August 2019 Issue

OPPI is delighted to invite members to participate in OPPI19: Beyond25. We have developed a full program over three days in Toronto at the Beanfield Centre from October 1-3 exploring the key issues of Uneven Growth, Climate Change and Technology in greater detail. See you in Toronto in October!
 
Members have until August 10th to take advantage of early bird registration for OPPI19: Beyond25. Student Members pay only $25/day or $70 for all three days! Secure your spot at Ontario's most popular and talked about planning event of the year.

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OPPI is asking Full, Candidate and Retired members to vote on their preferred slate of Council Director candidates. The election started on Monday, July 29 and closes four (4) weeks later on Friday, August 23, 2019.
 
OPPI received eight (8) nominations for five (5) Council Director positions. OPPI is asking members to select five Council Directors from the nominations received. For more information on the Call for Nominations for OPPI Council, please visit our webpage.
 
Full, Candidate and Retired members have received a ballot from Simply Voting's vote@simplyvoting.com email address to select their five preferred candidates. If you have not received an email from Simply Voting, please ensure your email address is added to your safe senders list or, if you are using a work email address, please speak with your IT department to ensure emails and received in your inbox. 

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  Back in May, we asked you for nominations for OPPI's Member Service Awards. These awards recognize members for their extraordinary service and significant contribution to the Institute by OPPI's volunteer leadership.
 
Awards can be given to members honouring their accumulated service over a long period of time, performing a key or integral role with a special project or program, and representing OPPI and the planning profession extraordinarily well in a provincial or national forum.
 
With the nomination period now closed, we are pleased to announce OPPI's 2019 Member Service Award winners: Please join OPPI in congratulating our 2019 Member Service Award winners! Don't forget, if you want to congratulate Member Service Award winners in person, OPPI will be recognizing winners at OPPI19: Beyond25 at the Beanfield Centre in Toronto. If you haven't already, register today and join us to help recognize the accomplishments of our winners, and celebrate in person!

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The School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson University is saddened to announce the passing of our Founder and Inaugural Director Michael Kusner. Michael passed away peacefully at home at age 90 after a life spent challenging conventional thinking about societal change, economic development and urban design. 
 
Our school is celebrating our 50th Anniversary and we were thrilled that Michael could join us in May to celebrate the momentous occasion.  For our formal tribute to Michael please go to:
https://www.ryerson.ca/fcs-news-events/news/2019/07/a-life-well-lived/
 
Thank you to Ron Keeble for sharing this information with OPPI. 
 

With the summer in full swing, and plenty of district events taking place, if members haven't started tracking their 2019 CPL there's no better time to start!

Members are asked to complete 18 learning units each year. A minimum of 9 learning units must be structured and a maximum of 9 learning units can be self-directed. One learning unit equals one hour of direct planning-related learning (with some exceptions). Some examples include participating in district events, attending OPPI's annual conference, reading viewing previous webinars and videos in our Digital Learning platform, reading the Planning Exchange blog, attending other conferences and in-person educational sessions. 
 
OPPI's CPL Program Guide is a great place to learn more about the program, learning activities and units and their formats. If you have started tracking your CPL, it's not too late to develop a learning strategy and learning path to keep up-to-date with your credits and stay on track with the development and maintenance of your core competencies. 
 
For more information and to start tracking your 2019 CPL units, please visit OPPI's website. 
 

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  On January 1, 2019, the new OPPI by-law came into effect, and with it a new complaints and discipline process. The newly-created (newly-separated) Complaints Committee and Discipline Committee have both been busy since then.
 
The Complaints Committee has met several times, reviewing complaints received, responses submitted by members, and investigation results.
 
The Discipline Committee is called into action much less frequently, as it typical for other regulated professions too. However, it has issued a new Complaint Form and new Rules of Procedure, to align with the new process.

Information on the new process is available on OPPI's website, and OPPI may offer a webinar in the future. If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please feel free to contact the Registrar at standards@ontarioplanners.ca.

As part of OPPI's work to build the RPP brand to the public, decision-makers, elected officials and
stakeholders, we are profiling case studies on our new website that position RPPs as community leaders, experts and focusing on inspiring communities across the province. We need your help to spread the word!

We have a new case study on OPPI's website to share: 

• Dundas Place: Shaping an inspired vision into a tangible space

Do you know someone who is grappling with this issues right now? Is there someone at your
office/municipality/consultancy that would benefit from knowing what RPPs are doing? Share our members' success stories with your colleagues, friends, key contacts at your workplace and everywhere else!

Feel free to share each case study on social media and via email as they are published. More case studies will be developed in 2019, so stay tuned for another batch of great examples of planners inspiring their local communities! If you have any questions or would like to share your story, please email communications@ontarioplanners.ca.
 

In this month's Planning Exchange blog, a team of Master of Planning in Urban Development students at Ryerson University prepared an Urban Resiliency Strategy as part of a client-based studio assignment. Their task was to research and catalog case studies of urban resiliency projects and practices, and develop a set of best practices and resiliency principles to be applied to future planning processes. The second phase of their work involved applying our analysis to the Scarborough Centre area - more about that later. 

