Congratulations to our CEO Beth McMahon and Susan Wiggins, Executive Director of OPPI on their nominations for the 2024 CSAE Leadership Awards. It is exciting to see the planning profession being recognized in this way! 🎉

Volunteer BC Land Summit! We kick off this unique land-use conference just 1 MONTH from today! We are looking for onsite volunteers that will welcome & help 500+ attendees & our exhibitors. Perks include discounted reg rates & more! Apply by 12 PM April 12:
bclandsummit.com/call-for-volun…

Looking for the latest Peer Learning Network (PLN) events? Check the PIBC PLN web page (pibc.bc.ca/pln) for upcoming April events and available recordings & presentations! Please share with your planning peers and contacts!

Take the next step forward in your planning career! Apply soon for these job optys:
Planning Assistant City of Victoria
Planning Assistant 2 w City of Langley
Sr Planner w City of Campbell River
Planner City of White Rock
Director of Planning District of Kitimat
pibc.bc.ca/all-jobs

Have you registered for the #BCLandSummit yet?

Join PIBC REIBC BCSLA AIC British Columbia on May 8-10 at Van Island Conf Ctr to hear diverse perspectives on the future of land use.

We're excited to be the Presenting Partner for this cross-sector conference.

➡️ bclandsummit.com

We hope you'll join us, Happy Cities, City of North Vancouver & Purpose Driven Development for this engaging webinar, hosted by BC Healthy Communities. Apr 3, 11AM PST. We'll be talking about sociably designed housing for multi-family buildings! Qualifies as 1.5 CPL credits through PIBC. bchealthycommunities.ca/index.php/2024…

Take a look at the latest planning optys on the PIBC Job board including:
Director, Rezoning Centre City of Vancouver
Manager, Client & Processing Services City of North Vancouver
RFP (SLRD Housing Need & Demand Study) Squamish-LillooetRD
Development Planner Banff Town
pibc.bc.ca/all-jobs

Hey Neighbour Collective Mayor Linda Buchanan This webinar qualifies as 1.5 CIP-ICU credits through PIBC! Learn more about this project: happycities.com/projects/build…

Edition 27: March 2024 💌 ⁠ ⁠

Our monthly newsletter is packed with the latest news, blogs, feel-good stories, resources, events, jobs, and more!⁠
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Want to learn about the challenges, principles, & tools of sustainable #urbanism + #design ?

Consider taking SFU City Program CITY109: Introduction to #SustainableCities

#sustainability #urbanplanning

Starts Mon, Apr 8 | 6pm PST| Online | Register: sfu.ca/continuing-stu…

🏠Read our latest blog post about key takeaways from the CMHC 2024 National Housing Conference:

cip-icu.ca/blog/innovatio…

#NationalHousingConference24 #NHC24

Youth Harbour has grants to help youth looking to participate or organize in climate spaces.

Check out their Access Grants and Assembly Grants ($500 – $5,000). theyouthharbour.org/access-grants/

Save your spot in our SFU City Program course starting on Apr 8 for an introduction to the challenges and principles of sustainable urban planning and design. at.sfu.ca/Vccfxs

Since the 1990s, we’ve known about widespread poor mental health in U.S. public housing. But is there a direct association? Atticus Jaramillo and William Rohe tested the link between housing assistance and depression/anxiety. #JAPAplanning bit.ly/43tvcx1

Despite elderly women representing a majority of Canada’s aging population, they are often an afterthought in city planning. 🤔⁠
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Our blog gives an overview of the issue, and presents steps for building age-friendly and gender-equitable cities. ⁠👵
⁠womeninurbanism.ca/words/gender-i…

Want to learn about the tools for designing + building for better #neighbourhoods ?

Consider taking @sfucity CITY104: Introduction to Neighbourhood Design with a Sat field class!

#vanpoli #vanre

Starts Wed Apr 3 | 6pm PST| Online + F2F | sfu.ca/continuing-stu…

On March 13th, #sfuurb instructor KJ Todd & her URB 413-613 class visited x̱aw̓s shew̓áy̓ New Growth at Semi-Public. Located at 271 Union St., Vancouver, what was once a vacant lot is now an urban forest w/ flora Indigenous to the area.
Read the story.
sfu.ca/urban/news-and…

'What are the design approaches, unspoken social attitudes and invisible public space policies that diminish Black peoples' experiences when navigating cities?' Don't forget to fill out Jay Pitter's Being Black in Public Survey, open until March 31 yorkisr.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6K…

So thrilled (and proud!) to see one of our former research assistants, Ghazaleh Akbarnejad, receiving a Research to Action award at #NHC2024 CMHC for her work on women-centred housing design guidelines for women transitioning from violence. BCSTH bcsth.ca/2023/04/19/wom…

Don't forget to check the PIBC Job Board every week for the latest planning jobs! Just your luck - job optys are open with:
City of Burnaby
myCVRD
Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine
City of Richmond BC
City of Victoria
Town of Ladysmith
City of Coquitlam
Islands_Trust
Apply now at pibc.bc.ca/all-jobs