Saint John Plan adoption release

ACAS Conference 2012_Flyer_final

Conference presenters are being sought and API members are invited to submit expressions of interest. Sub-themes for the conference include:

• Defining great public spaces and communities

• Placing a greater emphasis on physical design rather than simply land use

• Regulatory barriers to achieving great places and communities

• Repurposing buildings

• Institutional siting standards

• Brownfields

• Densification/clustering

• Mixed use/multi use projects

Potential conference presenters are asked to submit a brief description of their proposed topic to:

Richard Harvey, President
Licensed Professional Planners Association of Nova Scotia
harveyri@halifax.ca

(902) 490-5637

Please contact Richard for additional information.

Submissions should be received by February 9, 2012.

The objective is to expand an adaptation planning tool kit of Canadian planners by providing more examples that can be transferred to workplaces across the country. Consider submitting an innovative project, large or small, that you and/or your team have completed. CIP will work with you to write up the case study and prepare it for publication.

If you have a project, or know of one, that you think other planners can learn from, please send the particulars to Jacklyn Nielsen at reception@cip-icu.ca. They will get in touch to explore using your case study. Please submit your projects as soon as possible.

Six copies of each submissions in a CD or memory stick format should be sent to:

Jennifer Griffiths, MCIP, RPP
API Executive Director
35 Ascot Court
Fredericton, NB E3B 6C4

on or before March 19, 2012.

Additional information on the API Planning Excellence Awards and the application form may be found under the Awards tab of this website.

Jon Oliver
Fredericton has lost one of its finest. Jon Oliver died at home on Monday, January 9, 2012 surrounded by loving family and friends. Jon, born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, was an architect by profession – and a pretty good one – but his passion was being a fully engaged citizen. This passion saw flower in fierce and frequent defence of everyone’s rights and civil liberties, fighting for economic equality, publishing an alternative journal under the nom de plume Waldo Shears, political engagement through the NDP, fighting environmental degradation and engaging in unstoppable guerrilla gardening. Jon’s tireless efforts in this regard were recognized with him being awarded the YMCA annual Peace Prize in November of last year. Sometimes you thought he had been born with a placard in his hand.
Jon shone brightest at the personal level. He believed that people were basically good at heart and he lived that belief. He gave everything away. He rarely turned his back on a stray. Those strays have spread his reputation throughout the world. Many, many kept coming back. They are all ages. They are testament to the truth that if you give goodness it will come back to you. His riches were in his friendships many of them gained from reaching out to those needing shelter, needing financial support, needing help dealing with the blows of the world or just needing a place to figure out where the latest idiocy came from.
Jon’s door was never locked. His kitchen table was never quiet. The Provincial Cabinet table might have trouble keeping up with the level of discussion at that table. It will be missed. We need more Jon’s kitchen tables.
Now it is time to say goodbye. Jon has two beloved sons, Nick and Joe. He has a cherished five and one half year old grandson Kiran. He has a niece Janet and a nephew Ian. He has a sister Megan and a brother Hugh. Jon’s family and all those whom he touched will be his testament. They would like you to remember how lucky we are to be able to share time on this earth with people like Jon.
 If like Jon, you think helping others is a good idea, make a donation to the Fredericton Soup Kitchen or the Fredericton Food Bank. Tell them Jon sent you.

You better log your credits,
You better not wait,
By the end of the year it may be too late!
CPL Grinches are coming to town.

You require 18 credits,
As I’m sure you are aware,
So you better go to CIP site,
And log your credits there.

Oh, you better not wait,
You better comply,
Better not put it off,
I’m telling you why:
CPL Grinches are coming to town!
CPL Grinches are coming to town!

Hello Planners, let’s hope you didn’t leave all of your CPL Reporting until the end of the year, but if you did, please see the revamped API website for the CPL Tutorial, CPL System Guide and links to Webinars. http://www.atlanticplanners.org/continuous-professional-learning/

Please take the time to log your credits by December 31st.

Kate Greene will be stepping down from the CPL Committee in the New Year. Dallas Gillis will take over as Chair, and the Committee hopes to have a new member to represent Nova Scotia. Thanks to Kate for her years of hard work and leadership with the CPL Committee. 
 
We hope you all have a fun and safe holiday season.

Your API CPL Grinches:

Paul Boundridge (NL Rep)
Janice Harper (PEI Rep)
Dallas Gillis (NB Rep)
Kate Greene (NS Rep)