DAVID L. A. GORDON EDUCATION

1994 Doctor of Design, (D.Des.), Harvard University

1984 Master of Business Administration, with distinction (M.B.A.), Harvard

1983 Graduate studies in urban design and public policy, Harvard

1979 Master of Urban and Regional Planning, (M.Pl.), Queen's University

1976 Bachelor of Science, (Honours, Civil Engineering) (B.Sc.), Queen's

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION / MEMBERSHIP

1978- American Planning Association

1994- American Institute of Certified Planners, AICP

1982- Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, P. Eng.

1981- Canadian Institute of Planners, MCIP (1981); FCIP (2014)

1986- Ontario Professional Planners Institute, Registered Professional Planner

1991- Urban Land Institute

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2009- Director, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Queen's University

2008- Professor, Acting Director, SURP, Queen's University

2001-2 Visiting Associate Professor of City Planning, University of Pennsylvania

2000-8 Associate Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Queen's University

2000 Visiting Professor, University of Latvia, Riga

1994-2000 Assistant Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Queen's University

1992-94 Instructor & Teaching Fellow, Harvard GSD & Kennedy School of Government

1989-93 Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Architecture, University of Toronto

1978-90 Lecturer, School of Urban Planning, Ryerson University, 1978-79, 1988-90

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 1994- David Gordon Consultants, Principal

1988-94 The Kirkland Partnership Inc., Director of Planning & Development, Associate

1984-88 Harbourfront Corporation, Project Manager and Development Coordinator

1983 Cadillac Fairview Corporation, Assistant to the Director of Planning and

Development

1979-82 Marshall Macklin Monaghan Limited, Project Planner

1978 City of Kingston Planning Department, Planner

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AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2015 International Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, University

of Western Australia

2014 Fellow, Canadian Institute of Planners

2014 Canadian Institute of Planners, Award for Planning Excellence for Planning Canadian

Communities (with Gerald Hodge)

2008 Ontario Professional Planners Institute, Member Service Award

2001-2 Fulbright Senior Fellowship, based at University of Pennsylvania.

1994 Ontario Ministry of Housing, Seaton Design Competition, second prize (with Dunker

Assoc. and Jan Gehl)

1992 Canadian Institute of Planners, National Award of Distinction, Don River (with Hough

Stansbury Woodland)

1991-94 C.M.H.C. Doctoral Fellowship

1991-93 Harvard Graduate School of Design Doctoral Fellowship

1991 Canadian Institute of Planners, National Award of Distinction, Ataritiri (with City of

Toronto)

1990 Ontario Professional Planners Institute Award with City of Toronto

1982-84 Dean's List, Harvard Business School

1982-84 C.M.H.C. Scholarship, Harvard Business School

1977 Tricolor Award, Queen's University, (outstanding contribution to the University)

1976 H. G. Conn Award, Queen’s University, (outstanding contribution to the Faculty)

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PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS

Lifetime summary (count) according to the following categories:

Books authored or co-authored ..................................................................................4

Monographs co-authored ............................................................................................1

Books and monographs edited (1 book,4 monographs) .............................................4

Chapters in books .....................................................................................................15

Articles in refereed journals .....................................................................................31

Papers in refereed conference proceedings. ...............................................................6

Technical reports ......................................................................................................47

Abstracts and/or papers read ....................................................................................91

Others (review articles; prof. journals; op-ed) .........................................................70

Books and Monographs (9):

8. Suburban Nation: Population Growth in Canadian Suburbs, 2006-2011, Council for

Canadian Urbanism Working Paper #1, July 2014, 67 pp. (with Isaac Shirokoff*)

7. Planning Canadian Communities, 6th ed. Toronto: Nelson, 2014, 440 pp. (with Gerald

Hodge).

6. Global Plans, Local Influences, Kingston ON: Queen’s University Jordan Library, 2011,

34 pp. (ed. exhibition catalogue)

5. Planning Canadian Communities, 5th ed. Toronto: Nelson, 2008, 416 pp. (with Gerald

Hodge).

4. Planning Twentieth-Century Capital Cities (ed.) 302 pp., London: Routledge, 2006, 302

pp. Softcover edition published 2010; Chinese edition 2014. (R).

3. 2001: A Spatial Odyssey, Ottawa: Canadian Institute of Planners, 2001, 448 pp. + CD-

ROM (ed. with J. Andrew).

2. Battery Park City: Politics and Planning on the New York Waterfront, New York:

Routledge / Gordon and Breach, 1997. 155 pp. (R).

1. Directions for New Urban Neighbourhoods: Learning From St. Lawrence, (ed.) Toronto:

Ryerson Polytechnical Institute School of Urban & Regional Planning, 1990. 173 pp.

9. Town and Crown: An Illustrated History of Canada's Capital, forthcoming fall 2015 (R).

(R) = peer reviewed; *= student or former student co-author

Book Chapters (15):

12. “Community Planning” in A.C. Michalos (ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-

Being Research, Berlin: Springer Science, 2014, pp. 1078-1080.

11. “Ottawa: Lumber town to federal capital” in H. Mayer (ed.) Im Herzen der Macht? Haupt-

städte und ihre Funktion, 2013. Universität Bern, Geographisches Institut, pp. 237-65.

10. “Jacques Gréber e o Plano de 1950 para a Região da Capital Nacional do Canadá” in T.

Andresen, M. Fernandes and J. Almeida (eds.) Jacques Gréber: Urbanist and Garden

Designer, Porto: Serralves Foundation, 2011, pp. 108-33.

9. “Plans for the Future of Canada’s Capital” in R. Chattopadhyay & G. Paquet (eds.) The

Unimagined Canadian Capital: Challenges for the Federal Capital Region, Ottawa:

Invenire Press, 2011, pp. 109-122.

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8. “Bridging Mechanisms for the Ottawa-Gatineau Region” (with André Juneau) in R.

Chattopadhyay & G. Paquet (eds.) The Unimagined Canadian Capital: Challenges for the

Federal Capital Region, Ottawa: Invenire Press, 2011, pp. 87-104.

7. " Ottawa’s Greenbelt Evolves from Urban Separator to Key Ecological Planning

Component" in Marco Amati (ed.) Urban Greenbelts in the 21st Century, London:

Ashgate, 2008, pp. 187-217. (R). (with Richard Scott*).

6. “Unanticipated Benefits: The role of planning in the development of Ottawa region

technology industries” in N. Novakowski and R. Tremblay (eds.) Perspectives on Ottawa's

High-tech Sector, Brussels: Peter Lang, 2007, pp. 91-116 (with Betsy Donald and John

Kozuskanich*) (R).

5. "Capital Cities and Culture: Evolution of twentieth-century capital city planning" in Javier

Monclús and Manuel Guardia (eds.) Culture, Urbanism and Planning, London: Ashgate,

2006, pp. 63-84.

4. “Implementing Urban Waterfront Redevelopment,” Remaking the Urban Waterfront,

Washington DC: Urban Land Institute, 2004, pp. 80-99 (R).

3. “National Capital Commission” Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Toronto: Oxford

University Press, 2004.

2. Waterfront Planning,” N. J. Smelser and P. B. Bates (eds.) International Encyclopedia of

the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Oxford UK: Pergamon, 2001, pp. 16837-39 (R).

1. “Managing Change on the Urban Edge: Implementing Urban Waterfront Redevelopment

in Toronto”, in G. Halseth & H. Nicol (eds.) (Re)Development At The Urban Edge,

University of Waterloo Press, 2000. pp. 175-226 (R).

13. “Developer Selection for Public Private Development” in L. Sagalyn (ed.) Public Private

Development, Washington DC: Urban Land Institute, forthcoming.

14. “Politics, Power and Urban Form” in Carola Hein (ed.) Handbook of Planning History,

London: Routledge, forthcoming 2016; 21 pp.

15. “Transport Defines Suburbia” in Alan Berger and Joel Kotkin, (eds.) Infinite Suburbia,

Cambridge MA: MIT Press, forthcoming 2016, 23 pp.

Refereed Journal Articles (31):

31. “Suburban Nation? Estimating the size of Canada’s suburban population” (with Mark

Janzen*) Journal of Architecture and Planning Research, 30:3 ( 2013) 197-220. (R).

30. “Gordon Stephenson and Urban Renewal in Kingston, Ontario” (with Michelle

Nicholson*) Town Planning Review, (March 2012) 83:3; pp.337-54 (R).

29. “Reflecting on the career of a ‘technical man’” (with Jenny Gregory) Town Planning

Review, (March 2012) 83:3; pp. 397-405 (R).

28. “Gordon Stephenson, planner and civic designer” (with Jenny Gregory) Town Planning

Review, (March 2012) 83:3; pp. 269-78 (R).

27. “The other author of the 1908 Chicago Plan: Edward H. Bennett”, Planning Perspectives,

Vol. 25, No. 2, (May 2010), pp. 229-241. (R).

26. “Implementing Plans for Political Capitals” (with M. Seasons) Canadian Journal of Urban

Research, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Supplement 2009) pp. 94-117. (R).

25. “ ‘Agitating People’s Brains’: Noulan Cauchon and the City Scientific in Canada’s

Capital” Planning Perspectives. Vol. 23, No. 3, (July 2008), pp. 349-379. (R).

24. "Lost in Translation: A brief comparison of Canadian land use planning terminology" Plan

Canada, Vol. 46, No. 2, March 2007, pp. 28-31. (with T. Elliott*). (R).

23. "The 1950 Plan for the National Capital: An Example of Vision in Planning" Plan

Canada, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 18-21, Autumn 2005. (R).

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22. “Gross Density and New Urbanism: Comparing conventional and New Urbanist suburbs in

Markham, Ontario” Journal of the American Planning Association, (with S. Vipond*) Vol.

71, No. 2, pp. 41-54, Winter 2005. (R).

21. “Constructing National Identity: Confederation Square and the National War Memorial in

Canada’s Capital, 1900-2000” Journal of Historical Geography, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 618-

642, October 2004, (with B. Osborne) (R).

