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Winter 2016, iSSUe 17 APPI PLANNIN Alberta Professional Planners Institute Conference Edition Car Trek: The Next Generation Edmonton's Downtown Changing for Good APPI 2015 Planning Awards SUBMITTED BY Cities and Environment Unit, Dalhousie University APPI Council Earn CPL Learning Units! President Misty Sklar, rPP, MCiP By preparing an article for publication you can earn between 3.0 and 6.0 Past President Eleanor Mohammed, rPP, MCiP structured learning units. For more information, please review the seCretary Continuous Learning Program Guide found on the APPI website or visit Mac Hickley, rPP, MCiP treasurer http:/www.albertaplanners.com/sites/default/files/CPLGuideUpdateNov 2014.pdf Jon Dziadyk, rPP, MCiP CounCillor Ken Melanson, rPP, MCiP , ISSue 13 Summer 2014 CounCillor APPI PLANNIN Alberta Professional Planners Institute Colleen Renne-Grievell, rPP, MCiP CounCillor Jamie Doyle, rPP, MCiP CounCillor Jean Ehlers PubliC MeMber Linda Wood Edwards Resilient Social Article Submissions Housing Systems Administration Articles for future publication will always be welcomed. Social Housing Systems exeCutive direCtor Potential subject areas include: Source Water Protection Planning Mitigating Emergencies Through MaryJane Alanko Land Use Planning Legislation offiCe Manaer • Sustainability initiatives Vicki Hackl • Member accomplishments [email protected] • Member research www.albertaplanners.com tel: 780–435–8716 • Community development projects fax: 780–452–7718 • Urban design 1–888–286–8716 Alberta Professional • Student experiences Planners Institute • Innovative ideas P.O. 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Comment on this issue of the Planning Journal and follow APPI activities online at: @ _APPI_ (2 underscores on each side of APPI) or you can use the following link: http://twitter.com/#!/__APPI__ Search Group Page: APPI-Alberta Professional Planners Institute or http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=33730560446&v=wall Search Group Page: APPI-Alberta Professional Planners Institute or http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3342927&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr desin & layout by Plumbheavy Design Inc. www.plumbheavy.ca Cover iMae sourCe: Semra Kalkan IN thIs Issue… Car Trek subMitted BY Kieran Ryan & Anne Stevenson Planning without Lawyers, or Trees subMitted BY Jesse Ajayi, rPP, MCiP SOURCE: Pogo CarShare Multifunctional Landscapes subMitted BY Angela Hobson & Heloisa Ceccato Mendes Crystall II Airbase to City of Iqaluit subMitted by Kenneth Johnson, rPP, MCiP SOURCE: City of Edmonton Agriculture—More than just the Land! subMitted by John Steil, rPP, fCiP Edmonton's Downtown is Changing for Good SOURCE: John Steil subMitted by Tom Beck, rPP, MCiP 2015 APPI Planning Awards Search Group Page: APPI-Alberta Professional Planners Institute or http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=33730560446&v=wall Search Group Page: APPI-Alberta Professional Planners Institute or http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3342927&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr SOURCE: Semra Kalkan Planning Journal, Winter 2016 3 Message from the President GREETINGS! I’d like to start with a big thank you to all those weekend charting a new course forward for the involved with the 2015 APPI Great Cities and profession nationally. I would encourage everyone Great Regions-Prairie Urban Transformations to stay on top of the issues by visiting CIP’s website. Conference held in Edmonton. The conference was Once again as a reminder, the bylaw created by CIP a phenomenal success with over 230 registered will need to be voted on by the CIP membership delegates attending. My deepest appreciation goes in the spring of 2016. This bylaw will establish the out to all those involved in the preparation and framework and process for the subsequent election delivery of the conference. I am confident you will of a new Board at the 2016 AGM. see throughout this journal edition evidence of the Provincially, we are continuing to work on our types of innovation and commitment to planning transition from an operational governance model that our presenters proudly showcased. into a strategic management model. At our last I’d also like to take a moment to address one Council on November 21st Terms of Reference of the items I brought up during my speech at the for each of the new Strategic Committees of conference, and that was the issue of compensation Council were adopted. Our committees are made and gender inequality in our profession. As up of members from Council who will review promised, our consultant did a “deeper dive” committee specific responsibilities and help into the topic to really examine compensation bring recommendations to Council. In the future by gender. The summary of findings stated the members and non-APPI members with specific following: “After examining compensation by expertise in areas such as auditing and governance gender within industry experience, respondent may be called upon to participate in formulating age, job title, professional status, employer type, recommendations for Council. number of employees managed, and hours Lastly, this will be our last APPI journal. worked per week, we conclude that the gap in APPI, MPPI and SPPI have now all confirmed compensation is based on gender and not their commitment to moving forward with a any other demographic measure.” I’d like to Tri-PTIA Planning Journal for 2016. Calls for a assure the membership that a strategic effort will volunteer Editor in Chief, and volunteers to serve be made to communicate these findings with as on the Editorial Board have been issued to the many members, managers and human resources membership of all PTIAs. We are tremendously staff as possible so that in 2017, when the survey is appreciative of the hard work that goes into each conducted again, we will see evidence of progress issue. Our team of volunteers deserves recognition towards greater equality. for their dedication. We are looking forward to The past few months have been transformative partnering with our fellow PTIAs to reach a larger both provincially and nationally as our profession audience with the important work planners do. continues to grow and evolve. At our recent Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have President’s meeting on November 19th the any questions, suggestions or thoughts. I can be Provincial and Territorial Institute and Associations reached at [email protected]. (PTIAs) were briefed by Hazel Christy, the President of the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), on the Misty Sklar, rPP, MCiP success their board had had over the previous APPI President 4 Alberta Professional Planners Institute Message from the Journal Committee They say that all good things must come to an BY THE NUMBERS end. It was with a mix of sadness, and anticipation that the committee prepared this 17th and last APPI MEMBERS PARTICIPATED issue of the Journal. Sadness because everyone 18 AS MEMBERS OF THE JOURNAL on the committee has found the work to be COMMITTEE engaging and rewarding. Anticipation because we are excited that the next publication will be BUSINESSES & ORGANIZATIONS including Planners and stories from Manitoba and 25 ADVERTISED IN THE JOURNAL Saskatchewan. Before moving on though, a little reflection seems in order. The launch of the Journal in March 2009 ARTICLES PUBLISHED expanded the opportunities previously provided 128 by the Planning Digest for volunteers and contributors. The quality of the new publication reflected, as then President Brian Kropf described VOLUNTEER HOURS in his opening message, a profession in a period of +1,190 growth, with a rising profile, and opportunities for growth and leadership. Members were encouraged to contribute articles to raise awareness, stimulate 18,700 COPIES PRINTED the imagination, and ‘push the envelope’. Having received the highest rating of all of the services provided by APPI in the latest membership survey, it is wonderful to see that the Journal has attained VOLUNTEERS OVER THE YEARS the goals set out for it almost seven years ago. Amber Nicol The premiere Issue of the Journal appeared Ann Peters as the AACIP Planning Journal launched under the Christy Fong helm of Editor Riley Weldon. A committed group of Edmonton based planners guided the next four Heather Chisholm issues. Chaired by Janelle Wyman this group set Imai Welsh the submission criteria and production standards Summer 201 Jagdev Shahi 4, ISSue 13 APPI PLANNIN that have allowed the committee to maintain a Alberta Professional Planners Institute Janelle Wyman consistently high quality product, and developed a regionally diverse group of committee Marcello Figueira members. By issue #5 the committee included Marcus Paterson Resilient Social Housing Systems representatives from every region represented by Miles Dibble Social