Well, another year has passed, quickly, as in 1997 and is working with the Town of usual. A number of interesting articles are Niagara-On-The-Lake. to be found in this year’s edition of the Newsletter, including a discussion about Viki Eric graduated in 2003 and is working Ryerson’s Environmental & Applied with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Science Management Program, The Living Housing. Wall: an ecological sound barrier solution, a tribute to remember Peter Bennett, class of 1978, and teaching high school students about Urban Planning. Letter from the Chair The RPA Committee is well underway on By Anthony Biglieri preparations for this year’s Spring The Ryerson Planning Alumni Committee Reception, being held at the Arcadian Court (RPA) will be holding its 8th Annual in Toronto. The impetus, as always, is a Spring Reception on Tuesday, May 30, fundraiser for the Ryerson Planning Alumni 2006 at the Arcadian Court located in the Awards, which are presented to third and heart of the City. fourth year Ryerson planning students. With your continued support we have been This annual event continues to grow every able to increase this year’s awards. year with a loyal following of professional planners, engineers, lawyers, alumni and As a reminder, we encourage you to update other members of the planning and your contact information with the Ryerson development industry. In 2005 the event Alumni Relations office. We all change brought together over 350 individuals for an residences and move around in Planning enjoyable evening of networking, positions. Please keep this database up to socializing, great food and some terrific date, as the RPA also uses this database for door prizes. Alumni also had the contacting alumni. Please visit the opportunity to “catch up” with fellow following link to update your profile. To classmates and talk to existing and past catch up with fellow alumni online, visit the professors of the faculty. latter link to sign on to RUonline. RPA has continued their hard work this year www.ryerson.ca/alumni/update.html to deliver yet another fun filled evening. It www.ryerson.ca/alumni/community will again feature a buffet of superb catered food, a fantastic jazz band that will Ryerson Planning Alumni Newsletter February 2006, Volume 1, Number 8 entertain, chances to win great door prizes, News from the School of and we will be continuing with the “charity Planning gambling” - a highlight of last year’s event. By David Amborski The event attracts overwhelming support from our Corporate and Municipal Sponsors. I am pleased to be writing my first Last year we reached our goal and we are Director’s report for the newsletter. I would hoping that this continues again for this like to inform the members of the alumni year. I cannot begin to stress how important that I have been appointed by Dean sponsorship is to the event as well as the Williams as the interim Director for the individual attendance from our profession School for a period of 18 months. My term and related fields. Also, I enjoy taking this officially began on January 1 st after Dr. Jim opportunity to showcase the future “stars” of Mars had completed his five-year term as our industry by presenting the Ryerson Director. Jim has now begun his post- Planning Alumni Awards at the Event. Last administrative leave for the next year. year’s recipients were Chun Chu and Reema Khanna. Having explained the transition, let me begin my report by thanking Dr. Jim Mars Thank you, to all those that attended our for his five years of effort and leadership in event last year. You helped make it a guiding the School of Urban & Regional tremendous success. We look forward to Planning. I would like to highlight several seeing you again this year – please bring of his significant and important your friends. Your participation makes this achievements during his term as Director. event a huge success for the School of Three of his most important Urban & Regional Planning and Ryerson accomplishments were developing and University. getting approval for the new PLAB and PLAD programs, increasing applications As Chair of the Ryerson Planning Alumni, I and consequently the quality of students would like take this opportunity to thank Dr. (most importantly into first year), and James Mars for his support during his term increasing our graduation rate. as Director of the School of Urban & Regional Planning. Also, I would like to We have now had two years of admissions extend my congratulations to the interim into the new PLAB and PLAD programs Director of the School of Urban & Regional with the first group graduating this spring. Planning – Mr. David Amborski and to the You may recall that the PLAB’s are new President of Ryerson University – Mr. applicants with a bachelor’s degree who Sheldon Levy . complete a two-year program in addition to a summer course to prepare their entry into Thank you for your continued support. I the program. The PLAD program is hope to see all of you at this year’s Spring supporting the Province’s initiative to Reception. For further information or if you develop articulation programs between are interested in participating on our community colleges and Universities. This Committee, please do not hesitate to contact two and one half year program plus the me at 416-693-9155 or by email at summer course admits qualified applicants [email protected]. from the Planning Technology programs from Fanshaw and Mohawk Colleges. Sincerely, There are 41 PLAB’s spread across the last Anthony Biglieri, MCIP, RPP two years of the program and 12 PLAD’s. Chair of the Ryerson Planning Alumni Page 2 Ryerson Planning Alumni Newsletter February 2006, Volume 1, Number 8 After the double cohort (elimination of professionals that are appointed by the Grade 13 in the high schools) we have had School to meet and give them professional first year classes numbering in the low 90’s advice regarding the delivery of its and very good quality applicants. The professional program. Each school at percentage of students graduating on time Ryerson appoints such a committee. The has been increased which is now an School of Urban & Regional Planning important performance measure for the appoints members from various facets of the University and consequently the School’s profession, including members of our funding. alumni. I would also like to introduce our new tenure Every program at Ryerson is required to stream faculty member, Dr. Pamela undertake a periodic Program Review for Robinson , who began teaching in approval by the Academic Standards September. Pamela completed her M. PL at Committee of Academic Council. In the Queen’s University and her Ph.D. at the process of undertaking this review, the University of Toronto. She comes to us School of Urban & Regional Planning from teaching in the Urban and Regional typically consults and obtains feedback from Studies Program at Innis College where she the alumni. We will be seeking alumni received the CMHC award for teaching input as part of this review. excellence in Urban Sustainability in 2004. Her research and consulting interests are in I look forward to keeping in contact with all the areas of public consultation, urban members of the alumni and encourage each sustainability, and pedagogy. of you to stay in contact with the School and individual members of the Ryerson School We are also pleased to continue to have two of Urban & Regional Planning Alumni. We Adjunct Faculty members who provide look forward to your participation in the life lecturing and research support to the School. and development of the School by providing They are Paul Bedford , former Chief guest lectures, employment opportunities for Planner for the City of Toronto, and Dr. students as well as graduates, participating Mohammed Qadeer , former Director of the in studio projects as clients, and providing School of Urban and Regional Planning, work placements for our students. Queen’s University. David Amborski, Professor and Director As you may have read in the recent Ryerson [email protected] Alumni Magazine, Leslie Gash (SURP ’85) is among the latest group of inductees to the Alumni Wall of Achievement. She is being Environmental Management honoured for the work that she is doing as Education Built on Urban Housing Development Manager for the Toronto Community Housing Corporation in Planning the redevelopment of Regent Park. By Amanda Fowler During my term as Director, there are two I graduated from the Ryerson School of tasks that I will be undertaking that will Urban & Regional Planning in June of 2002. require input from the alumni. These are the In the fall of 2004 I was granted admission reconstitution of the School’s Advisory to the Environmental Applied Science and Committee, and undertaking the School’s Management Program (EnSciMan) in the required periodic Program Review. The School of Graduate Studies at Ryerson Advisory Committee is a group of University. I am amongst approximately 5 Page 3 Ryerson Planning Alumni Newsletter February 2006, Volume 1, Number 8 urban planning graduates that have entered degree of guidance for students that are this program to date. It is a program that has hoping to enter graduate studies in the new been designed to further and expand the course format replacing the senior planning (undergraduate) urban planning education, project. along with other students with educational backgrounds ranging from geography to the The combined education of an urban sciences.
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