20. "New Urbanism and Smart Growth: Twins separated at birth?" Places, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp.

68-71, 2003. (R).

19. “Large-scale traditional neighbourhood development and pre-emptive ecosystem planning:

The Markham experience, 1989-2001, Journal of Urban Design, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 321-

340, Winter 2002 (with K. Tamminga, Penn State) (R).

18. “Ottawa-Hull and Canberra: Implementation of Capital City Plans” Canadian Journal of

Urban Research, Volume 13, No. 2, (Winter 2002), pp. 1-16. (R).

17. “The Crash and Rebound of Canary Wharf” Wharton Real Estate Review, Vol. 6, No. 1,

pp. 75-85, 2002. (R).

16. “William Lyon Mackenzie King, Town Planning Advocate,” Planning Perspectives, Vol.

17 (2) 97-122, 2002. (R).

15. “Frederick G. Todd and the Origins of the Park System in Canada’s Capital” Journal of

Planning History, Vol. 1, No.1 (March 2002), pp. 29-57.

14. “From Noblesse Oblige to Nationalism: Elite involvement in planning Canada’s capital,”

Journal of Urban History, Vol. 28. No. 1, November 2001, pp. 3-34. (R).

13. “The Resurrection of Canary Wharf,” Planning Theory & Practice, Vol. 2, No. 2, (2001)

pp. 149-168. (R).

12. “Weaving a modern plan for Canada’s capital: Jacques Gréber and the 1950 plan for the

National Capital Region” Urban History Review, Vol. 29, No. 2, Spring 2001, pp. 43-61.

(R).

11. “Jacques Gréber, Urbaniste et Architecte” Urban History Review, Vol. 29, No. 2, Spring

2001 pp. 3-6, (with Isabelle Gournay, U. Maryland) (R).

10. “Hexagonal Planning In Theory and Practice,” Journal of Urban Design, (with E. Ben-

Joseph, MIT) Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 237-265, December 2000 (R).

9. “Implementing urban waterfront redevelopment in an historic context: a case study of the

Boston Naval Shipyard,” Ocean and Coastal Management, Vol. 42, Dec 1999, pp. 909-931

(R).

8. “Introducing a City Beautiful Plan for Canada’s Capital: Edward Bennett’s 1914 speech to

the Canadian Club,” Planning History Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1-2, pp. 13-51. December

1998 (R).

7. “Canary Wharf & Battery Park City: Implementation Lessons for the New Millennium,”

Rising East, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 160-188, 1998. (R).

6. “A City Beautiful Plan For Canada’s Capital: Edward Bennett and the 1915 Plan for

Ottawa and Hull,” Planning Perspectives, Vol. 13 (1998) pp. 275-300 (R).

5. "Financing Urban Waterfront Redevelopment," Journal of the American Planning

Association, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 244-265, Spring 1997 (R).

4. "Managing The Changing Political Environment In Urban Waterfront Redevelopment,"

Urban Studies, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 61-83, January 1997 (R).

3. "Planning, Design & Managing Change in Urban Waterfront Redevelopment," Town

Planning Review (UK), Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 261-290. July 1996 (R).

2. "Architecture: How Not to Build a City -Implementation at Battery Park City," Landscape

and Urban Planning, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 35 -54. November 1993 (R).

1. "Interim Hypotheses on Mixed Use Waterfront Developments," (with G. Baird) Recreation

Research Review, Volume 14, No. 2. pp. 39 -42. 1989 (R).

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Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings (6)

6. “Cross National Transfer of Capital City Planning Ideas in the Twentieth Century” plenary

presentation, International Planning History Society Conference, New Delhi, India,

December 10-14, 2006.

5. "Twentieth-Century Capital City Planning History " International Planning History

Society, Barcelona, July 2004

4. "Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities” Association of European Schools of Planning,

Leuven, Belgium, July 2003.

3. "Ecological Planning and Density of New Urbanist projects in Markham Ontario”

Association of European Schools of Planning, Leuven, Belgium , July 2003.

2. “The 1950 Plan For The National Capital Region” Canadian Institute of Planners, Ottawa

2001 6 pp.

1. “Edward Bennett and the City Beautiful Plan for Canada’s Capital” IPHS Conference,

Sydney, July 1998, 6 pp.

Review Articles, Book Reviews, Journal Index (21):

21. Review: “Transforming Urban Waterfronts: Fixity and Flow” Town Planning Review, Vol.

82, No. 3, (2011) pp. 357-358

20. Review Article: “New Urban Design Texts” Journal of Urban Design, Vol. 16, No.3,

(2011) pp. 427-429

19. Review: “Planning’s future – futures planning” Town Planning Review, Vol. 82, No. 6,

(2011) pp. 739-44. (review)

18. “Reading Urban Design” Urban Studies, Vol 45, No. 3, 2008, pp. 731-5.

17. Review: "The Form of Cities: Political Economy and Urban Design" Journal of Planning

Education and Research, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2006, pp. 254-55.

16. Review: "The Vancouver Achievement: Urban Planning and Design" Journal of Planning

Literature, Volume 19, No. 2, pp. 224-5, November 2004.

15. Review Symposium: “The City Builders” Urban Affairs Review, Volume 38, No. 4, pp.

603-614, March 2003 (with J. Beaverstock, K. Chapple & J. Eade).

14. Review: "Times Square Roulette" by Lynne Sagalyn, Journal of the American Planning

Association, Volume 69, No. 2, p. 198. Spring 2003.

13. Review: “The Boulevard Book” Town Planning Review, Vol. 74, No. 3, pp. 351-2, July

2003.

12. Review: “The City Builders: Property Development in New York and London, 1980-

2000,” H-URBAN, June 2002.

11. Review: “A Decade of Regeneration” Ontario Planning Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp.31-32,

March 2002.

10. Review: “City and Port” Town Planning Review, Vol. 72, No. 4, October 2001, pp. 481-2.

9. Review: “Ebenezer Howard: The beginning of Social Cities?” Journal of the American

Planning Association, Vol. 66, No. 1. Winter 2000. p. 86.

8. Review: “The Writings of Clarence S. Stein: Architect of the Planned Community”

Journal of Urban Design, Vol. 4, No. 3, Dec. 1999, pp. 338-339.

7. Review: “Re-Constructing Times Square: Politics and Culture in Urban Development,”

Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 19, No. 2, Dec. 1999, pp. 216-217.

6. Review Article: “Different Views From the Water’s Edge” Town Planning Review, Vol. 69

No. 1, Jan. 1998. (R)

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5. Review: “Unplanned Suburbs & The Shape of the City,” Journal of Urban Design, 2:1,

pp.105-106, 1997.

4. Plan Canada Consolidated Index, 1959-97, (with 6 students), July 1997, 77 pp. and WWW

site.

3. Review article: "New Books For Waterfront Planners" Plan Canada, 35:6, pp. 46-47, Sept.

1995.

2. Review: "Two Suburban Views" Plan Canada, 32:1, pp. 44-45. January 1992.

1. Review article: "A Select Bibliography of Urban Design Literature" Plan Canada, 30:6 pp.

54-56, Nov. 1990.(revised bi-annually)

Professional Journal Articles (19):

19. “Techniques for Canadian Practice” Canadian Planning and Policy / Canadian Journal of

Urban Research, 23:1 (2014 Supplement), iii-v.

18. “Building a Balanced Academy: Teaching & Research at Queen’s” Ontario Planning

Journal, 29:4, July 2014, 4.

17. “Moving from Theory to Practice: Research that examines implementation of Canadian

plans” Canadian Planning and Policy / Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 22:1 (2013

Supplement), iii-vi.

16. “Students Help Plan National Capital” Ontario Planning Journal, 28:4, July 2013, 7.

15. “Research You Can Use in Canada” Plan Canada, May 2013.

14. “Queen’s Launches Healthy Communities Stream” Ontario Planning Journal, 27:4, July

2012, p. 1.

13. “Linking Theory and Practice at Queen’s” Ontario Planning Journal, 26:4, July 2011,

pp.11-12.

12. “Reviving a Professional Journal” Plan Canada, Vol. 50 No.3 (2010) pp. 12-14, article.

11. “Retrospective: CIP National Planning Awards” Plan Canada, Vol. 50 No.3 (2010)

pp.20-21, article.

10. “Plan Canada: 50 Years” special issue of Plan Canada, September 2010, co-editor with Jill

Grant and Ian Skelton, 60 pp; refereed journal.

9. “Built Form and Travel Behaviour in the Greater Toronto Area” Ontario Planning Journal,

September 2007, Vol. 22, No.5, pp.10-11, with R. Mitra.

8. Urban Plans: Past and Present, (ed.) Queen’s University W.D. Jordan Special Collections

and Music Library, Occasional Paper No. 2, January 2004.

7. “Transforming Canadian Cities and Canadian Planning” Plan Canada, Vol. 41, No. 3, Sept.

2001, pp. 12-13.

6. “Centre - Periphery – Globalization Past And Present,” Planning History News, Summer

2001, pp. 4-5.

5. “Innovations for the CIP Conference” Plan Canada, Jan. 2001, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 32-34,

with M. Cappe.

4. “Capital Cities: Perspective and Convergence” Plan Canada special issue, May 2000, co-

editor with Pierre Dubé.

3 “Planning Canberra and Ottawa: More differences than similarities, Plan Canada, Vol. 40, No.

3, pp. 20-21.

2. “Transforming the Urban Waterfront: Why Does It Take So Long?” Aquapolis, Vol. 4,

December 1999, pp. 12-17. (Italian and English).

1. "A Plan for Lower Yonge Street," Ontario Planning Journal, Vol. 5, No. 3, p.7, July 1990.

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Selected Teaching Cases (5):

5. “Toronto's Harbourfront,” ACUPP/CIP case (co-author with G. Spafford*) 1996, 6 pp. (R)

4. “Learning from St. Lawrence,” ACUPP/CIP case (co-author with J. DeLeo*)1996,7 pp.

