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University of Manitoba

Department of City Planning

Organization Type:
Academic
Founding institution/faculty/department: 
Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba
Year initiated: 
1949
Objectives/focus/mandate/mission: 

To strengthen the capacity of planning to enhance the ecological sustainability, social equity and aesthetic qualities of human settlements

Affiliates/partners/other disciplines: 

Members of the Manitoba Professional Planners Institute sit on thesis and program review committees

Language: 
English
Areas of specialization: 

Planning theory, housing, ecological planning, urban revitalization, local economic development, municipal housing policy, community design

Researchers and their fields of research: 

Department Head: Ian Wight

Professors: Ian Wight, Sheri Blake, Rae Bridgman, Richard Milgrom, David van Vliet, David Witty, Ian Skelton

Adjunct Professors: Jino Distasio, Tom Carter and Michael Dudley (University of Winnipeg); James Platt (Province of Manitoba); Tom Yauk (Housing Opportunity Partnership); Gerald H. Couture (Urban Edge Consulting Inc.); David Linton (Prairie Research Associates Inc.); Linda McFadyen (Government of Manitoba)

Fields of Research: housing design, homelessness, sustainable community design, regional planning, placemaking, housing policy, Aboriginal housing design, planning for an aging population.
Current theses: Polevychok, Mechyslava-"Economic Restructuring and Inner City Change" and Roder, Jessica-"The Kikinaw Housing Project, Winnipeg Manitoba: Green Low-Income Housing, Tenant-Centred Management, and Resident Well-Being"
2007 Master in City Planning Graduates: Bao, Dan -“Effective Implementation Strategies for a City; Development Agency: Centre Venture & Waterfront Drive Redevelopment Initiative in Winnipeg”; Borbridge, Richard -“Sexuality in the City, Exploring gaybourhoods and the urban village form in Vancouver B.C.”; McCleery, Erin-“Reconceptualizing Housing for Women with Participatory Planning and Design”; Peralta, Tamara-“Promoting Inclusion through Supported Housing: Policy Implications”; Mulligan, Susan-“Supportive Housing and Single Room Occupancy Hotels: Possibilities for Downtown Winnipeg”; Jordan, Amy-"Inclusive Cities: The quest for participatory planning in a cultural mosaic"; Hua, Jing -“Urban Villages in Greenfields: A Study of the Future Prospects in South Winnipeg”

Programs offered: 

Master of City Planning and an undergraduate program in Environmental Design; three professional graduate programs: Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture

Contact information

Street address: 
Department of City Planning, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Manitoba
201 Russell Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2

Mailing address: 
Department of City Planning, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Manitoba
201 Russell Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2

Main phone number: 
(202) 474-6948
Main fax number: 
(202) 474-7532
E-mail addresses: 

haldenyl@cc.umanitoba.ca (Yvonne Halden)

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