Archived Issues of Y Magazine

Featured articles include:

• “Once in a Generation: The Story Behind Ontario’s Largest Co-op Development” – JAMES WATTIE
• “Social Marginalization and Health-care Access: A Geographical Analysis of Suburban Hospital Networks” – JANICE WONG AND RAKTIM MITRA
• “New Homes in Old Yards: Planning for Efficiency and Livability with Garden Suites in the Greater Toronto Area” – HAN LIU
• Planning for the Future: Central Elgin Sets Vision for Transformative Hospital Lands Redevelopment” – GEOFF BROOKS, ANDREW SLOAN, MARY LOU TANNER, RPP, FCIP
• “London, Ontario Roofscape Case Study: Aligning Human Built Environments to Synergize with Natural Environmental Systems” – MICHAEL GAGE
• “To Prepare for the Future We Need to Understand the Past” – GLENN MILLER, FCIP

… and much more!

Featured articles include:

• Harnessing the transformative power of the Yonge North Subway Extension By DAVID FLEISCHER, MCIP, RPP AND KANT CHAWLA, MCIP, RPP
• Redesigning Upper Wellington Street: Applying a complete streets approach and incorporating equity into planning By MIR AHSAN TALPUR, RPP, MCIP, MEGAN SALVUCCI, RPP, MCIP, and OLIVIA STANCIU
• In a world with generative AI, what is the role of the planner? By KATHERINE PERROTT, MCIP, RPP, CARRIE MITCHELL, and CALEB MILLER
• Engaging people with disabilities in shared micro-mobility programs By ARMI DE FRANCIA, MCIP, RPP
• Under the Gardiner, a hidden gem of public space is emerging By ILANA ALTMAN AND ROBERT MCKAYE
• Fixing gridlock in Ontario: Time to think regional By ALEX GLISTA
• Publicly owned parking lots: The affordable housing solution hiding in plain sight? By ANN GODLY, CALEB BABIN, and BRIAN DOUCET
• Perceptions of road rights: Understanding why cycling infrastructure is so polarizing By EMMA MCDOUGALL
• Region of Waterloo’s secret weapon for a sustainable future: the bus By BLAIR ALLEN, MCIP, RPP, ADAM FRASER, MCIP, RPP, and KEVAN MARSHAL

….and much more!

Featured articles include:

• “Growth and renewal in the City of Hamilton” – BY ANITA FABAC, RPP
• “Why robust business planning matters to today’s planning leaders: Continuous innovations in development services” – BY RORY BAKSH, RPP
• “Progress through incremental change: The rise of fourplexes and fall of the single-detached neighbourhood in Thunder Bay, Ontario” – BY JILLIAN FAZIO
• “Defining a roadmap for mental health: Co-creating solutions to planner burnout” – BY LIZ BUCKTON, RPP, AND BECKY HILLYER
• “Telecommunications infrastructure: An understanding and way forward in planning” – BY SHEHRYAR KHAN, RPP
• “Farmers and the missing middle: A match made in planning?” – BY JEAN-FRANCOIS OBREGON
• “Why do we need to embrace digital twin as planners?” – BY LISA PRIME, RPP, GAVIN COTTERILL, AND ADAM BECK
• “International talent: An answer to the shortage of planners in Ontario?” – BY REGAN ZINK, RAMY SHATH, MARYAM SABZEVARI, RPP, CHRIS TYRRELL, RPP, AND RYAN DES ROCHES, CD, OCT
• “Paradigm shift: Why accessibility considerations should be part of a truly progressive society” – BY JESS SILVER
• “Modern information communication technologies for understanding wildland fires” – BY RICHARD PURCELL, ABDUL MUTAKABBIR, KSHIRASAGAR NAIK, SRINIVAS SAMPALLI, CHUNG-HORNG LUNG, THAMBIRAJAH RAVICHANDRAN, AND MARZIA ZAMAN

… and much more!

