Written by:
Wayne Caldwell
University of Guelph students and faculty will make important contributions at this week's Ontario Professional Planners (OPPI) Conference, taking place on October 6-8, 2015.
Graduate students Chuqiao Dai, Anissa McAlpine and Julie Welch are presenting "Best Practices in Preparing Community Improvement Plans - Lessons Learned in Huron County and Beyond.” All three students are in their second year of the MSc Rural Planning and Development program at the University of Guelph.
The School’s Director, Dr. Wayne Caldwell, is on a panel with other planning school directors in Ontario. Steve Paikin will moderate the session and will explore community design through the lens of urban, suburban and rural planning.
Wayne will also participate in a session with PhD Candidate Paul Kraehling (Rural Studies) along with planning students Jennifer Burns and Taylor Wellings. The session is also supported by Fabio Cabarcas of Halton Region Public Health unit. This workshop focuses on the relationship between the planning, design and built form of rural communities and the corresponding health outcomes. The session will highlight the recently completed Healthy Rural Communities Tool Kit [1], including mechanisms needed to create conditions for improved health and wellbeing in Ontario’s rural communities.