(R)

3. “Developing the Kentlands,” Harvard KSG case, 1996, 29 pp.

2. “Planning Battery Park City,” Harvard KSG case, 1996, 25 pp.

1. “The Arlington Red Line Stations,” Harvard KSG case, 1994, 7 pp.

Selected Conference Papers and Presentations (91):

91. “Suburban Nation Research Techniques” Council for Canadian Urbanism summit,

Toronto, September 15, 2014.

90. “Canadian Urbanism: Coast to Coast” Congress for the New Urbanism, Buffalo NY, May

5, 2014.

89. “Untangling the City Scientific and the City Efficient” International Planning History

Society conference, St. Augustine FL, July 2014

88. “Gordon Stephenson and Canadian downtown planning” Society of American City and

Regional Planning Historians conference, Toronto, October 4, 2013.

87. “Suburban Nation?” Council for Canadian Urbanism summit, Halifax NS, Sept. 28, 2013.

86. “Canadian Suburbanism” Canadian Institute of Planners conference, Vancouver, July 6,

2013.

85. “Three Nations, One Capital” Nexus Architecture Congress (keynote), Newcastle,

Australia, 4 July 2013

84. “Ottawa and Canberra as Symbolic Federal Capitals” Capital Cities Network, Canberra, 2

July 2013

83. “The rise and fall of Toronto as a waterfront model?” HafenCity University, Hamburg,

January 10, 2013.

82. “Towards a national urban design research network” Council for Canadian Urbanism,

Calgary, October 14, 2012

81. “Urbanizing Suburbia – the Canadian Experience” Canadian Institute of Planners, Banff

AB, October 10, 2012.

80. “Early Heritage Planning in Stephenson and Muirhead’s Planning Study of Kingston” (with

Michelle Nicholson*), Ontario Heritage Conference, Kingston, May 2, 2012.

79. “Beyond the Tabula Rasa: Gordon Stephenson and Urban Renewal in Kingston” (with

Michelle Nicholson*), ACUPP/ Canadian Association of Geographers Congress, Waterloo,

April 31, 2012.

78. “The Capital Question” Association for Canadian Studies in the United States conference,

Ottawa, November 19, 2011.

77. “Jacques Gréber and Canada’s 1950 Plan for the National Capital Region” invited

presentation, Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal, November 3, 2011.

76. “Canadian Suburbanism” Canadian Urbanism symposium, Vancouver, October 1, 2011.

75. “How Ontario’s Planning Presentation Changed: 1986-2011” invited plenary presentation,

Ontario Professional Planners Institute conference, Ottawa, October 13, 2011.

74. “Canada is a Suburban Nation” Ontario Professional Planners Institute conference, Ottawa,

October 14, 2011.

73. “Sustainable and Healthy Redevelopment in the Regional City: An Introduction to the

Canadian Experience” EcoCity World Summit, Montreal, August 21, 2011.

72. "Suburban Nation? Estimating the size of Canada’s suburban population” (with Mark

Janzen*) World Planning Schools Congress, Perth Australia, July 4, 2011.

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71. “Gordon Stephenson and Urban Renewal in Kingston, Ontario” (with Michelle

Nicholson*), World Planning Schools Congress, Perth Australia, July 7, 2011.

70. "Suburban Nation? Estimating the size of Canada’s suburban population” (with Mark

Janzen*) ACUPP/ Canadian Association of Geographers conference, Calgary, June 2,

2011.

69. “The 50th Anniversary of Stephenson and Muirhead’s Planning Study of Kingston”

exhibition, WD. Jordan Library, April-May 2011 (curator).

69. “Housing Research at Queen’s” National Housing Research Committee, Toronto, May 4,

2011.

67. “Suburban Research Techniques” (with Mark Janzen*) SURP Research Seminar series,

March 16, 2011.

66. “Planning Ottawa-Gatineau” University of Ottawa, January 29, 2011.

65. “Planning Ottawa-Gatineau” University of Ottawa, January 2011.

64. “Canada is a Suburban Nation” National Housing Research Committee conference,

Ottawa, November 2010.

63. "Suburban Nation? Estimating the size of Canada’s suburban population” (with Mark

Janzen*)", Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Minneapolis, MN October 2010.

62. “Canada is a Suburban Nation” Canadian Urbanism symposium Montreal, September

2010.

61. “Reflections on the First Canadian Greenbelt” Ciclos de Paisaje, Vitoria, Spain, July 2010.

60. “Gordon Stephenson and Urban Renewal in Kingston, Ontario” (with Michelle

Nicholson*), International Planning History Society, Istanbul, July 2010.

59. “Suburban National Capital: A pilot study of Canada’s post-1945 suburbs in Ottawa-Hull”

(with Chris Vandyk*), International Planning History Society, Istanbul, July 2010.

58. “A Greenbelt for Canada’s Capital: 1899-2000” Greenbelt National Visioning Forum,

National Capital Commission, Ottawa, November 2009.

57. "Learning from the Past: Precedents for Canadian Urbanism " Canadian Institute of

Planners national conference, Niagara Falls, September 2009.

56. “Canadian Urbanism: A Distinctive Tradition” Canadian Urbanism symposium Toronto,

October 2009.

55. “Noulan Cauchon and the City Scientific in Canada’s Capital”, Jones Civil Engineering

Forum, Queen’s University, February 18th, 2009.

54. “The other author of the 1908 Chicago Plan: Edward H. Bennett”, International Planning

History Society, Chicago, July 2008.

53. “Requests for Proposals for Public Property Development” Association of European

Schools of Planning / ACSP, Chicago, July 2008.

52. "Learning from the Past: Canadian Urbanism Traditions" Canadian Institute of Planners,

Winnipeg, July 2008.

51. “Using Infrastructure to Promote Sustainable Development – Transit Oriented

Development” Infrastructure Canada, Ottawa, May 26, 2008 (with Preston Schiller).

50. “Planning, Planners and Change” Canadian Association of Planning Students, Toronto,

February 6, 2008.

49. “Reflections on best practice” UBC Centre for Public Private Partnerships, Vancouver BC,

Dec. 4-5, 2007.

48. “Best Practices in Requests for Proposals for Public Property Development” Real Property

Institute of Canada conference, Ottawa, Ontario, November 14, 2007.

47. “Sustainable Transportation” invited lecture, Ontario Professional Planners Institute

symposium, Ottawa, November 8, 2007.

46. “The RFP Process for the Disposition of Publicly-Owned Real Estate Assets” National

Executive Forum on Public Property, Montreal QC, Nov. 1-3, 2007, with James McKellar.

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45. “Noulan Cauchon and the City Scientific in Canada’s Capital” Society of American City

and Regional Planning Historians Conference, Portland ME October 2007.

44. “Urban Redevelopment at its Best: A Canadian overview and best practices for

procurement” Real Property Institute of Canada FOCUS, Ottawa, February 12, 2007.

43. “Traffic or Glory: Cross National Transfer of Capital City Planning Ideas in the Twentieth

Century” International Planning History Society, New Delhi, December 2006.

42. “The future of the National Capital Commission” NCC Mandate Review Panel, Ottawa,

November 9, 2006. (televised public presentation)

41. “Urban Planning at its Best” invited lecture, Ontario Professional Planners Institute

symposium, Ottawa, November 8, 2006.

40. “Public development research update” National Executive Forum on Public Property

conference, Victoria BC, May 11-13, 2006.

39. "Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities", Capitals Alliance Summit, Ottawa,

September 23, 2005. Plenary presentation, televised nationally by CPAC.

38. "Seven Methods for Proposal Calls", National Executive Forum on Public Property,

Moncton NB, May 29-30, 2005.

37. "Proposal Calls by Public Agencies" Real Property Institute of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario,

November 14-16, 2005.

36. "Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities", Association of Collegiate Schools of

Planning, Portland, OR October 2004.

35. "Twentieth-Century Capital City Planning History " International Planning History

Society, Barcelona, July 2004.

34. "Celebrating Canadian Cities: Capitals", American Planning Association, Washington DC,

April 2004.

33. "Proposal Calls for Public Land", National Executive Forum on Public Property, Toronto,

April 2004.

32. "Town and Gown in the Ivy League: Lessons from the University of Pennsylvania and

West Philadelphia for Queen’s and Kingston" Queen's-Kingston Town-Gown conference,

Kingston, March 2004.

31. "New Urbanism: Ecosystem Planning and Density", Canadian Institute of Planners,

Halifax, July 2003, 6 pp.

30. "Ottawa-Gatineau and Canberra: Implementing Capital City Plans, 1900-1975" Canadian

Centre for the Study of Capitals, March 2003, 32 pp.

29. “Implementing Capital City Plans” Canadian Capital Cities Organization, Keynote address,

Yellowknife, June 2003.

28. “Frederick Todd’s 1903 Report to the Ottawa Improvement Commission” Ottawa Urban

Forum invited public lecture sponsored by CIP, OAA and OALA, November 2003.

27. "Can New Urbanism be Green?" Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Baltimore,

MD, Nov. 2002, 25 pp.

26. "Planning Canada's Capital 1900-2000" International Planning History Society, London

UK, July 2002, 29 pp.

25. “Frederick Todd’s 1903 Preliminary Report to the Ottawa Improvement Commission”

Society of American City and Regional Planning Historians, Philadelphia, 2001 27 pp.

24. “Gross Density and Implementation Of New Urbanist Plans in Markham, Ontario”

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Cleveland, 2001, 22 pp.

23. “Implementing Waterfront Redevelopment” City of Riga, Latvia, Sept. 2000.

22. “Weaving a modern plan for Canada’s capital: Jacques Gréber and the 1950 plan for the

National Capital Region” International Planning History Society, Helsinki, 2000.29 pp.

21. “Planning For Capital Cities in the 20th Century”, International Planning History Society,

Helsinki, August 2000 (with A. R. Sutcliffe).

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20. “Jacques Gréber and the 1950 plan for the National Capital Region” Canadian Society of

Landscape Architects, Ottawa May 2000, 27 pp.