Feature articles include: 

• Housing for all: Kitchener’s approach to tackling the housing crisis
BY ROSA BUSTAMANTE, RPP
• An intersectional approach to the affordable housing crisis…
BY OLUSOLA OLUFEMI, RPP, AND ZAHRA JAFFER
• Finding the missing middle from the inside out
BY GREGG LINTERN, RPP
• Planning for Ontario’s housing needs…
BY ERIK KARVINEN, RPP
• A blueprint for equity…
BY CHERYLL CASE
• Planning with Purpose
BY MITCHELL J. SILVER, FAICP, HON. ASLA
• Urbanizing suburbia…
BY DAVID L.A. GORDON, FCIP, RPP, ALEX TARANU, FCIP, RPP, AND MIRANDA BRINTNELL
• Recreation master planning…
BY CHARLES HOSTOVSKY, RPP
• City of Markham and MIIPOC partnership
AN INTERVIEW WITH ELIJAH M. BAWUAH, GIULIO CESCATO, RPP, AND JAMAAL KOSSY
• The Popular Audit of the Historic Centre of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
A CASE STUDY REPORT FROM GLÓRIA CECÍLIA FIGUEIREDO
• Condoland…
REVIEW BY GLENN MILLER, FCIP, RPP (retired)

…and much more!

Featured articles include:

