Welcome to API/IUA

The Atlantic Planners Institute / Institut des Urbanistes de l'Atlantique is an association of professional planners in the four Atlantic provinces of Canada: New Brunswick,Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. API is an affiliate of the Canadian Institute of Planners.

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 What’s new:

Climate Change Case Studies - call for expressions of interest   Submission deadline: July 15, 2009.         “Mainstreaming Climate Change Tools in the Professional Planning Community” (Developing Community Climate Change Adaptation Plans in Atlantic Canada ) CIP is partnering with the Atlantic Planners Institute (API) and NRCan’s Atlantic Regional Adaptation Cooperative (RAC) on a project that aims to build capacity in rural communities to develop community based climate change adaptation plans. [more]

 

 

Latest Council Activity – [more]
	National Membership Review: API Council is currently preparing its response to the three reports adopted in November 2008 by the National/Affiliate Membership Committee. The initial response by API to the earlier MCIP proposal can be viewed here.  The current three task force reports are available in the Members-only section of the Canadian Institute of Planners website.
News from the Canadian Institute of Planners –
	Joint CIP/NRCan project on Climate Change: There is information available on this project on the CIP home page, as well as the link to the Northern Symposium website (www.planningforclimatechange.ca).  The Symposium was held in Iqaluit last summer.
Events & Notices – [more]
	Planetizen news and more
	Post an event or notice to the Bulletin Board
	The 2009 API Conference will be held in St. John's, NL in November 2009. The Call for Presenters is now out - proposals are due May 15, 2009.
Branch Info –
	The Atlantic Planners Institute is made up of four provincial branches representing New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island... [more]
	API NL Branch is a sponsor of Tidy Towns Newfoundland and Labrador, a non-profit organization which fosters civic pride, environmental responsibility, and community beautification.  Tidy Towns NL is affiliated with Communities in Bloom Canada. For more information, visit the Tidy Towns website.
Continuous Professional Learning –
	Obtaining yearly continuous professional learning (CPL) credits is now a mandatory requirement for maintaining member status with CIP and API. Members can track their credits through the Members Only section of the CIP website. An updated guide is now available to answer questions regarding this program. [more]
Municipal plans online –
	A municipal plan is the perfect official document to make available to the public on-line. It affects people's interests directly, it is current, occasionally controversial, and sums up the aspirations and actions of the place in which they live. [more]
Planners Pen –
	The Pen is no longer in production.  The last issue from December 2007, as well as earlier editions, can still be accessed. [more]
Jobs –
	Employment information for the Atlantic region, CIP postings, and international opportunities [more]
	Post a job to the Bulletin Board
School News –
	Student-Practitioner Mentorship Program   API and the Dalhousie School of Planning have developed a student-practitioner Mentorship Program whereby practitioners are encouraged to share their professional experience with eager and upcoming planners and to discuss the planning profession on an informal basis. [more]
Recognizing Excellence –
	Awards and other recognitions. [more]
	Lives in Review [more]