Click here to read more

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OPPI recently partnered with WeirFoulds, LLP to deliver a livestreamed panel discussion on Bill 108, which explored the proposed changes to the Planning Act, Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Act, Ontario Heritage Act, the Development Charges Act, and whether they will have the intended effect, and what the unintended consequences might be. 
 
OPPI would like to thank former OPPI President Andrea Bourrie, WeirFoulds' Denise Baker, Barnet Kussner and Sylvain Rouleau, Daryl Keleher from Altus Group, Julie Tyndorf from ERA Architects for their participation, and members for attending in-person and via livestream. 
 
Did you miss the livestream, or do you want to watch it again? OPPI has you covered! Log into OPPI's Digital Learning now to view the recording.
 

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July 9, 2019 saw the first Urban Changes panel discussion being held at the University of Waterloo with the Planning Student Association (PSA) working alongside the School of Planning to communicate the impacts of the incoming Bill 108. Speakers included Dan Currie of MHBC, Filiz Tamer of Dillion Consulting, Gary Muller of Durham Region, and Eric Davis of Miller Thomson LLP, facilitated by Professor Jeff Casello. The panel broke down the impacts Bill 108 would have on the Canadian urban planning sphere with discussions ranging from development changes to ecological concerns. 
Over 65 students, professors and practicing professionals were in attendance. The Planning Student's Society would like to thank everyone who was in attendance and is excited to continue moving forward with events that connect students to the professional world.
 

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Starting in February, OPPI launched its weekly district eblast for members. Instead of receiving individual event eblasts, district events are consolidated into one weekly eblast format for members to read every Wednesday. 
 
Members will only receive these eblasts when their district has an event to promote, needs to send out a reminder or a thank you note to members in a given week. 
 
Since the launch of this eblast, we have received helpful feedback from members and from District leaders, but if members have any questions or additional feedback they would like to share, please contact OPPI at communications@ontarioplanners.ca. 
 
Our eblasts are published every Wednesday so keep an eye out for them in your inbox! 
 

Celebrating 100 Years of Planning August Photo Challenge
Attention all photographers! Help increase awareness of good planning by snapping photos of your favourite places to hike in Lakeland District. Summer is the best time to capture photos of some of the best trails and paths Ontario has to offer. Make sure to tag OPPI (@OntarioPlanners) and CIP (@CIP_ICU) in your photo & use the hashtag #RPP25 & #CIP100. Our favourite photo wins a prize! Any questions about this contact can be directed to Kelly Weste at kelly.weste@quintewest.ca.
 
Call for Presentations at 2020 OAA Annual Conference
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) is inviting individuals and organizations to submit proposals for sessions at the 2020 OAA Annual Conference, titled "Shifting Paradigms" and taking place in Toronto at the Beanfield Centre. Please visit the OAA website for more information on the call for presentations. The deadline for proposals is Monday, October 7.  
 

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Please see the current active postings below:

• Consent Official/Secretary-Treasurer Committee of Adjustment - City of Greater Sudbury (full time)
• Senior Advisor Permits, Licenses & Approvals - Metrolinx (full time)
• Business Analyst - Development Planning - City of Vaughan (contract)
• Planner - Development Planning - City of Vaughan (full time)
• Supervisor of Planning, Heritage & GIS Services - Loyalist Township (full time)
• Policy Planner II, Environmental - City of Brampton (full time)
• Planner I - City of London (contract)
• Urban Designer - City of London (full time)
• Planner I - Township of King (full time)
• Planner (Req ID 2271) - City of Mississauga (full time)
• Planner (Req ID 2199) - City of Mississauga (contract)
• Researcher - City of Mississauga (contract)
• Community Planner - County of Frontenac (contract)
• Planning Intern - New Zoning By-law Project - Municipality of East Ferris (contract)
• Planner I - City of Hamilton (full time)
• Heritage Planner - City of Hamilton (full time)
• Parks Planner - City of Brampton (full time)
• Planner - The Town of Lincoln (full time)
• Land Use Planner - McIntosh Perry Consulting Engineers Ltd. (full time)
• Senior Planner, Development - Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville (full time)
• Planner I, Policy - Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (full time)
• Principal Planner - Regional Municipality of Waterloo (full time)
• Senior Planner - The Corporation of the Township of Cramahe (full time)
• Intermediate/Senior Environmental Planner - B.M. Ross and Associates Limited Engineers and Planners (full time)
• Intermediate/Senior Land Use Planner - B.M. Ross and Associates Limited Engineers and Planners (full time)
• ...and many more!

• Eastern District - Indigenous Walk Through Downtown Ottawa (August 13)
• Lakeland District Knowledge Sharing for the RPP Process and Summer Social (August 21)
• Toronto District TTC Transit Tales (August 22)