19. “Ottawa-Hull And Canberra: Implementation of Capital City Plans” Society of American

City and Regional Planning Historians Conference, Washington, 1999 30 pp.

18. “The Resurrection of Canary Wharf” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning

conference, Chicago, 1999, 16pp.

17. “Implementing Waterfront Redevelopment,” Keynote address, Atlantic Planners Institute

conference, Saint John NB, 1998:

16. “Designing Urban Waterfronts – Lessons from around the world” Atlantic Planners

Institute conference, Saint John NB, 1998, 12 pp.

15. “Edward Bennett and the City Beautiful Plan for Canada’s Capital”, International Planning

History Society Conference, Sydney, 1998, 11 pp.

14. “Canary Wharf and Battery Park City,” London Docklands Conference, London, UK 1998,

22 pp.

13. “A City Beautiful Plan for Canada’s Capital" Association of Collegiate Schools of

Planning Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, 1997, 24 pp.

12. “Edward Bennett and the 1915 Plan for Ottawa & Hull” Society of American City and

Regional Planning Historians Conference, Seattle, 1997, 14 pp.

11. “Learning about the City" Jane Jacobs: Ideas that Matter conference, Toronto, 1997, 6 pp.

10. "What Went Wrong at Harbourfront" Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning

Conference, Toronto,1996, 26 pp.

9. "Computer Education On the Cheap" Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning

Computer Users Group Conference, Toronto, 1996, 7 pp.

8. "Planning Urban Waterfront Redevelopment" Association of Collegiate Schools of

Planning conference Detroit, 1995: 34 pp.

7. "Implementing Urban Waterfront Redevelopment: Case Methodology", Environmental

Design Research Association, Boston, 1995, invited poster.

6. Canadian Association of Geographers, Montreal: "Planning, Design and Managing Change

on the Urban Edge: Waterfront Redevelopment," 33 pp.

5. "Implementing Waterfront Redevelopment" CIP/APA National Conference, Toronto,1995,

14 pp.

4. "Implementing Urban Waterfront Redevelopment on the Isle of Dogs, London," Ontario

Professional Planners Institute Annual Conference, 1994: 37 pp.

3. "Disasters in the London Docklands" ACSP Conference, Philadelphia, 1993, 42 pp.

2. "Implementation at Battery Park City" ACSP Conference, Columbus: 21 pp., 1992.

1. "Designing St. Lawrence” Ryerson University, 37 pp. , 1989 co-author with S. Fong.

Selected Professional Reports:

2007 The RFP Process for the Disposition of Publicly-Owned Real Estate Assets National

Executive Forum on Public Property, Queen’s University, November 2007, with J.

McKellar. 37 pp.

2006 The future of the National Capital Commission, brief to the federal NCC Mandate

Review Panel.

2003 Sparks Street Then and Now: An evolving streetscape and public space, National Capital

Commission, 142 pp., co-author with C. Bray and B. Osborne.

2002 Waterfront Planning and Development in Surrey, City of Surrey, BC.

2000 Multi-family Housing for Community Sustainability, CMHC, co-author with Quadrangle

Architects

1996 Kenosha Lakefront Site, Urban Land Institute Advisory Services, co-author

1994 Seaton Handbook, Ontario Ministry of Housing, co-author with Dunker Assoc. 134 pp.

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1991 Toronto Central Waterfront Transportation Study, Royal Commission on the Future of

the Toronto Waterfront, urban design & planning consultant, 410 pp.

1991 Oshawa Downtown Urban Design Study, City of Oshawa, principal author 49 pp.

1991 Ataratiri Site Plan, City of Toronto Housing Department, principal author 74 pp.

1990 Gardiner Expressway East & Don Valley Sweep Civic Design Study, City of Toronto

Planning Department, principal author. 66 pp.

1989 Lower Yonge Street Urban Design Study, City of Toronto Planning

Department. co-author with Barry Sampson. 64 pp.

1989 Etobicoke Harbour Village Plan, City of Etobicoke, principal author.

1988 Harbourfront Housing Policy Study, Harbourfront Corporation, principal author.

1982 A Manual for Estimating Energy Consumption in New Development, Toronto:

Ontario Ministry of Energy, co-author.

1982 Climatic Information for Energy Conscious Planning, Toronto: Ontario

Ministry of Energy, co-author.

Articles and Reviews by Others of Completed Work:

Wight, Ian, “Planner’s Bookshelf: Planning Canadian Communities” Plan Canada, Vol. 54

No.1, (Spring 2014), p. 52.

Klingbeil, Cailynn, “Edmonton’s love affair with suburbs can’t endure, researcher warns”

Edmonton Journal, September 8, 2013, A1.

Derfel, Aaron, “Exurban growth in Montreal region is worst in country” Montreal Gazette,

September 7, 2013, A1-A4.

Howell, Trevor, “Calgary’s top city planner says higher density suburbs strike right balance”

Calgary Herald, September 7, 2013.

Sinoski, Kelly, “Canada: A suburban nation” Vancouver Sun, September 7, 2013. A1

Tank, Phil, “Bedroom communities boom: Growth highest outside Saskatoon city limits”

Saskatoon Star Phoenix, September, 7, 2013. B1.

Cook, Maria, “Suburban nation: An ambitious new study says it’s time for Canadians to dispel

our urban myth” Ottawa Citizen, September 6, 2013, B1-B3, (Story reprinted in

Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Montreal

Gazette)

Cook, Maria, “In search of the suburban ideal” Ottawa Citizen, September 6, 2013, B2-B3.

Cook, Maria, “How your neighbourhood measures up” Ottawa Citizen, September 6, 2013.

MacAlpine, Ian, “Kingston’s suburbs growing” Kingston Whig-Standard, September 9, 2013.

Hostovsky, C. “Planning Canadian Communities” Journal of Planning Literature, Vol. 24, No.

1, (January 2010), pp. 38-40.

Abbot, Carl, "Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities" Journal of Urban Design, Volume 14,

No. 3 (August 2009) pp. 402-404.

Phelps, N.A. "Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities" Environment and Planning B:

Planning and Design, Vol. 35, pp. 187-190.

Urban, Florian, “The Limits of State Symbolism” Journal of Urban History, 35:1 (Nov 2008),

pp. 196-200.

Aubry, Jack “Ottawa a capital spot” Ottawa Citizen, Monday, August 27, 2007, A11.

Sagalyn, L.B. “Public/Private Development: Lessons from History, Research, and Practice”

Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 73:1(Winter 2007) pp. 13-4.

M.F. Wagenaar “Planning twentieth century capital cities” Rooilijn, Vol. 39 (2006), p. 406-407.

Sabini, M. “Cleveland’s Waterfront in a Global Perspective” Cleveland Urban Design

Collaborative Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4, (June 2001), pp. 1- 5.

Bromley, Ray. “Cities, Large and Small,” Journal of the American Planning Association, 66:4,

2000, pp. 438-9.

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Hebbert, M. “Battery Park City: Politics and Planning on the New York Waterfront”

Environment & Planning C, Vol. 16, 1998, pp. 628-9.

Fainstein, Susan F. “Battery Park City: Politics and Planning on the New York Waterfront”

Journal of Planning Education & Research, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1998, p. 186.

Neufeld, David, and Gregory Tokarz. "Planning for Innovation: Reflections on Seaton." Plan

Canada, Volume 35, Number 3, May 1995: pp. 32-34

Sandrin-Lit, R. “Seaton Encapsulated” Ontario Planning Journal, March 1995, pp. 18-19.

“Seaton Lands Competition” The Canadian Architect, March 1995, cover, pp. 22-25.

Neufeld, David and Gregory Tokarz. "Pushing the Boundaries of Innovation: The Seaton

Competition / Repousser les frontières de l'innovation: le concours Seaton." Plan Canada

Vol. 35, No. 2, March 1995 pp. 40-41

Allester, David. "The Plan for Ataratiri: Restoring a Corner of the City." Plan Canada Volume

32, Number 4 July 1992: 27-30

Selected Media:

“GTA sprawl out of control” Toronto Star, Sept 14, 2013. (op-ed. article).

“Urban Planning: How to save KCVI” Kingston Whig-Standard, June 15, 2013, A6 (op-ed).

“Ontario’s flawed school planning” (with M. Seasons) Kingston Whig-Standard, November 16,

2012, A6 (op-ed article); reprinted in several other newspapers.

“Planning a capital for all Canadians” Inroads 30, Winter/Spring 2012, pp. 78-83.

“ ‘School desert’ would doom inner city” Kingston Whig-Standard, May 10, 2012, A6 (op-ed).

“Stick to waterfront plan” Toronto Star, August 31 2011, A23. Op-ed. article

“Rethinking Suburbia” The Agenda, TVO, May 14, 2009. 12:38 min

"A work in progress" The Globe and Mail, May 22, 2007, A15. Op-ed. article

“Start of a Beautiful Relationship? Toronto has long neglected its waterfront,” the Globe and

Mail, March 29, 2000, p. A17. Op-ed. article.

“NCC Track Record and plans are impressive,” Ottawa Citizen, March 10, 2000, F4. Op-ed.

article.

Other articles written for the Globe and Mail, Kingston Whig-Standard and others.

Interviewed by CBC-TV, Global TV, TVO, CityTV, C-SPAN, Rogers, ABC Radio, CBC Radio,

and numerous newspapers.

Research Web Sites:

Planning Canada's Capital

PlanningCanadasCapital.ca

Planning Canadian Communities:

PlanningCanadianCommunities.ca

Canadian Suburbs:

CanadianSuburbs.ca

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Selected Public Lectures:

2015 “New research on Australian suburbs” UNSW, Sydney, July 29, 2015.

2015 “Is Australia a Suburban Nation?” Planning Institute of Australia and WA Metropolitan

Redevelopment Authority, June 29, 2015.

2015 “Research on a Shoestring Budget”, Australasian Early Career Urban Research Network,

Perth, WA June 19, 2015.