• The importance of building knowledge to support intentional action in an era of climate change
  BY MEGAN GEREGHTY, RPP
• Someone’s gotta do it: …
  BY JACLYN HALL, RPP AND LAURA TAYLOR, RPP
• Planning in the North: …
  BY SHANNON DODD-SMITH, RPP
• Considering climate change in the environmental assessment process in Ontario
  BY MEGHAN MACMILLAN, RPP AND AMANDA VAN WYCHEN
• Striking the right balance: …
  BY ALEXANDER ELGIN
• A systems-thinking approach: …
  BY ZAHRA JAFFER AND LINDSAY NOOREN
• Developing a land use plan among old wells, an explosion, and a changing climate
  BY GABRIEL CLARKE
• New foundations in the City of Barrie: 2023 update
  BY MICHELLE BANFIELD, RPP
• Climate-resilient planning with housing equity
  BY LINZEY BEDARD, OALA, CSLA
• Natural hazard emergency management and the role of planners
  BY KATHERINE BIBBY, RPP
• Honing a sustainable mindset: …
  AN INTERVIEW WITH LISA PRIME, A CHAMPION OF RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• Sustaining the heart of the city: Rethinking social and physical infrastructure investments in the public realm
  BY LEELA VISWANATHAN, RPP, FCIP
• Our park, in the middle of our street
  BY ANDRIA SALLESE, RPP AND WILL LAMOND
• Region of Waterloo connect Grant River Transit’s light rail line to famous apple fritters with Market Trail
  BY KEVAN MARSHALL
• Equity in planning and design of public open space
  BY ALISONO LUMBY, OALA, CSLA, ALLISON BROWN, OALA, CSLA, AMANDA GEBHARDT, OALA, CSLA
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• It’s not enough to just preserve farmland anymore: Balancing farmland protection with on-farm diversification for agricultural viability
  BY PAM DUESLING, RPP, EMILY C. SOUSA, AND WAYNE CALDWELL, RPP
• Meaningful interdisciplinary work is key to solving complex issues
  BY SHANNON BAKER, RPP, AND EHA NAYLOR, RPP
• It’s time to ReThink Zoning in Canada
  BY LISA D. ORCHARD
• Linking rural planning and agri-food systems
  BY WAYNE CALDWELL, RPP, NATASHA GAUDIO HARRISON, SHANLEY WESTON, AND REGAN ZINK
• Implementing on-farm diversified uses and agriculture-related uses in comprehensive zoning by-laws
  BY BOBBY GAUTHIER, RPP, ROB RAPPOLT, RPP, AND MATT RODRIGUES, RPP
• Preparing for growth: Fostering partnerships between school boards and municipalities
  BY CASSANDRA HARMS, CHRISTOPHER HARRIS, AND ERIC MILES, RPP
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• OPPI’s Top 10 Housing Supply & Affordability Recommendations
• New Foundations in the City of Barrie
  BY MICHELLE BANFIELD, RPP
• A case for transit-oriented transit
  BY SEAN HERTEL, RPP
• Shifting our thinking on how to tackle the housing crisis
  BY BRAD BRADFORD
• Planning for cemeteries as community assets and green infrastructure: What the pandemic revealed
  BY NICOLE NATALIE HANSON, MCIP, RPP
• Tiny but mighty villages: Homes for Heroes Foundation’s approach to housing Veterans experiencing homelessness
  BY JILL MACDONALD AND MICHAEL FLOWERS
• Equitable access and enjoyment of green spaces
  BY SKY CARVILLE, ALISON LUMBY, AND ANDRIA SALLESE, RPP
• Radial development strategy: The answer to the future realities of South-Central Ontario Growth
  BY DALE TAYLOR
• The only law that really matters: An interview with Kerry-Ann Charles-Norris about sustainability and Indigenous wisdom
  BY CAROLYN CAMILLERI
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• The changing premise of urban planning
  BY DAVE HARDY, RPP
• Embedding the principle of “Do No Harm” into planning practice
  BY LEELA VISWANATHAN, RPP
• The value of qualitative research and community engagement in planning
  BY IZABELA MOLENDOWSKI, RPP
• What is good planning? If the public consistently disagrees, have planners failed?
  BY GLENN MILLER, RPP AND GORDON HARRIS, RPP
• Event barns: Good or bad for the Golden Horseshoe?
  BY PAM DUESLING, RPP
• Building a community hub: From concept plan to implementation
  BY SONJA MACDONALD AND PAUL SHAKER
• Cultural planning in the everyday
  BY CHRISTY CHRUS, RPP
• The future is not the past: Challenging the use of historical propensities to determine future housing mix
  BY KEVIN EBY, RPP
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• Building a city for everyone: Kitchener’s approach to breaking down barriers through technology
  BY GARETT STEVENSON, RPP, MCIP, AND MARGARET LOVE
• Using technology to boost participatory planning
  BY SONJA MACDONALD AND PAUL SHAKER, RPP
• Technology helps define neighbourhood character: Kitchener’s comprehensive neighbourhood planning approach
  BY MICHELLE DRAKE, RPP
• Mapping for collaboration and data-driven policy
  BY KARA NAKLICKI, RPP, PHILIP PARKER, AND BILL WARREN
• Waterloo Region shows that solving climate change is a winning economic development approach
  BY KATE HAGERMAN, RPP, AND KATE DALEY
• Online community consultations: Revisiing the challenges experienced and the opportunities embraced during the pandemic
  BY REKA SIVARAJAH
• Green development standards
  BY ROB RAPPOLT, CHRISTINA SCHWANTES, AND ANDRIA SALLESE, RPP
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• Economic development and sustainability
  BY LIDY ROMANUK
• Fast-tracking to sustainable rental housing: Belleville’s new affordable rental housing CIP
  BY STEPHEN ASHTON, RPP, RORY BAKSH RPP, MONICA BELLIVEAU, RPP, AND DESTA MCADAM, RPP
• Fluxing: Ontario on-farm diversification during COVID-19
  BY PAM DUESLING, RPP
• Addressing equity through community improvement plans
  BY REBECCA CONDON, RPP, AND DAVID FITZPATRICK, RPP
• Nurturing independent business success on main streets
  BY JUDY MORGAN, RPP
