Faculty & Staff
The School of Planning is vibrant and successful. Our programs attract large numbers of good applicants, our graduates easily find work and success in their careers, and the quality of our education is recognized within the planning profession across the country. As well, faculty research has flourished and students benefit from collaboration between professors, community members, and each other. Our faculty and staff, as well as our students pursuing professional planning degrees, are all part of our community here.
Administration
| Eric Rapaport听 Director |
dirplan@dal.ca | (902) 494-7801 |
| Kate Thompson Undergraduate Advisor |
kate.thompson@dal.ca | (902) 494-4255 |
| Mikiko Terashima Graduate Program Coordinator |
plangrad@dal.ca | 听 |
| Kate Thompson Undergraduate Program Coordinator |
kate.thompson@dal.ca | (902) 494-4255 |
| Brenda Matheson Undergraduate Secretary & Assistant to the Director |
brenda.matheson@dal.ca | (902) 494-3260 |
| Graduate Secretary (Vacant) | 听 | 听 |
| Undergraduate Inquiries | planning@dal.ca | 听 |
| Graduate Inquiries听 | plangrad@dal.ca | 听 |
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Faculty
Jeffrey Biggar |
Areas of research focus include:听transit-oriented development; transportation planning; housing policy; co-operative and non-profit housing; rental housing policy |
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Areas of research focus include:听transportation planning; travel behaviour; demand forecasting; emissions; microsimulation of urban systems |
Areas of research focus include:听environmental planning; ecosystem services; community design; healthy communities |
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Areas of research focus include:听regional growth and population forecasting; climate change adaptation; coastal adaptation; GIS and spatial methods; environmental planning |
Areas of research focus include:听low-carbon transitions; justice; renewable energy; smart grids; Truth and Reconciliation; climate policy |
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Areas of research focus include:听healthy communities; accessibility standards; accessible and inclusive design; spatial access; aging in place; wayfinding; accessible housing; 15-minute neighbourhoods |
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Professors Emeriti
| Jill Grant | jill.grant@dal.ca |
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| Frank Palermo | frank.palermo@dal.ca | 听 |
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Cross-appointed Faculty
| 听 | Affiliation | Interests |
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| James Boxall | Maps and geospatial information | |
| Elizabeth May Chair in Sustainability and Environmental Health | Human health, sustainability | |
| Faculty of Science, Environmental Programs Coordinator | Environmental science, sustainability | |
| Martha Radice | Associate Professor,听Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology | Social and cultural dynamics of space |
Adjunct Faculty
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Neil Lovitt Jan Skora |
Alan Howell Hasan Shahrier Reid Shepherd Gareth Wasylynko Colin Whitcomb |