❄️ As we close out 2025, CIP President Lesley Cabott RPP, FCIP, ICD D, reflects on a year defined by ACTION and purpose.

🔗 Read the blog on our website: https://www.cip-icu.ca/blog/ending-2025-with-action-and-purpose-a-message-from-cips-president-lesley-cabott/

📣 Call for articles: Plan Canada Spring 2026

Plan Canada invites readers to contribute to a special issue focused on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.

🗓️ Deadline: January 5, 2026, 11:59 p.m. PT

Learn more: https://www.cip-icu.ca/plan-canada/spring/

🎓 Scholarship Applications Are Now Open!

This is your opportunity to secure funding for your research projects that demonstrate excellence in planning.

Application Deadline: February 16, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

See all available scholarships and apply: https://www.cip-pstf.ca/scholarships

The Inclusion Fund is now offering complimentary in-person and online registrations to selected eligible applicants for #FUSION2026, CIP/OUQ’s national planning conference.

⏰ Deadline: March 13, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PT

🔗 Apply now: https://site.pheedloop.com/event/fusion2026/about/inclusion-fund

Join CIP's new working group as part of the National Planning Community of Practice on Housing, funded in part by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

⏰Deadline: December 12, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PT

Apply here: https://www.cip-icu.ca/volunteer/housing-education-working-group-application/

🎉 Empower Planners this #GivingTuesday!

The CIP/ICU Planning Student Trust Fund needs YOUR help to continue delivering scholarships and bursaries to students in need.

🔗 Give a student the gift of accessible education: https://www.cip-pstf.ca/support

🎉 We are excited to celebrate #GivingTuesday.

We invite your organization to become a partner at our upcoming national planning conference, #FUSION2026, by investing in one of our community-oriented partnership opportunities.

Learn more: https://www.cip-icu.ca/national-conference/partnership-2026/

🎉 Applications for the Emerging Leaders Program are now open!

Join early-career planners nationwide to connect, learn, and grow as leaders. Special thank you to our partner, Urban Systems.

⏰ Apply by January 23, 2026, 11:59 p.m. PT

Learn more: https://www.cip-icu.ca/emerging-leaders-program/

Do you know a planner who deserves recognition for their work? We are accepting nominations for the highest honours and awards in the planning profession.

🗓️Deadline: January 19, 2026

👉Submit a nomination: https://www.cip-icu.ca/honours-awards/

📌The next Plan Canada Webinar by the Canadian Institute of Planners is here!

🗓️ November 27, 2025 I 12:00 p.m. ET

Don't miss the chance to dive deeper into the theme of Canada in 2100!

🔗Register today: https://members.cip-icu.ca/mpower/event/landing.action?id=89

🌍 As a founding member of the Global Planners Network, the Canadian Institute of Planners proudly joins in commemorating the 76th anniversary of #WorldTownPlanningDay through a joint statement.

👉 Read it on our website: https://www.cip-icu.ca/news/world-town-planning-day-2025-gpn-statement/

❗Last chance to submit your #FUSION2026 proposals!

We welcome submissions from all who are dedicated to building forward.

⏰ Deadline: November 7, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PT

Learn more: #startion#start" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://site.pheedloop.com/portal/event/EVEAVPRBAMDZO/submission/CALVFO9G4Y7DTG0/application#start

📣 Upcoming World Town Planning Week Webinar!

Hear from speakers from Urban Minds and Recreate Place and learn to incorporate age-appropriate strategies, activities, and accessible language during your classroom visits.

Register: https://members.cip-icu.ca/mpower/event/landing.action?id=88

📌 The CIP National Job Board expands your reach to planning professionals across Canada’s diverse regions.

👉 90-Day Postings & Free Extensions
👉 24/7 Resume Database
👉 Complimentary Postings
👉 3,500+ Unique Visitors Each Month

🔗Post your next opportunity today: https://www.cip-icu.ca/jobs/products

📣 Volunteer Opportunity with the Canadian Institute of Planners!

We are seeking CIP professional members and Fellows to serve on our Honours and Awards Jury.

⏰ Application Deadline: Friday, October 27, 11:59 p.m. PT.

🔗 Apply on our website: https://www.cip-icu.ca/volunteer/honours-awards-jury/

📣 Become a #FUSION2026 partner!

The Canadian Institute of Planners and l'Ordre des urbanistes du Québec invite you to partner at our joint 2026 national planning conference in Montreal from July 7 to 9, 2026.

🔗 Available opportunities: https://www.cip-icu.ca/national-conference/partnership-2026/

Every year on September 30, we recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Indigenous voices should not only be engaged, but respected as rights-holders and partners in shaping the future of communities.

🔗Learn more about our reconciliation efforts: https://www.cip-icu.ca/reconciliation/

A big thank you to Joanna Averley, Chief Planner of England, for inviting our team to meet with her at the British High Commission in Ottawa. It was a valuable opportunity to exchange insights on shared planning challenges, including the housing crisis and increasing wildfire activity.

📌 The Canadian Institute of Planners welcomes the federal government's announcement to establish Build Canada Homes, a new central agency aimed at addressing the housing affordability crisis in Canada.

🔗Read the full statement on our website: www.cip-icu.ca/news/the-can...

🔗As the national voice of professional planners, here’s what we’re calling for in Budget 2025: cip-icu.ca/blog/federal...

📌The next Plan Canada Webinar by the Canadian Institute of Planners is here!

🗓️ September 11, 2025 I 12:00 p.m. ET

Don't miss the chance to dive deeper into the theme of Technology!

🔗Register today: members.cip-icu.ca/mpower/event...

📣 Attention First Nations, Inuit, and Métis artists and graphic designers!

The Canadian Institute of Planners is seeking to develop a suite of visual assets for our Reconciliation Action Plan. The deadline to apply is August 14, 2025.

🔗 Read more: www.cip-icu.ca/wp-content/u...

Calling all Canadian planning students! Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 CIP/ICU Planning Student Trust Fund’s (CIP-PSTF) bursary program.

The application deadline is October 10, 2025.

Read more and apply: www.cip-pstf.ca/post/2025-ci...

📣 We are now accepting Project Summary Applications for the 2026 Canadian Awards for Planning Excellence! Projects can include plans, studies, publications, tools, media, and more!

⏰Application Deadline: October 6, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PT

Learn more and apply: www.cip-icu.ca/honours-awar...

📌 Mark your calendars for our next national conference in Montreal from July 7 to 9, 2026!

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📌 Inscrivez à votre agenda notre prochaine congrès national à Montréal du 7 au 9 juillet 2026!

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