• Assessing rural municipal climate change planning in Ontario
  BY DAVE GUYADEEN, RPP
• Line of sight: Asset management planning
  BY AIYSHA SYED-ALI
• Sustainability for foresight
  BY LISA PRIME, RPP, AND NADIA DOWHANIUK
• Getting land use compatibility right
  BY CHAD B. JOHN-BAPTISTE, RPP, ANDRIA SALLESE, RPP, AND STEPHANIE CLARKE
• The Vaughn Metropolitan Centre: Creating a new downtown
  BY CHRISTINA BRUCE, RPP
• MZOs: A caution for planners
  BY BRIAN BRIDGEMAN, RPP
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• Our home on Native land
  BY CALVIN BROOK, RPP
• Exploring the truths about planning
  BY MITCHELL AVIS, RPP
• Planning with an open heart
  BY JOHN MEEK, RPP, WITH JANNA CHEGAHNO, SUZANNE LAMBERT, AND BRIAN MICHATTIE, RPP
• Education as medication: Shared Path Consultation Initiative
  BY DALI CARMICHAEL
• Building trust and respectful relationships: The City of Hamilton’s Urban Indigenous Strategy
  BY SHELLY HILL
• Keep Reading: The Planning Exchange
• Shared responsibilities: Land, treaties, and the planning profession
  AN INTERVIEW WITH SHERI LONGBOAT, PHD
• Learn the truth so you can plan for a better future
  BY KERRY-ANN CHARLES-NORRIS
• Special feature: We are all treaty people
• Notes on treaties from Shared Path Consultation
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• Our “new normal” will be a doubling down on good planning
  BY BRAD BRADFORD
• The wake-up call to do better
  BY LEITH MOORE
• Planning in an age of overwhelm
  BY LEELA VISWANATHAN, RPP
• COVID-19: A First Nation’s response
  BY COLETTE ISAAC AND DAVID J. STINSON, RPP
• Airport planning in a pandemic world
  BY BEN CROOKS AND ANDREW MACDONALD
• Public health and planning: Collaborating for resilient communities
  BY CAROLYN CAMILLERI
• Trauma due to COVID-19: How planners can support healing and recovery
  BY NANCY REID, MES, RPP, MCIP
• Aging in place through COVID-19
  BY ALICE HUTTEN, RPP
• Post-COVID-19 adaptation may strain good, balanced planning
  BY PATRICK ROBSON, RPP, MCIP
• Boulevard of dreams: Rethinkiing Suburban corridors
  BY TIM SMITH, RPP
• Keeping the spacing public spaces
  BY NATALIE BOODRAM, RPP, AND TÜNDE PACZAI
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• Locally, planning explains two-thirds of demography
  BY MARKUS MOOS, RPP
• Understanding the potential of age- friendly communities in the decade of the old
  BY GLENN MILLER, RPP
• Friendly Streets lead the way with healthy, connected neighbourhoods for all
  BY BEATRICE EKOKO
• Planning for Student Accommodation: A Primer on School Board Planning
  CHRISTIE KENT RPP, MCIP, JACK AMMENDOLIA, AND CASSANDRA HARMS
• Child-friendly Cities: Designing for children with children
  BY SIVA VIJENTHIRA AND CANDICE LEUNG
• All by Ourselves: Isolation and Loneliness in our Growing Communities
  BY YASMIN ASHFAR
• Is the Missing Middle Really Missing?
  BY RUSSELL MATHEW, RPP, AND TRAJCE NIKOLOV
• Spatial Justice on Turtle Island: Indigenous, Black, and Newcomer Perspectives
  BY ABIGAIL MORIAH, RPP, AND BENJAMIN BONGOLAN
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• Affordable housing in an age of uneven growth
  By Gregg Lintern, RPP
• Barrie at the start of the decade: Looking into 2020 and beyond
  By Michelle Banfield, RPP
• Addressing the rental supply gap
  By Carolyn Camilleri
• There’s something missing: Addressing the attainable housing challenge
  By Robert Voigt, RPP, MCIP
• The role of land use planning in the sharing economy: Airbnb and other future disruptors
  By Caroline Samuel, RPP, MCIP
• Building stronger communities: Evolution of the social housing provider
  By Ferenaz Raheem, RPP, MCIP
• Building homes on First Nations reserves: A reality check
  Interview With Justin Gee, RPP, By Carolyn Camilleri
• Addressing the affordable housing crisis and coordinating with city- building objectives
  By Travis Macbeth, RPP, MCIP
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• Growing resilience in Durham region’s agricultural sector
  By KRISTY KILBOURNE, RPP, and DORAN HOGE
• Superior adaptation by nature: Thunder Bay isn’t sleeping on climate change
  By AMY COOMES and GRANT MASON
• Tracking greenhouse gas emissions in London
  By JOHN FLEMING, RPP, and KELLY SCHERR
• New models for working together in Waterloo
  By KATE HAGERMAN, RPP
• Combatting heat in parks and basement flooding in Windsor
  By KARINA RICHTERS
• The Wawa Energy Plan: A small northern community’s effort to prepare for the climate ahead
  By MAURY O’NEILL
• Planners championing natural asset management help prepare cities for climate change
  By MICHELLE MOLNAR AND ROY BROOKE
• An urban watershed approach to climate change
  By CHANDRA SHARMA, RPP, and JOHN MACKENZIE, RPP
• R-Hauz: Affordable, mid-density housing that’s energy efficient to build and live in
  By CAROLYN CAMILLERI
• …and much more!

Featured articles include:

• Uneven Growth Introduction
  By Ed Sajecki, RPP
• Translating Growth into Possibility (Town of Milton)
  By Barb Koopmans, RPP 
• Planning for the Missing Middle (City of Mississauga)
  By Graham Haines
• Variable Growth leads to Authentic Communities (Grey County)
  By Randy Scherzer, RPP, Scott Taylor, RPP, and Hiba Hussain
• Charting a New Course for the Future (Niagara Region)
  By Tom Villella, RPP
• Turning the Tide on Population Loss (Municipality of Chatham-Kent)
  By Bruce Mcallister, RPP and Ryan Jacques, RPP
• Choices for Small Communities (Town of Grimsby)
  By Michael Seaman, RPP and Amy Shanks
• Revitalizating Mid-Sized Cities (Southwestern Ontario)
  By Sean Hertel, RPP
• RPP Profile: Jason Thorne, RPP (City of Hamilton)
• …and much more!