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Join CIP for the next edition of the Plan Canada Webinar Series! Listen as authors from the most recent issue share more insights from their article, dive deeper into the theme, and take members’ questions live.

What role will intensification play in shaping the evolution of Canadian communities?

During the 20th century, peripheral or suburban development was the predominant growth paradigm—even amid a heightened awareness of its many costs and externalities.

At the same time, intensification, or the concentration of development and growth within existing, mature neighbourhoods, has become a normative planning strategy, given evidence that it can accommodate growth and development in a more economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable way.

The Fall 2026 issue of Plan Canada explores stories, ideas, projects, and proposals related to the three major forms of intensification: infill, redevelopment, and adaptive reuse.

In advance of this webinar, CIP members can now access their digital copy of Plan Canada by logging into the Member Area. Not a member? Click here to learn more about becoming a public subscriber.

Each Plan Canada webinar is free for members to attend and can be used toward your Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) requirements. Non-members are also welcome to join for a fee of $35, plus applicable taxes.

Speakers:

Kurtis Kowalke, RPP, MCIP Principal Planner, City of Winnipeg

Kurtis Kowalke leads the City of Winnipeg Downtown Planning Branch which handles policy and long range planning, development review, neighbourhood economic development and heritage conservation. Kurtis has been with the City for 19 years.

Christine Callihoo, PhD, MSc, MCIP, RPP, Sr. Land Use & Community Resilience Planner & Researcher, Associate, First Nations Mgmt Consulting

Christine Callihoo is a Sr. Community Resilience Planner & Researcher in Vancouver. After 25 years as a planning practitioner, she recently completed a PhD at UNBC, intersecting DRR, asset management, and regulatory planning, and the successful implementation of community resilience strategies.

Adrienne Fedrigo, Chair, Tine Home Builders Association

Moderator:

Ezra Wasser RPP, MCIP

Ezra is a registered professional planner and a project manager with the City of Toronto. Prior to joining the City of Toronto team, he worked as a planner with the City of Calgary. Ezra is a graduate of the University of Waterloo School of Planning, has a graduate diploma in public administration in the Local Government Program at Western University, and volunteers with the Plan Canada Editorial Committee and Toronto District of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute.