Sunday, February 05, 2012

Other Events

World Town Planning Day

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 '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



Graduation: October 2003 to May 2004
Congratulations to the graduates of the University of Manitoba's City Planning program!

Joel Casselman
Developing a Visitability Housing Policy for the Province of Manitoba
(Practicum: December 2003)

Myra Cruz Arado
Enriching Youth Engagement: An Evaluation of a Participatory Planning and Design Prototype (Practicum: March 2004)

Fiona Foster
Collaborative Planning and Consensus-Building in Northern Ireland: An Analysis of the Peace I Program District Partnerships (Thesis: January 2004)

Dan Garrison
Collaborative Planning Through Complex Networks: Developing a Four-Pillar Approach to Drug Misuse Problems in Vancouver (Thesis: May 2003)

Veronica Hicks
Ecologically-Based Education: Establishing Linkages Between Planners and Educators (Practicum: February 2004)

Grant Melnychuk
Planning Towards Sustainable Rural-Residential Development: A Manitoba Capital Region Case Study (Practicum: August 2003)

Simon O'Byrne
A New Beginning: Making Sense of the Gentrification Debate
(Thesis: August 2003)

Jeff Palmer
Developing a Housing-Based Strategy Towards Downtown Revitalization: A Case Study of Winnipeg (Practicum: July 2003)

Michael Strong
Making Sense of Place: A Formative Case Study of the Whyte Avenue Commercial Area, Edmonton Alberta (Thesis: March 2004)

Randolph Wang
An Urban Design Checklist for Winnipeg's Big-Box Development
(Practicum: August 2003)


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