University of Manitoba
Department of City Planning
To strengthen the capacity of planning to enhance the ecological sustainability, social equity and aesthetic qualities of human settlements
Members of the Manitoba Professional Planners Institute sit on thesis and program review committees
Planning theory, housing, ecological planning, urban revitalization, local economic development, municipal housing policy, community design
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”
Master of City Planning and an undergraduate program in Environmental Design; three professional graduate programs: Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture
Manitoba Professional Planners Institute (MPPI) Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)
Coordonnées
201 Russell Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
201 Russell Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
haldenyl@cc.umanitoba.ca (Yvonne Halden)



