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The Voice of Canada’s Planning Profession | L’Institut canadien des urbanistes (ICU)—la voix de la profession de l’urbanisme au Canada
📣 Volunteer Opportunity with the Canadian Institute of Planners!
We are seeking CIP professional members and Fellows to serve on our Honours and Awards Jury.
⏰ Application Deadline: Friday, October 27, 11:59 p.m. PT.
🔗 Apply on our website: https://www.cip-icu.ca/volunteer/honours-awards-jury/
📣Nominations are now open for our 2026 Honours and Awards program! Recognize excellence in the planning profession with a nomination in one of the following categories: Fellow, Honorary Member or Emerging Planning Award.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/oLLR50TMZjL
📣 Join us for a discussion on the role of empathy in planning practice.
This webinar will examine how planners demonstrate, apply, and promote empathy in their work.
🗓️ October 23, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. ET
Register here: https://members.cip-icu.ca/mpower/event/landing.action?id=87
📣 Become a #FUSION2026 partner!
The Canadian Institute of Planners and l'Ordre des urbanistes du Québec invite you to partner at our joint 2026 national planning conference in Montreal from July 7 to 9, 2026.
🔗 Available opportunities: https://www.cip-icu.ca/national-conference/partnership-2026/
📣 Submit your proposals for APA's World Town Planning Day Conference!
The WTPD 2025 conference will focus on planning as a key lever in building sustainable, equitable, and resilient communities.
⏰Deadline: October 10 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
🔗 Submit here: https://form.jotform.com/252045461694156
📣 Last Call for Project Summary Applications for the 2026 Canadian Awards for Planning Excellence!
Application Deadline: October 6, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PT
🔗Learn more and apply: https://www.cip-icu.ca/honours-awards/cape/submission-guidelines/
Every year on September 30, we recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Indigenous voices should not only be engaged, but respected as rights-holders and partners in shaping the future of communities.
🔗Learn more about our reconciliation efforts: https://www.cip-icu.ca/reconciliation/
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A big thank you to Joanna Averley, Chief Planner of England, for inviting our team to meet with her at the British High Commission in Ottawa. It was a valuable opportunity to exchange insights on shared planning challenges, including the housing crisis and increasing wildfire activity.
17.09.2025 15:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0📌 The Canadian Institute of Planners welcomes the federal government's announcement to establish Build Canada Homes, a new central agency aimed at addressing the housing affordability crisis in Canada.
🔗Read the full statement on our website: www.cip-icu.ca/news/the-can...
🔗As the national voice of professional planners, here’s what we’re calling for in Budget 2025: cip-icu.ca/blog/federal...
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📌The next Plan Canada Webinar by the Canadian Institute of Planners is here!
🗓️ September 11, 2025 I 12:00 p.m. ET
Don't miss the chance to dive deeper into the theme of Technology!
🔗Register today: members.cip-icu.ca/mpower/event...
📣 Attention First Nations, Inuit, and Métis artists and graphic designers!
The Canadian Institute of Planners is seeking to develop a suite of visual assets for our Reconciliation Action Plan. The deadline to apply is August 14, 2025.
🔗 Read more: www.cip-icu.ca/wp-content/u...
Calling all Canadian planning students! Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 CIP/ICU Planning Student Trust Fund’s (CIP-PSTF) bursary program.
The application deadline is October 10, 2025.
Read more and apply: www.cip-pstf.ca/post/2025-ci...
📣 We are now accepting Project Summary Applications for the 2026 Canadian Awards for Planning Excellence! Projects can include plans, studies, publications, tools, media, and more!
⏰Application Deadline: October 6, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PT
Learn more and apply: www.cip-icu.ca/honours-awar...
📌 Mark your calendars for our next national conference in Montreal from July 7 to 9, 2026!
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📌 Inscrivez à votre agenda notre prochaine congrès national à Montréal du 7 au 9 juillet 2026!
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Excited to host a workshop with @haplabtmu.bsky.social team members Salma Abdalla + Venus Cheung at the #ACTION2025 Conference on "Care and Everyday Suburbanisms: Diverse Approaches to Dementia Inclusive Communities"
July 8, 1:15-2:30pm
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🎓The CIP/ICU Planning Student Trust Fund (CIP-PSTF) Board of Directors is pleased to announce our 2025 scholarship recipients and our Outstanding Graduating Student Award recipients.
🔗Read more about the recipients on the CIP-PSTF website: www.cip-pstf.ca/post/meet-ou...
🎉The Canadian Institute of Planners is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Emerging Planner Award, Byungjun Kang LPP, MCIP and Teunesha Evertse RPP, MCIP.
🔗Read more about the award and the winners on our website: www.cip-icu.ca/news/canadia...
🎉The Canadian Institute of Planners welcomes five new members to its prestigious College of Fellows, Canada’s highest honour for planning professionals.
🔗 Read the full statement on our website: www.cip-icu.ca/news/the-can...
⏰ Important Volunteer Opportunity for Members!
We’re pleased to share that we are forming new working groups to help guide the next steps in our advocacy on behalf of the planning profession.
Learn more and apply: www.cip-icu.ca/national-pol...
🎉The Canadian Institute of Planners is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Canadian Awards for Planning Excellence.
🔗Read more and meet the winners: www.cip-icu.ca/news/canadia...
CIP invites you to share your voice in our Reconciliation Action Plan Survey. Your insights will help guide how we support reconciliation through training, policy, advocacy, and relationship-building.
🗓️ Survey Deadline: June 11, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. PT
www.surveymonkey.com/r/QN6SGZC
L’Institut canadien des urbanistes (ICU) tient à envoyer ses félicitations les plus chaleureuses au très honorable premier ministre Mark Carney et à tous les nouveaux députés élus du Parlement.
🔗Lisez la déclaration complète sur le site Web de l'ICU : www.cip-icu.ca/fr/actualite...
The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) extends its warm congratulations to the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Mark Carney and all newly elected Members of Parliament.
🔗Read the full statement on the CIP website: www.cip-icu.ca/news/the-can...
📌Learn about the urban Indigenous context in Canada, with a specific focus on the impact of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in our upcoming webinar!
🗓️ May 15, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. ET
Register now: members.cip-icu.ca/mpower/event...
⏰Get noticed by the right people.
Whether you’re launching your career, advancing in your field, or shaping the future of the profession, CIP’s Career Central connects you with resources, opportunities, and networks to succeed.
Learn more: www.cip-icu.ca/career-centr...
🎉Thank you to everyone who registered for #ACTION2025!
While full in-person conference passes may be sold out, there are still other ways to participate in this year's national planning conference.
Check out our conference website for more details: site.pheedloop.com/event/action...
Planning and public policy go hand-in-hand! Our recent survey revealed that planners are deeply engaged with the big-picture issues shaping communities.
Want to know more about what we heard? Read the full report on our website: www.cip-icu.ca/blog/plannin...
📣Join us for the next edition of our Plan Canada Webinar Series!
How do planners shape the networks that connect origins and destinations throughout and between our communities?
🗓️ April 30, 2025 I 12:00 p.m. ET
Register here: members.cip-icu.ca/mpower/event...
🎤 Excited to announce I’ll be speaking at the CIP Action Conference 2025 on July 9 from 3:30–4:40 PM!
My session: “BuildingIN: Rethinking Urban Growth”
#ACTION2025 #HousingCrisis #UrbanPlanning