2015 “Canadian Urban Design from Coast to Coast” Australian Urban Design Research

Centre, Perth, WA May 6, 2015.

2015 “Sustainable Suburbs? Canadian Best Practices” Curtin University Sustainability Policy

Institute, Perth, WA April 29, 2015.

2015 “Canadian Community Design” University of Otago, Dunedin NZ, April 17, 2015.

2015 “Sustainable Suburbs: Best Practices from Canada” University of Western Australia

Institute of Advanced Studies, Perth WA, April 29, 2015.

2014 “Canada is a suburban nation” keynote address, Council for Canadian Urbanism Summit,

Toronto, September 14, 2015

2014 “Is Canada a Suburban Nation? Reflections on Toronto” City of Toronto, May 2, 2014.

2013 “The Art of City Building” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. December 5, 2013.

2013 “Ottawa and Canberra as Symbolic Federal Capitals” University of Canberra, 2 July 2013

2013 “Canadian Urbanism: Coast to Coast” UNSW, Sydney, 30 June 2013.

2012 “Ottawa: Lumber town to federal capital” Collegium generale, Universität Bern, May 18,

2012.

2012 “A historical tour of planning and urban design in the National Capital: The Good, the

Bad and the Ugly” Ottawa Urban Forum, March 21, 2012.

2011 Global Plans, Local Influences, public lecture, Queen’s University Jordan Library, April

18, 2011.

2010 OPPI Kingston, “The 50th Anniversary of Stephenson and Muirhead’s Planning Study of

Kingston” public lecture and exhibition, World Town Planning Day, November 2010.

2010 “Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities: Lessons for Ottawa”, Probus Club Ottawa

April 28, 2010.

2010 “Active Transportation across Canada” Kingston Coalition for Active Transportation,

March 24, 2010.

2010 “Urban Design in Canada: Coast to Coast to Coast” Urban Design Centre of Western

Australia, Perth, March 2, 2010.

2010 “Building Big Plans: Implementing Lessons for Capital Cities and Waterfronts”

University of Western Australia, 26 February, 2010.

2010 “Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities” QUILL, Kingston, January 2010.

2008 City of Kingston, “Evaluating Kingston’s Draft Official Plan” April 17, 2008.

2008 Kingston Learning, “Canadian Planning at its Best” February 8, 2008.

2007 OPPI Ottawa, “Sustainable Transportation” invited lecture, World Town Planning Day.

2007 Ohio State University “Twentieth Century Capital Cities and Urban Design,” Knowlton

School of Architecture invited lecture series.

2007 City of Kingston, “Waterfront Design Principles and Precedents” June 12, 2007.

2006 OPPI Ottawa, “Urban Planning at its Best” invited lecture, World Town Planning Day.

2005 Kingston Learning, “Smart Growth in Kingston?”

2003 Ottawa Urban Forum: “Frederick Todd’s 1903 Report to the Ottawa Improvement

Commission”

2001 Town of Lincoln, “Neighbourhood Planning in a Rural Landscape”

2001 Kent State Univ./ Cleveland State Univ., “Urban Waterfront Design: Facilitating

redevelopment”

2001 Kingston Learning, “Planning Waterfront Development: Lessons from around the world”

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2000 City of Riga, Latvia, “Implementing Waterfront Redevelopment”

1999 Ottawa Urban Forum: “Ottawa’s X-files: Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams”

1997 SUNY Buffalo, “Battery Park City: Politics and Planning on the Waterfront”

1995 RMC Dept. of Politics and Economic Science, "Comparing Canadian and U.S. Cities:

Los Angeles and Toronto"

1991 City of Toronto Planning: "Urban Design Innovations in Barcelona"

1990 Institute of Transportation Engineers, Toronto: "The Gardiner LakeShore Corridor"

1987 Ontario Professional Planners Institute: "Harbourfront 2000 Plan"

1986 City of Kingston / Waterfront Centre Symposium, “Block D”

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RESEARCH GRANTS:

Agency Title Tenure Amount RAs Results

PATREC Australian Suburbs

with Dr. P Maginn,

UWA

2015 A$15,167 2 In progress

UWA IAS Suburban Nations?

Comparing Australian

and Canadian suburbs

2015 A$10,000 1 In progress.

Heritage

Canada

Canadian War

Memorial

2014 $3000 - exhibit

SARC Gordon Stephenson’s

International Planning

Legacy

2011-12 $8389 2 3 articles; special

journal issue, exhibition

SSHRC Suburban Nation:

Estimating the size

and policy

implications of

Canada’s suburban

population

2008-

2011

$75,725 7 Web site; journal

article; 6 conference

papers; 1 monograph;

front-page newspaper

articles across Canada

SSHRC Lessons From

Planning Canada’s

Capital: 1800-2000

2005-

2008

$72,223 9+ Web site, 4 articles /

chapters, 4 conference

papers, book for 2012

SSHRC Canada’s Capital in an

International

Comparative

Perspective

2002-

2005

$59,400 6

Book in 2006; 2

chapters; 2 articles, 5

conf. papers.

Canada-US

Fulbright

Canada-US

Connections in

National Capital

Planning

2001-02 $24,000 1 3 articles, 5 conference

papers

SSHRC Building Canada’s

Capital

1998-

2001

$63,200 6 4 articles, 3 conference

papers

Richardson

Fund

Ottawa-Hull Le Droit

1913-58

1999 $13,000 NA 198 reels of microfilm;

contribution to articles

ARC SSHRC 4A , Ottawa-

Hull

1997-8 $5000 1 1 article, 1 conference

paper

Special

Collections

1909 Plan of Chicago

purchase

1998 $3500 NA rare book; contribution

to 1article

Univ. of

London

Battery Park City /

Canary Wharf

Comparison

1997-8 $3500 1 2 articles, 2 conference

papers;

CIP Plan Canada

Consolidated Index

1997 $5100 5 journal index and

WWW site

ARC Building Canada’s

Capital

1996-7 $5500 1 1 article, 1 conference

paper

Richardson

Fund

Canadian Historic

Plans

1996-98 $2000 NA 100+ plans, maps and

slides; contributions to

2 articles

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ARC,

Queen’s

Urban Waterfront

Redevelopment

1995-96 $5000 2 book; 1 article

SGS,

Queen’s

Research Initiation

Grant

1994-5 $12,000 5 book index, editing, 2

articles

TOTAL

RESEARCH

GRANTS

$329,927 45 PI funding only

TEACHING GRANTS:

Agency Title Tenure Amount RAs Results

Apple

Canada

Canadian Historic

Plans

1996-97 $3500 1 World Wide Web site,

database, course

materials

Queen’s

Principal’s

Develop-

ment Fund

GIS Laboratory

Desktop mapping

software (with Dr. R.

Tinline, Geography)

1995 $3000 MapInfo purchase

Queen’s

SGS

Planning computer

applications

1994-95 $1000 2 Laboratory exercises

and course materials

TOTAL TEACHING

GRANTS

$7,500 3

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UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Queen’s University School of Urban & Regional Planning (Asst. Professor 1994-2000;

Assoc. Prof. 2000-8; Professor, 2008-):

SURP-817: An Intellectual History of Urban and Regional Planning (core course; team-

taught). Methods: illustrated lectures, optional field trips. 1995-2000, 2002-

SURP-824: Urban Planning Project (core course) Methods: workshop/studio; new project

every year; weekly coaching in small groups; field trips. 1994-8, 2000, 2002-6, 2009-

SURP-840: Land Use Planning (optional course; team-taught) Methods: illustrated lectures,

computer simulation; site visits; case studies of award-winning plans. 1995-2001, 2003-

SURP-844: Real Estate Development and Planning (optional course; team-taught) Methods:

case study, role-playing , lecture, market analysis. 2002-8, 2009-11

SURP-848: Community Design: (optional course; team-taught) Methods: workshop/ studio;

weekly small group coaching; field trips; illustrated lectures. 1996, 98, 2000, 2003, 2005.

SURP-882: Computer Applications for Planners (optional course) Methods: self-guided

tutorials, laboratory exercises using planning data, demonstrations, lectures. 1994-99.

SURP-886: Public Private Partnerships (optional course) Methods: lectures, case studies,

simulation. 1995, 2000, 2003-6, 2008-9, 2012-13.

SURP-804: Implementation (methodology module) Method: case studies. 1994, 95, 97, 98,

99, 2003

SURP-805: Negotiation (methodology module) Methods: simulations, lectures. 1994-7, 99,

2006

SURP-806: Population Forecasting (module) Methods: lectures/demos, workbook; 1997,

2004, 2006, 2008.

SURP-807 Qualitative Research (methodology module) Methods: lectures/demos, seminar,

2000.

CIVL-262: Civil Engineering Planning (core undergraduate course) Methods: illustrated

lectures, tutorials, group design project. 1996-2000.

University of Western Australia, Institute of Advanced Studies (International Distinguished

Visiting Fellow, 2015)

Postgraduate / early career Masterclass

University of Pennsylvania, Department of City and Regional Planning: (Visiting Associate

Professor, 2001-02)

CPLN-659: Public Private Partnerships (optional course) Methods: lectures, case studies,

simulation. 2002

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design: (Instructor, 1993-4; Teaching Fellow, 1992-

3):

Urban Politics & Land Use Policy (core course; team-taught). 1992; 1993

Introduction to Urban & Regional Planning 1992

Guest critic in several urban design and landscape architecture studios, 1991-95

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University of Toronto, Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, (Adj. Associate.

Professor 1990-3):

Real Estate Development 1992, 1990

Site Planning & Market Analysis 1991

Strategic Planning for Development 1993, 1992

Executive Development Program, Metropolitan Toronto Police, 1991

University of Toronto, Department of Architecture, (Adj. Assoc. Prof. 1990-91; Adj. Asst.

