Planning Awards

MPPI Student Case-in-Point Excellence Awards

The MPPI Continuous Professional Learning committee, in partnership with the University of Manitoba department of City Planning, is pleased to sponsor Student Case-in-Point Excellence Awards. This student award was established to recognize excellent student/practitioner collaborative research on 'best' and/or 'cutting-edge' planning that contributes to 'taking the pulse' of professional planning practice in Manitoba---or of notable practice elsewhere that is deemed relevant to the Manitoba planning community. This collaborative research assignment is a requirement for all students of the City Planning program at the University through the Professional Planning Practice course.

Students eligible for the annual award are encouraged to submit their Case-in-Point projects for review. Submissions may be awarded a Grand Award ($200 and free admission to the MPPI Annual General Meeting), a Special Commendation ($50 and free admission to the MPPI AGM), or an Honourable Mention (free admission to the MPPI AGM). To be considered for an award, a submission must also be considered worthy of publication on our website.

To determine 'excellence', a jury of practitioners reviews the student submissions and determines an appropriate award based on how well they address the following requirements: Format, Style/Personality, Objectivity, Readability, Cutting-edge/Best Practice, Transferability, and Lessons Learned. The highest award is given to the submission that best meet these criteria, with emphasis placed on Lessons Learned, Readability and Style/Personality. For eligibility requirements and submission details please contact the CPL Committee

2007 Student Case-in-Point Award Recipients

Grand Award Winner
Brett Shenback
Guiding Infill Development in Winnipeg: Looking to Seattle's Design Review Program for Answers

Special Commendations
Katy Walsh
Sustainable Transportation Planning: Community-Based Travel Marketing in the Winnipeg WinSmart Showcase

Honourable Mentions
Tamara Peralta, Simi Sandhu, Tracy Woitenko, Kari Schulz
Case-in-Point 2007: Tamara Peralta
Case-in-Point 2007: Simi Sandhu
Case-in-Point 2007: Tracy Woitenko
Case-in-Point 2007: Kari Schulz

2006 Student Case-in-Point Award Recipients

Grand Award Winner
Richard Borbridge in collaboration with Kirsten Robinson, MCIP and Derek Eno, MCIP
Southeast False Creek: Pacific Admiration - Prairie Application

Special Commendations
Stephanie Long in collaboration with Andrew Young, MCIP
The Making of a Sustainable Community: The Case of Northeast Coquitlam

Honourable Mentions
Marcin Pachcinski in collaboration with Gerry Couture, FCIP
A New Governace Model for Community Centres in Winnipeg

For a listing of previous winners, please click on the links below:

2005 Case-in-Point Award Recipients
2004 Case-in-Point Award Recipients
2003 Case-in-Point Award Recipients

Planners For Tomorrow (P4T) Essay Competition Winners 2007
Marcella Poirier and Katy Walsh were the winners of the P4T Essay Competition sponsored by MPPI and UMCP - as a follow-up to the conferences in Vancouver last June. Congratulations to Marcella and Katy. Their winning essays are part of the attached announcement.

Winning Essays (MS Word)