FREDERICTON, Canada, July 8, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Professional planners from across Canada will be gathering at the CIP | API People Matter Conference from July 9 to 12, 2014 in Fredericton to explore the tools and strategies planners, health professionals, and municipal representatives can use to create vibrant and healthy communities from coast to coast.
The conference, hosted by the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) and the Atlantic Planners Institute (API), is taking place:
When: July 9-12, 2014
Where: Fredericton Convention Centre, Fredericton, New-Brunswick
"I'm delighted to see planners from across this great country coming together to share knowledge about the pressing issues affecting Canadians today, such as health, community development, safety and sustainability," says Michael Gordon, MCIP, RPP, President of the Canadian Institute of Planners.
Media are welcome to attend the conference. The full program can be viewed at: www.cip-2014.inscriptweb.ca/Program
Conference activities include:
3 keynote speakers:
Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod of Body Break
Dr. Karen Lee, Senior Advisor on Built Environment & Healthy Housing, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; and
Gordon Price, Director of The City Program at Simon Fraser University.
The Canadian Institute of Planners 2014 Award Ceremony on July 10 at 3:30 p.m. celebrating the best in contemporary Canadian planning. Of local importance, the 1946 Saint John Master Plan will receive CIP's Vision in Planning Award.
Sight-seeing tours of the places honoured in CIP's Great Places in Canada contest, including the McAdam Railway Station (2013 People's Choice – Public Space), Queen Street (2012 Great Street), and Saint John City Market (2013 Great Public Space).
The plaque presentation for the Saint John City Market will be held on-site, July 10 at 1:30 p.m.
63 workshops and conference sessions, capped off with a true New-Brunswick-style backyard shindig.
About the Canadian Institute of Planners
CIP is the national voice of Canada's planning profession. Since 1919, CIP has been dedicated to the advancement of responsible planning throughout Canada. In its capacity as the national professional institute, CIP serves over 7,500 planners across Canada and abroad providing a wide range of services and representing the profession, domestically and globally on planning related issues.
About the Atlantic Planners Institute
The Atlantic Planners Institute is an association of professional planners in the four Atlantic provinces of Canada: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
For more information, visit http://www.cip-icu.ca/.