Prof. 1989):

Urban Design Studio (core course; team-taught). 1989-1991

Housing (team taught) 1990

Guest critic in several urban design and landscape architecture studios, 1989-95

Ryerson School of Urban & Regional Planning, (Lecturer, 1988-90; 1978-79):

Implementation 1988-1990

Public Sector Development 1989

Environmental Planning II 1979

Planning Methods & Computing 1979

Planning Studio (core course; team-taught) IV 1979

Transit Planning Seminar 1979

Planning Workshop III (core course; team-taught) 1978

Transportation Planning 1978

Urban Field Research (core course; team-taught). 1978

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Guest Lecturer / Visiting Critic:

Australian Urban Design Research Centre, 2015

Carleton University, School of Architecture, 2008, 2012

Carleton University, Department of History, 2004

Cleveland State University, Public Policy, 2001

Curtin University, Perth, WA, 2015

Harvard University, Urban Design, 1993, 1994, 1995

Kent State University, Urban Design, 2001

M.I.T. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1993

Ohio State University, Urban Design, 2007.

Queen’s Department of Civil Engineering, 2001, 2005-10

Queen’s Department of Geography, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003-14

Queen’s School of Business Public Executive Program, 2013, 2014

Queen’s Law School, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008-9

Queen’s School of Environmental Studies 1998, 1999, 2000-12

Queen’s School of Policy Studies, 2001, 2009

Royal Military College, Social Sciences, 1996, 1997

Ryerson School of Urban and Regional Planning, 2006

Trent University, Department of Geography, 2003

University of Canberra, 2012, 2013

University of New South Wales, Built Environment, 2013, 2015

University of Otago, Geography and Planning, 2015

University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, 2001

University of Pennsylvania, Department of City Planning, 2001, 2002

University of Pennsylvania, Urban Design Program, 2002

University of Toronto, Geography, 2005

University of Toronto, Landscape Architecture, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995

University of Waterloo, 2012, 2013, 2014

University of Western Australia, History, 2015

University of Western Australia, Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015

University of Western Australia, Planning, 2010, 2015

Urban Design Centre of Western Australia, 2010

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GRADUATE SUPERVISION AND EXAMINATION

Master’s theses and research reports supervised (118 completed to date; 4 in preparation):

118. Bang, Elizabeth, The Sustainable Campus: A Comparison of Comprehensive Sustainability

Policies in the Campus Master Plans of the University of Guelph and Queen’s University,

2013-15.

117 Smith, Molly and Shazeen Tejani, Tackling Tactical Urbanism: Exploring the Potential

for Improved Social Spaces on Queen’s University Campus, 2013-15.

116. Holthof, Benjamin, Kingston Inner Harbour: A Cultural Heritage Landscape Pilot Study,

2012-15 with John Meligrana)

115. Nadeau, Jeff, Planning Near-University Neighbourhoods: A Case Study of Kingston, ON

and Ithaca, NY, 2012-15.

114. Davies, Keith, A Pilot Study for Comparing Two Inner-City Edmonton Parks in Winter,

2012-14.

113. Grabowski, Arthur, The Evolution of Waterfront Public Spaces: A comparative assessment

of public use on Toronto's Harbour Square Park and York Quay, 2012-14.

112. Gkotsis Tony, Cataraqui North, A Case Study: Kingston's Experience with the

Implementation of a New Urbanist Secondary Plan, 2011-14.

111. Lundberg, Per, Cracking the Code of Small Downtowns, 2012-14. Winner 2014 Canadian

Institute of Planners Past-President’s Award for graduate student research.

110. Qi, Hongyan (Ivy), Designing for a Safer Public Housing Community: A Case Study of

Chester Le, Toronto, 2012-14.

109. Poulton, Ryan, Guiding Future Suburban Development through Public Policy: A

Comparative Case Study of Two Arterial Mainstreets in Ottawa, Ontario, 2012-14.

108. Chabot, Bailey, Planning for Pot: Incorporating the Production of Medical Marihuana

into the Zoning Bylaw of the District of West Kelowna (with Prof. John Meligrana) 2013-

14.

107. Cornish, Nancy, Turning the Lights Out on Light Pollution: Recommendations for the

Township of Stone Mills (with Prof. John Meligrana) 2013-14.

106. Akubueze, Nnamdi The Establishment of Urban Open Spaces to Meet Users Needs: A

Comparative Case Study of Two Neighbourhood Parks in Abuja, Nigeria, 2011-13.

105. Grove, Jennifer From Low-Rise to High-Rise: A Comparison of Techniques for the

Integration of Tall Buildings into Three Suburban, Transit-Adjcent Locations in Ottawa,

2011-13.

104. Johnston, Jeremy, A Pilot Study of Sprawl Repair Potential in Kingston, Ontario, 2011-13.

103. Robinson-Mushkat, S. William, Gordon Stephenson’s 1960 Plan for London, Ontario:

Noble Intentions, Unfulfilled Promise, and Lasting Influence, 2010-13.

102. Bingham, Sarah, The Cult of the View: Comparing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of

View Corridor Protection in Montreal and Vancouver, 2010-12.

101. Gonyou, Kyle, City of Three Parish Redevelopments in Ottawa, Ontario, 2010-12.

100. Ikram Ali, A Comparative Analysis of Public Access Along the Waterfront Walkways of

Kingston and Belleville, Ontario,

99. Leclerc-Desjardins, Youko, Evaluating Downtown Design: A comparative assessment of

Cornwall and Belleville, Ontario, 2010-12.

98. Lo, Arthur, Streets as Leisure and Social Spaces: Exploring the Relationships between

Street Life and the Physical Environment in Two Vancouver Neighbourhoods, 2010-12.

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97. Jones, Megan, The Chill of Outdoor Plazas: A comprehensive comparison of two outdoor

plazas in downtown Regina, Saskatchewan under the premise of access, use, image,

sociability & climate-conscious design, 2009-12

96. Nicholson, Michelle, A Comparison of the RFP Procurement Processes for the

Revitalization of Regent Park, 2010-13.

95. Assie, Scott, Canadian Football League Stadium Location: A Comparative Analysis fo the

Saskatchewan Entertainment Facility and Winnipeg Stadium, 2009-11.

94. Burgess, Annamarie, Using Smart Growth Criteria to Evaluate Alternative Zoning

Methods in an Exisiting Neighbourhood, 2009-11.

93. Isaak, Carl, A Comparison of Neighbourhood Designs for Detachment Jericho, 2009-11.

92. Nakazawa, Andrew, Walkability of Three Downtown Vancouver Streets: Evaluating the

Physical and Perceptual Qualities of the Built Environment, 2009-11.

91. Sherstone, Andrew, Comparing the Design of Two Yaletown Open Spaces: An Evaluation

of Design Elements and the Physical Environment, 2009-11.

90. Takyi, Stephen, An Analysis of the Types and Characteristics of Capital Cities in West

Africa: Comparison of Ghana and Nigeria, 2009-11.

89. Maxwell, Laura, An Application of Systematic Natural Heritate Planning for Biodiversity

Protection in the National Capital Greenbelt Region, 2008-11.

88. Orovan, Sarah, Urban Open Space Design to Meet Users Needs: A Comparative Case

Study of Springer Market Square and Confederation Park in Kingston, Ontario, 2008-11.

87. Belina, Dorothy, A Pilot Study for Bicycle Lane and Intersection Design on Queen Street

in Kingston, Ontario Using Canadian and Dutch Design Guidelines, 2008-10.

86. Bentley, Adam, Transit-Oriented Development in Smiths Falls, Ontario: A Comparison

Between Two Sites, 2008-10.

85. Covello, Vanessa, A Comparative Analysis of Two Urban Squares in Downtown Toronto:

Trinity Square and Younge- Dundas Square, 2008-10.

84. Hindson, Carmen, A Critical Evaluation of Two New urbanist Communities in Calgary: A

Comparison of McKenzie Towne and Garrison Woods, 2008-10.

83. Vorell, Bita, Placemaking in Two Downtown Vancouver Public Squares: A Comparative

Evaluation, 2008-10.

82. Neill, Warren, A Comparison of Land-Use Designs for the UNB Woodlot, 2007-10.

81. Miranda, Charlene, A Comparative Evaluation of Two Downtown Toronto Waterfront

Parks, 2007-10.

80. McCreight, Andrew, Design Review: A Comparison Between the National Capital

Commission and City of Ottawa, 2007-9.

79. Shih, Melissa, Municipal Conformity to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden

Horseshoe: An Evaluation of Future Density Potential Along the Fairview Street

Intensification Corridor in Burlington, Ontario 2007-9.

78. Vandyk, Christopher, Looking for the Suburbs: A Pilot Study of the Ottawa-Gatineau

Census Metroplitan Area, 2006-9.

77. Wong, Michael, Improving Heritage Conservation in Toronto: A comparison of five

urban residential Heritage Conservation Districts (joint with Carl Bray), 2007-9.

76. Wood, Robert Tyler, Should Westmount Become a Heritage Character District? (joint with

Carl Bray), 2007-9.

75. Woodside, Claire, Public Art Program Development: A Comparative Evaluation of Ottawa

and Vancouver, 2007-9.

74. Michael Dakin, An Analysis and Evaluation of the City of Kingston's Parks and Open

Spaces, 2006-8.

73. Julie Dolezel, Village of Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District, 2006-8.

72. John Grottenberg, A Comparative Evaluation of Two Downtown Vancouver Waterfront

Parks, 2006-8.

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71. John Henderson, Application of a Context Sensitive Design Approach to the

Redevelopment of Upper Princess Street, Kingston ON, 2006-8.

70. Kristin Reid, Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Site Planning and Architectural

Integration Program (SPAIP) By-Law in the Pointe-Claire Village, 2006-8.

69. Tiffany Rutherford, Urban Design and Planning Features of Urban Open Spaces: An

Evaluation of Three Case Studies in Downtown Richmond, BC, 2006-8.

68. Sibanda, Prince, Physical Activity and the Built Environment: What We Know, 2006-8.

67. Paul Zamodits, King Liberty Village and Regent Park: An Evaluation of Two Urban

Redevelopment Plans from Toronto, Canada on the Basis of British Best Practices in

Urban Design, 2006-8.

