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OPPI 2024 Education Calendar

Informing Choices.

Inspiring Communities

Bigger, Bolder, Better:

A dynamic lineup of Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) opportunities.

2024 Education Calendar

We have expanded our offerings with four new workshops, and additional sessions of our most popular workshops.

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Digital public participation, the complicated ways that technology platforms both help and challenge planners

Informing Choices.

Inspiring Communities

case study:

An analysis of how new digital tools are impacting the quality and quantity of public participation in the planning process.

Digital public participation, the ways that technology impacts planners

Learn more about how digital tools can both empower and restrict public participation and engagement.

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Annual Conference 2023 Recap

Informing Choices.

Inspiring Communities

blog post:

Thank you to everyone for participating in our 2023 Annual Conference

Annual Conference 2023 Recap

Over three days we explored the important role of planners and had in-depth discussions on how to navigate the profession’s changing landscape

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Back to School/Safe Streets 

Informing Choices.

Inspiring Communities

case study:

If neighbourhood streets are not safe for all pedestrians including students, then they are not safe for the community

Safer streets for students create healthier neighbourhoods for everyone

Learn how communities can implement safe, effective, and active school travel so more children can walk/wheel to school safely

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Case Study: Learn About OPPI’s PlanON Awards and Our 2023 Winners

Informing Choices.

Inspiring Communities

case study

Join us the night of September 20th at our Annual Conference to celebrate the 2023 PlanON Award winners.

PlanON Awards & 2023 Winners

The PlanON Awards is a brand-new awards program and the highest honour OPPI can bestow on its members.

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Artificial intelligence and urban and regional planning

Informing Choices.

Inspiring Communities

case study:

Professionals in all industries are finding ways AI tools like ChatGBT can help their career, including regional and urban planners.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Planning:

ChatGBT does not replace human planners but can be used as a tool that can assist them in their work.

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Region of Waterloo Market Trail

Informing Choices.

Inspiring Communities

case study:

Waterloo's Market Trail is a 1.5 km pathway that connects directly to St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market.

Market Trail:

RPPs mitigate traffic and parking demands on market days while supporting local businesses, tourism, and access to local foods.

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Saturated image of lakefront Ottawa. Planners looking at a relief map of downtown Ottawa

Informing Choices.

Inspiring Communities

the issue:

How do cities chart a course for achieving a long-term vision in a world of accelerating change?

the solution:

RPPs with the City of Ottawa created a progressive process to develop guidance informed by plausible futures that looked beyond trends.

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Registered Professional Planners (RPPs) have the education, ethics and experience to help guide the public, elected officials and the private sector on the journey to inspired communities. The Ontario Professional Planners Institute is the recognized voice of RPPs and the planning profession and has the mandate to grant the RPP designation.