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Image: A strip mall in the Albion & Islington area in Rexdale, Toronto, 2014. As a landing pad for newcomers, the City of Toronto touts its diversity, which is most visible in Toronto’s inner suburbs. In 2016, 51.5 percent of Torontonians identified as a visible minority, with many neighbourhoods in the inner suburbs (Scarborough, North […]
Oppose the Roll-back of American with Disabilities Act Protections – A Planning Issue That Demands Planning Action! On February 15, 2018, the House of Representatives voted (225 to 192) to roll back the protections from the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title III: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities). The Act stipulates that no individual may be discriminated against […]
JAPA Call for Papers: Special Issue on 50 Years since Arnstein’s Ladder Abstracts due: May 15, 2018 Arnstein’s “A Ladder of Citizen Participation” was first published in JAPA in 1969. It remains one of the most influential publications in both planning practice and research. In it Arnstein depicted the failings of typical participation processes at […]
Assistant Professors of City and Regional Planning: Housing, Community, Economic and/or Real Estate Development Employer’s Name: Georgia Institute of Technology Job Location (City, State): Atlanta, GA Job description: The School of City and Regional Planning (SCaRP) at Georgia Tech invites applications for two tenure-track assistant professorships. The successful candidates will show great promise to make […]
Conference on Jobs and Community Wealth, November 2 & 3 in Utica Job growth in Upstate New York continues to lag behind downstate New York and the entire nation. Traditional economic development programs like tax breaks do not seem to be working. The Central New York Citizen Action, in partnership with The Community Foundation of Herkimer and […]
Assistant/Associate Professor Community-Engaged Scholarship & Indigenous Planning Position Number: 24655 Department of City Planning Academic Full-time/Tenure Track University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Position Start Date: July 1, 2018 Closing Date for Applications: Applications will be considered beginning December 1, 2017 and will be open until the position is filled. The Department of City Planning […]
Professor and Head Department of Urban and Regional Planning University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites nominations and applications for the position of Professor and Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. We seek a dynamic Department Head with intellectual […]
University of New Mexico Community and Regional Planning Department School of Architecture & Planning The Community and Regional Planning Department at the University of New Mexico is seeking candidates for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in the area of Water Resources Planning, Development and Sustainability to commence in the Fall 2018 semester. Strengths in […]
Geography and Sustainable Planning Department Search Committee Assistant Professor of Urban, City and/or Regional Planning www.gvsu.edu/geography Advertisement for Position in Urban, City and/or Regional Planning Grand Valley State University, an affirmative action equal opportunity institution in Allendale, Michigan, is accepting applications for a position at the rank of Assistant Professor of Urban, City or and […]
Policy & Programming Associate Policy Analyst – Transportation and Land Use (APA92017) Job Category: Associate Experience Required: Minimum 2 years Salary Range: $54,000 to $66,933 The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is seeking […]
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