66. McNicol, Kelly Manufacturing a Brownfield: A Case Study of the Davis Tannery,

Kingston and an Assessment of Brownfield Policy and Planning Tools (1976-2007,) 2005-

7.

65. McCready, David, A Comparison of Two Ontario Active Adult Retirement Communities,

with Implications for Planning, 2004-7.

64. Mitra, Raktim, Changes in Travel Behaviour in the Greater Toronto Area: 1986 to 2001,

2005-07.

63. White, Joshua, Transit Oriented Development in Calgary: Recommendations for the

Redevelopment of Anderson LRT Station, 2005-07.

62. Meads, Sasha, An Evaluation of Three Downtown Vancouver Parks, 2005-07.

61. Schiller, Gilbert, Waterfront Redevelopment in Victoria: Three Cases Evaluated According

to Their Political, Financial and Design Elements, 2005-07.

60. Caldwell, Emily, St. Lawrence, Ataratiri, and the West Don Lands: A Comparison between

Urban Regeneration Case Studies from Toronto, Canada and British Best Practices for

Urban Design, 2005-07.

59. Sajecki, David, The Long Legacy of a World's Fair: Case Studies in Achieving Waterfront

Redevelopment Following an International Exposition, 2004-07.

58. Zheng, Yan, Street Design Study for Bur Oak Avenue Within the Cornell Centre District,

2004-07.

57. Dow, Cheryl, Benefits and Barriers to Implementing and Managing Well Rooted

Community Gardens in Waterloo Region, Ontario, 2004-06.

56. Choi, Yvonne, Heritage Conservation in the East Annex District, Toronto: Assessing the

Effectiveness of the East Annex Heritage Conservation District Designation, 2003-05

55. Kozuskanich, John C. High Tech Firm Locations and the Implications for Employment

Area Planning In Ottawa, 2003-05.

54. Reid, Allison, Guiding Residential Intensification: Infill Design Guidelines for Low-rise

Multiple Dwellings in the City of Mississauga, 2003-05.

53. Riekko, Hans William, Urban Form and Public Transit Use: A Study Examining the

Relationship Between Urban Form and Public Transit Use in the Greater Toronto Area in

2001, 2003-05.

52. Topping, Erin, Pedestrian Public Spaces in the Nation's Capital: The Sparks Street Mall

and the ByWard Market, 2003-05.

51. Xu, Lily Yuan, Designing an Urban Waterfront: A Case Study of the Portlands, Toronto,

2003-05.

50. Addai, Isaac, Affordable Housing Public-Private Partnerships: Case Studies from the

Region of Waterloo, 2002-04.

49. Foster, Pam, The Redevelopment of CFB Rockcliffe: An Affordable Housing Strategy (joint

report), 2002-04.

48. Imanishi, Emi, Evaluating Legibility of Montreal's Underground City and Toronto's

Underground City, 2002-04.

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47. Johnston, Geraldine, The Redevelopment of CFB Rockcliffe: An Affordable Housing

Strategy, (joint report), 2002-04.

46. Klukas, James, The Regeneration of Hulme, Manchester and Crown Street, Glasgow: Case

Studies in Urban Design from the United Kingdom, 2002-04

45. Susai, Olivia, Streets as Social Spaces: A Comparison between Sparks Street Mall in

Ottawa, Canada and Murray Street Mall in Perth, Australia, 2002-04.

44. Tremblay, Serge, Realty Asset Development in Canadian Forces Base Kingston, 2002-04.

43. Abrahamson, Barbara, Opportunities for Enhancing the Public Use of Robson Square,

1999-2003.

42. Gao, Lang, A Study of the Port of Toronto Redevelopment, 1999-2003.

41. Hildebrand, Nathan, Critical Evaluation of Three Neighbourhoods: Analysis of New

Urbanism Principles in Auguston, Bois-Franc, and Cornell, 2001-03.

40. Lawrence, Brad, A Pilot Study Evaluating Techniques for Comparing Roundabouts to All-

Way Stop Controlled Intersections, 1999-2003.

39. Magierowicz, Marc, A Comparative Design Analysis of Two Medium-Sized Urban

Waterfronts: Thunder Bay and Windsor 2001-3.

38. Marlatt, Chad, Assessing the Effectiveness of the Barriefield Heritage Conservation

District Designation through Project Design Guideline Compliance from 1993-2002,

2001-03.

37. Mercer, Asher, Can Automobile Dependence be Reduced in Markham Centre? 2001-03.

36. O'Neill, Jeff, An Evaluation of the Sparks Street Mall in Ottawa, Ontario, 2001-03.

35. Stasyna, Stephanie M., From Rhetoric to Reality: Transforming Toronto's Waterfront, An

Evaluation of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, 2001-03.

34. Maddalena, Peter, Downtown Revitalization: A case study of the Management and

Operational Strategies and Practices of the Times Square Business Improvement District

and the implications for the Yonge-Dundas Business Improvement Area (Toronto), 1999-

2002.

33. Thiessen, Jeff, Sustainable Residential Redevelopment: An Evaluation of CFB Calgary

East Using the City of Calgary's Sustainable Suburbs Study, 1995-2002.

32. Barakengera, Martin, Is Scarborough City Centre a Transit Village? 1999-2001.

31. Carter, Aidan, Planning a "Capital Worthy of the Nation": The Federal District

Controversy and the Planning of the Canadian Capital, 1998-2001.

30. Baigent, Andrew, Winter City Design in Canada's Newest Capital, 1998-2000.

29. Fletcher, Emma, Rosedale: An Analysis of the Planning History of Rosedale in

Comparison to the Picturesque and Garden Suburb Movements, 1998-2000.

28. McCormick, Denise, Building Heights in Downtown Ottawa: A Comparative Analysis with

Washington D.C., 1998-2000.

27. Norris, John, An Assessment of the Effectiveness of the ByWard Market Heritage

Conservation District Designation, 1990 to 1999, 1998-2000.

26. Schock, Jerry, A Half Century of Capital Planning: A Case Study of the Implementation of

the 1950 Plan for the National Capital, 1997-2000.

25. Vipond, Shayne, A Comparison of Gross Density: Conventional and New Urbanism Areas

in Suburban Markham, Ontario, 1998-2000.

24. Bancroft, Marc, Public Markets as a Downtown Revitalization Strategy: Comparing

London’s Covent Garden Market to the Kitchener Farmer’s Market and Ottawa’s ByWard

Market 1997-9.

23. Behler, Kirsten, Intersection and Lane Design for Bicycles: Lessons from Groningen for

Richmond, BC 1997-9.

22. Lau, Patricia, Rebuilding False Creek: A Case Study in Implementing Waterfront

Redevelopment in Vancouver 1997-9.

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21. Lee, Kristine, Exploring the Candidacy of Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt

Dockyard for a Heritage District Redevelopment: A Comparative Case Study of CFB

Esquimalt Dockyard to Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts and Portsmouth

Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth, England 1997-9.

20. Lynch, Miriam, Major League Sports Facility Location: A Comparative Analysis of

Ottawa’s Corel Centre and Montréal’s Molson Centre 1997-9.

19. McRae, Robert, Development Alternatives for a Cyrville Transit Village:

Recommendations for the Redevelopment of the Cyrville Area of Gloucester, Ontario

1997-9.

18. Millar, Michael The Prime Ministers and the Planning of the National Capital 1997-9.

17. Van der Schaaf, Paul, Ataratiri Revisited: A Financial Analysis of Ataratiri 1997-9.

16. Elliott, Karen, Meeting Public Accessibility and Recreational Needs in Urban Waterfront

Open Space Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Mississauga and Etobicoke 1996-8.

15. Fox, Jason, Design Guidelines for the Urban Open Spaces in Kingston 1996-8.

14. McDonald, Jennifer, Management of Downtowns: A Case Study of the Downtown Kingston

Business Improvement Area 1997-8.

13. DeLeo, Joseph, Urban Waterfront Redevelopment: A Case Study of Toronto's Harbour

Square 1995-7.

12. Fritzel, Anne, Bike and Ride: An Examination of the Integration of Cycling and Transit in

Four Canadian Cities 1995-7.

11. Linkletter, Peter, Redevelopment in a Jurisdictional Swamp: A Case Study of the LeBreton

Flats 1995-7.

10. Tremblay, Miguel, Urban Design Guidelines for Residential Infill in New Edinburgh

Neighbourhood, Ottawa 1996-8.

9. Guo, Wei, A Highway 7 Corridor Study: Urban Design Guidelines Unionville to Markham

Road 1994-6.

8 Lewis, John, Landfill Site Selection in the City of Guelph: Confronting the NIMBY

Syndrome 1994-6.

7. Markham, Dan, Redevelopment Process: A Case Stu.dy of the Victoria Accord 1994-6

6. Melissa, Berardino, The Dupont Corridor: Urban Design Guidelines 1994-6.

5. Tam, Bill, Planning Neighbourhood Open Spaces: The Bathurst/Bremner Neighbourhood

1994-6.

4. Rychliwsky, William, Retail and Employment Impacts of a Brampton Power Centre 1994-

6.

3. Zander, Tracy, An Analysis of Inter-Municipal Services in Hastings County: Waste

Management, Roads, Water Quality and Quantity, Watershed Planning and Land Use

Planning 1994-6.

2. Zarkadas, Dimos, Urban Design Analysis of Two Residential Neighbourhoods in the City

of Kingston: Recommendations for Improving and Supplementing the City of Kingston

Zoning By-Law 1994-6.

