I would like to thank my supervisor, Dr. Pamela Robinson for her understanding, discerning feedback, and thoughtful support throughout the development of this research. Pamela’s guiding hand was critical in helping me flush out the vision for this inquiry and ground it in the language and history of the planning profession and its academic tradition. There were many times where in my excitement I would run into her office ranting like a planning revolutionary and Pamela would warmly redirect my passion towards the fertile ground already being tilled by planners before me. It is unfathomable that this work would be as insightful or as intelligible without her knowledge and experience. I would also like to thank her role as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Community Services for encouraging me to jump into the inter-professional learning environment that sparked the idea for this paper in the first place.
I would also like to thank my second reader Daniel Fusca. As the Coordinator of Stakeholder Engagement and Special Projects in the Chief Planner’s Office, he is doing amazing work sparking conversations about how the City of Toronto can better cultivate the planner-public relationship. His professional eye was invaluable in making sure this project will be the useful guide for practicing planners that it aspires to be.
This research would not have been able to happen without the unique inter-professional environment being fostered in the Faculty of Community Services at Ryerson University. Connecting with fellow students from the departments of Nursing, Social Work, and Early Childhood Education and learning from their academic traditions, showed me the potential for planning to be caring. Planning does not need to reinvent the wheel as there is so much knowledge that can be gleaned from our fellow professionals. I would like to thank Ryerson for making such a learning environment possible and Dr. Jasna Schwind for being my guide in this wonderful new world.
I would also like to thank my second reader Daniel Fusca. As the Coordinator of Stakeholder Engagement and Special Projects in the Chief Planner’s Office, he is doing amazing work sparking conversations about how the City of Toronto can better cultivate the planner-public relationship. His professional eye was invaluable in making sure this project will be the useful guide for practicing planners that it aspires to be.
This research would not have been able to happen without the unique inter-professional environment being fostered in the Faculty of Community Services at Ryerson University. Connecting with fellow students from the departments of Nursing, Social Work, and Early Childhood Education and learning from their academic traditions, showed me the potential for planning to be caring. Planning does not need to reinvent the wheel as there is so much knowledge that can be gleaned from our fellow professionals. I would like to thank Ryerson for making such a learning environment possible and Dr. Jasna Schwind for being my guide in this wonderful new world.