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2009

Manitoba Professional Planners Institute Annual General Meeting
November 19, 2009

Minutes available here.

6th annual MPPI/MALA Making the Links Golf Tournament

Date: June 11, 2009
Time: 12:30 pm
Place: Lorette Golf Course (Lorette, MB)

The annual Taking the Pulse of Practice event was held on Thursday, April 16th at the MPPI Offices - 2nd Floor 137 Bannatyne Avenue

Photo by David van Vliet

City Planning students gave a summary presentation of their Case in Point projects (student-practitioner collaborations). Practitioners who took part in these projects can report their participation to earn CPL learning units (please refer to the CPL Guide for details).

2008

Manitoba Professional Planners Institute Annual General Meeting
November 6, 2008

Thanks to the members who attended this year's AGM held at the Hotel Fort Garry on November 6, 2008. A total of 32 members took in a panel presentation on recent trends in the real estate market, a compressed General Meeting and election of officers, an opportunity to socialize over dinner and a thought-provoking presentation by Glen Murray, now President and CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute in Toronto. The following will highlight some of the key items presented at the Meeting. Click here for more information.

Meeting Minutes can be found here

In celebration of World Town Planning Day 2008
Manitoba Professional Planners' Institute and Planners Network Manitoba present
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

Monday November 3rd
7pm
the Gas Station Theatre
445 River Avenue at Osborne
panel discussion to follow

FREE!

Panel: Martin Sandhurst (City of Winnipeg), Tricia Wasney (Public Art Program), and Jean Trottier (University of Manitoba)

"This witty and original film is about the open spaces of cities and why some of them work for people while others don't." - DirectCinema.com

"With the publication of The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces and its companion film in 1980, the world could see that through the basic tools of observation and interviews, we can learn an immense amount about how to make our cities more livable." - Project for public spaces website

MPPI/MALA Golf Tournament

The 5th annual MPPI/MALA "Making the Links" Golf Tournament will be held on Thursday June 12, 2008 at the Lorette Golf Course.

MPPI Mentorship Wine & Cheese
This event has been scheduled for Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 5pm-7pm. Hosted at Martha Street Studio, 11 Martha Street (just North of the Manitoba Museum).

Breakfast Seminar: Understanding the City of Winnipeg's New Zoning By-law
March 18, 2008
7:00-9:00am
Fort Garry Hotel
La Verendrye Room

Martin Grady, Zoning & Permits Administrator and Valdene Buckley, Manager of Regulatory Reform will provide a 30 minute presentation on the new by-law followed by a question and answer session.

2006

February 24: Proposed Regulation Defining Water Quality Management Zones for Nutrients Under the Water Protection Act.
The Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) presents Dwight Williamson, Director of the Water Sciences and Management branch at the department of Water Stewardship. Mr. Williamson will discuss the first regulation to be proposed under the Water Protection Act—Water Quality Management Zones—in particular, how these land-based zones were defined and why they will help protect water systems from excessive run-off of the plant nutrients, nitrogen, and phosphorus.

12:00 Noon at the Holiday Inn South (1330 Pembina Highway), Winnipeg. Admission: $17.00 for Non CWRA members. To register, please contact Michelle Bercier at 204-896-1209 (ext. 282) or MBercier@kgsgroup.com. See the attached poster for more details.
Luncheon Details (PDF)

March 29th – 2006 Taking the Pulse of Practice – City Planning students give a summary presentation of their Case in Point projects (student-practitioner collaborations). Practitioners who have taken part in these projects can report their participation to earn CPL learning units (please refer to the CPL Guide for details).

April 11th - Film Premiere of ‘Detroit Collaborative Design Center: A Praxis of Architecture'
Dr. Sheri Blake, Associate Professor, UofM Department of City Planning, presents her documentary film about the Detroit Collaborative Design Centre that challenges the myths about participatory design. The design center is a non-profit architecture firm that works exclusively with non-profit community based organizations and local stakeholders.

December 14th - MPPI Breakfast Seminar
Come Join Us for a Breakfast Seminar with Arne Elias, Executive Director of the University of Winnipeg's Centre for Sustainable Transportation. Mr. Elias will present "A Framework for Sustainable Transportation and its Implications for Planning." Please see the attached document for registration information.
MPPI Breakfast Event

2004

MPPI 'Much More than an AGM' Event
Held on September 30, 2004

This year's AGM was held with planners and friends at the beautiful country setting of Green Gates Country House & Lounge (6945 Roblin Blvd).

MPPI Executive Committee (Council) has reviewed the current MPPI By-Law and proposes amendments to the By-Law that are believed to better reflect the needs and actual current operations of the Institute. For a summary of substantive changes and a copy of the proposed amendments, please download the following document:
By-law Amendment

2004-05 Council Nominations
MPPI Committee Annual Reports
Meeting Minutes