1. Zeng, Yan, An Urban Design Study of Toronto's East Bayfront 1994-5.

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Graduate Examining (not including supervisees):

Summary:

Ph.D. 6; (Civil Engineering, Geography, History)

M.A. 5; (Geography, Art History)

M.Sc. 5; (Civil Engineering)

M.Pl. 20 (Urban and Regional Planning)

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Name of Student Department University Role

Fran Willis SURP, M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 2013

Daniel Minkin SURP, M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 2008

Alexander Turner SURP, M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 2007

J. Scott Kelman Geography, Ph.D. Victoria External examiner, 2006

Dustin Murray Geography, M.A. Queen’s External examiner, 2006

Marney Simmons SURP, M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 2006

Sharon Lithwick SURP, M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 2006

Joe Bovenzi Geography, M.A. Queen’s External examiner, 2005

John Smart History, Ph.D. Queen’s Internal examiner, 2004

Elizabeth Garfin SURP M.Pl. Queen’s Head’s delegate, 2004

Kristopher Erickson Geography, M.A. Queen’s External Examiner, 2003

Paula Bustard SURP M.Pl. Queen’s Internal, 2003

Lija Bickis SURP M.Pl Queen’s Head’s Delegate, 2003

Andrew Bickmore SURP M.Pl Queen’s Examiner, 2002

Kevin T. Brushett History Ph. D. Queen’s Internal Examiner, 2001

David Nicols Geography Ph.D. Deakin Univ. External Examiner, 2001

Theresa Baker SURP M.Pl.. Queen’s Examiner, 2001

Paul Robinson SURP M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 2000

Nancy Reid Civil Eng. M.Sc. Queen’s External Examiner, 2000

Brenda Burjaw SURP M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 1999

Almed Al-Kaisy Civil Eng. Ph.D. Queen’s External Examiner, 1999

Sonja Skinner Civil Eng M.Sc. Queen’s External Examiner, 1998

Paula Formanek Civil Eng M.Sc. Queen’s External Examiner, 1997

Amy L. Harris SURP M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 1997

Niel Burke SURP M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 1996

Dean Geros SURP M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 1996

David Campfens SURP M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 1996

Mark Kirkpatrick Civil Eng M.Sc. Queen’s External Examiner, 1996

Stephen Didunyk Geography, M.A. Queen’s External Examiner, 1996

Niel Burke SURP M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 1996

Cammie McAtee Art History M.A. Queen's External Examiner, 1996

Ahmed Abdulkarim Civil Eng. Ph.D. Queen’s External Examiner, 1996

Mark Robinson Civil Eng M.Sc. Queen’s External Examiner, 1995

Catherine Nash SURP M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 1995

Sherilyn McGregor SURP M.Pl. Queen’s Examiner, 1995

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2006- Council for Canadian Urbanism (CanU), Founding Director, Research Committee

Chair

2005-7 OPPI Planning Awards Jury

2001-2 Ontario Smart Growth Task Force

1999- APEO National Examinations (Civil/Urban planning) reviewer

1998-01 CIP 2001 National Conference, Programme Committee Co-Chair

1998 OPPI Conference Committee, Programme Committee

1997- OPPI Continuing Education Committee

1996- OPPI Planning Awards EOD Juror

1996 ULI Advisory Service, Kenosha Waterfront panel

1995-8 OPPI Membership Examiner

1993-4 American Planning Association / CIP Conference Program Committee

1989-90 St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Conference Chair & Editor

1989 Toronto Waterfront Charette, Central Team Coordinator

1988-89 OPPI Central District Executive & Program Committee

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Queen’s University, School of Urban & Regional Planning:

2009- Director

2008-9 Acting Director

2008-10 Chair, Appointments Committee

2005- 8 Internship Programme co-ordinator

2005- Alumni Liaison

2005 Chair, Personnel Committee

2004- National Executive Forum on Public Property, Faculty Co-ordinator.

2002-5 Graduate Admissions Co-ordinator

2002-5 School of Graduate Studies Council & Division V representative

1999-01 Chair, Visiting Speakers Committee

1999-01 Departmental Library Representative

1998-9 Appointments Committee

1998-9 Y2K programme co-ordinator

1997-9 Chair, Academic Committee

1997 SURP Director Search Committee

1996-01 Internship programme co-ordinator

1995-9 School of Graduate Studies Council

1995-01 Professional development workshop co-ordinator

1994-9 Departmental Computing Representative

Queen’s University:

2014- Campus Planning Advisory Committee

2014 Geography –SURP Task Force

2010-13 Centre for Obesity Research and Education, Board

2006-7 Industrial Relations Review Committee

2004-5 Queen's Centre Programme Committee and Urban Design Committee

1999-01 Integrated Learning Centre Green Building Committee

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1998-01 Campus Plan Review Committee

1998- Campus Grounds Committee

1995-2013 Board of Trustees/ Senate Campus Planning and Development Committee (vice-chair

2010-13)

1980-82 Alumni Association John Orr Dinner Committee

1979-91 University Council (elected by graduates)

1974-78 Trustees / Senate Campus Planning Committee (co-chair 1976-78)

1974-78 Senate; Chair of the Student Senator caucus, 1976-7.

Scholarly Journals and Publishers:

2013 Editor, Canadian Planning and Policy, 2013-

2012 Guest Editor, Town Planning Review, Gordon Stephenson issue, (with J. Gregory)

2012 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Planning History

2010 Guest Editor, Plan Canada 50th Anniversary special issue (with J. Grant and I. Skelton)

2008- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

2006-8 Chair, Planning Perspectives prize jury, IPHS

2005- Member, Board of Directors, International Planning History Society

2002-7 Editorial Board, Routledge Studies in History, Planning and the Environment

2001 Guest Editor, Plan Canada

2001 Guest Editor, Urban History Review

2000-1 CIP 2001 National Conference, Programme Committee Co-Chair

2000 Guest Editor, Plan Canada

1999- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Urban Design

1999- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Planning Literature

Referee for: Canadian Geographer, Canadian Journal of Urban and Regional Research,

Canadian Planning and Policy, Cities (UK), Environment and Planning A (UK), Environment and

Planning B (UK), Environment and Planning C (UK), Journal of the American Planning

Association, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (USA), Journal of Planning

Education and Research (USA), Journal of Planning History (USA), Journal of Planning

Literature (USA), Journal of Planning Practice and Research (UK), Journal of Urban Design

(UK), Journal of Urbanism (USA), Landscape and Urban Planning (Europe), Landscape Journal

(USA), Material History Review (Canada), Plan Canada, Planning Perspectives (UK), Planning

Practice and Research (UK), Planning Theory and Practice (UK), Town Planning Review (UK),

Urban Design International (UK), Urban History Review (Canada), Urban Studies (UK).

Manuscript reviews for Neptis Foundation, Island Press, Pergamon Press, Routledge, University

of British Columbia Press, University of Pennsylvania Press.

Grant / Scholarship Review Committees:

Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Planning and Environmental Studies, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2012

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Committee 9 (Geography and Planning) 2002-

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US-Canada Fulbright Commission, 2003-5

Grant Proposal reviews for Canadian Foundation for Innovation, ETH Zurich, Guggenheim

Foundation, Ontario Public Health, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of

Canada, Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellowship, UK Canadian Studies Programme, US Sea Grant

Research Program

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Tenure, Promotion and Award Reviews:

Bryn Mawr College, Urban Studies; Dalhousie University, Urban and Rural Planning; Harvard

University, Urban Design and Planning; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Urban Studies

and Planning; McGill University, Architecture; Queen’s College, City University of New York,

History; Ryerson University, Urban Planning; University of Toronto, Geography; University

College London, Planning.

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PROFESSIONAL PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Urban Design and Planning

Sparks Street cultural landscape history (with Bray and Osborne)

Seaton New Community, Pickering - new town

Railway Lands Review, City of Toronto

Oshawa Northwest Downtown Urban Design Study

Ataratiri Site Plan, City of Toronto

McGuinness Neighbourhood Plan, Etobicoke

East of Bay Plan, Toronto

Lower Yonge St. Urban Design Study, Toronto

Bathurst-Spadina Neighbourhood Design Workshop, City of Toronto Housing Department

Harbourfront 2000 Plan - detailed site design, implementation strategy

Spruce Grove Central Area Redevelopment Plan, Alberta

Khasab Master Plan, Oman

Environmental and Open Space Planning

Waterfront Planning and Redevelopment in Surrey BC

Don River Valley Integrated Open Space Study (with HSW)

Rouge Valley Park Plan (with HSW)

Ataratiri Open Space Study (with HSW)

Energy Planning Handbooks, Ontario

Open Space Planning Study, Kingston

Housing

Multi-family Housing for Community Sustainability Study (CMHC / Quadrangle Architects)

St. Lawrence/Bathurst Spadina Neighbourhood Study

Balmoral Drive Feasibility Study, Peel Non Profit Housing

Crosse & Blackwell Building Housing Study - historic preservation / non-profit housing

McGuinness Warehouse, Etobicoke - industrial warehouse into loft apartments

Harbourfront Housing Policy Study - submitted to the Crombie Commission

Regent Park Design Charette – University of Toronto

Transportation and Transit Planning

Central Waterfront Transportation Corridor Concept Plan, Crombie Commission

Lower Don/Gardiner Sweep Study, City of Toronto

Gardiner-Lakeshore Task Force, City of Toronto

Heath Park, Toronto and York - parking strategy

Harbourfront LRT, Toronto - Project Manager, planning and urban design co-ordination.

Transportation and Parking Action Plan, Toronto Waterfront Council

Hamilton-Wentworth Rapid Transit Project

Queen's Quay Extension, Toronto

Traffic impact and parking studies for various municipalities.

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Urban Development

Kenosha WI Lakefront development with ULI

University City Plaza, North York - retail rehabilitation and affordable housing infill

Scarborough International Trade Centre - major mixed-use project

Heath Park, Toronto and York - major mixed-use project

The Harbours, Toronto - 521 units, two-phase condominium project, daycare & retail

Peter Street Basin, Toronto - 502 units rental housing project and retail complex.

Airport Corporate Centre, Mississauga - office complex, prestige industrial park.

Lethbridge Centre, Alberta - downtown mixed use and project.

Development plans - residential, commercial and industrial plans in over 25 municipalities.

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