Current Students: Thesis / Practicum Projects

This page presents the research project title or key words describing the general area of interest for work in development, reflecting the variety of student research interests. To see list of degree project research titles, see Recent Graduates .

M1 Students:

Christopher Beauvilain: Determing value of non-markt 'good & services" to be applied in planning practice

Robin Beukens:Regional water planning: Improving water management through collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities

Jill Collinson: A local approach to regional planning: A case study of development of the Trans Canada Trail

Ryan Edick: The ECCA redevelopment: an exploration

Caitlin Kotak: Examples of indigenous planning in Winnipeg - how these might provide lessons for conventional planning processes

Chris Larson: Outdoor recreation in urban planning

Shengxu Li: Integrating green infrastructure into community planning

Marie Ceclie Mbadugha:Land Use Planning and Transportation Planning; Moving Winnipeg Suburbs towards sustainbility by encouraging the use of public transit system.

Alexis Miller:Branding Cities: The Triumph of Market Over Place

Meghan Norman:Intermunicipal cooperation and conflict resolution

Ryan Paradis:

Jennifer Pritchard:

Laura Rempel:Planning Activism Towards an Age-Friendly Manitoba

Johanna Washchyshyn: Litercy Tourism in initiatives in Winnipeg

M2 Students:

Adam Cseke: Retail wetland development in Salmon Arm BC, implications for sustainability and the planning process.

Pamela Elias: (Re)creating place: Preserving heritage in redeveloping brownfields

Kimberly Farris: Technology and public participation

Michael Friesen: People Power Community Ownership and Renewable Energy

Erin Huck: Participatory budgeting: making case for Winnipeg

Mike Lennon: Gentrification avoidance when land values increase

Christina Maes: Tenant Associations and Social Housing Revitalization in Winnipeg

Marie Cecile Mbadugha: Housing and Homelessness: Stigma and stereotypes attached to homelessness and mental illness

Kyle McStravick: Colonial Planning and the Indigenous People of Canada and Japan

Carole O'Brien: Every image tells a story: how representation affects the places we share

Aaron Short: Planning the Seeds of Agricultural Urbanism through University Community Gardens

Fernando Velarde-Trejo: Farmers markets and role of planners


 




M3 Students:

Waleed Albakry: Prospective Home Owners' Attitudes to Housing: Edmonton

Jacob Edenloff: Place attachment in West Broadway: Community-based green art in building social capital

Brock Feenstra: Green building: Aligning Developer and Municipal Relationships

Andrei Friesen: Energy Matters: A scenario based approach for evaluating the energy implications of neighbourhood development

Pawan Gill: Youth Participation in Urban Planning

John Paul Harris: How cities in cold weather climates can lesson their dependence on personal automobiles and create year round walkable cities

Lauren Lange: Housing for Aboriginal Seniors in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Brodie Lister: A Framework for Restructuring Urban Form In Post Peak-Oil Car
Oriented Developments

Lacey MacLean: The impacts of rural residential developments on Manitoba Municipalities

Scott McCullough: Energy planning for GHG emission reductions

Jeffrey Pratte: Mainstreaming Cycling Policy

Elisabeth Saftiuk: The Effectiveness of Downtown Development Corporations on Downtown Revitalization: The Case of Winnipeg's Centre Venture

M4+ Students:
Chris Baker: Sustainable/alternative transportation, Transit Oriented Developments and Green Development  

Vince Barletta: Neighbourhood planning participation processes: South Point Douglas

Devin Clark: Transforming Inner Ring Suburbs in Winnipeg towards Sustainability

David Kuxhaus: Housing and the Elderly

Richard Mahe: Mental health and housing

Vicky Reaney: Planning for Transit-Oriented Development in Winnipeg: Recommendations for Establishing Station Area Plans, Implementation Processes, and Urban Design Guidelines

Robyn Webb: Innovative Models of Municipal Support for CED and the Social Economy


Cara Nichols: Social Fertilizer: Community gardens as an effective method of evoking empowerment, hope and change in urban Winnipeg

David Danyluk: Refugee Family Settlement Housing

Erin Ferguson: Green residential development

Matthew Gratton: Exploring the use of secondary suites, garden suites, and laneway housing ina high-growth city

Shelagh Graham:

M4+ Students:

Ludwig Lee: Convivial / Livable Neighbourhood Design


Allahyar Raza: Integrating Immigrants and Refugees by Community Design

Simi Sandhu: Winter Cities and Active Transportation: A Study of Supports and Barriers for Winnipeg Active Mobility

Kari Schulz: Building green pathways: An alternative approach to reducing energy poverty in Daniel McIntyre and St. Matthews neighbourhoods


Khalid Mohammad: City Planning: A Pathway Towards Sustainable Community Ecnomic Development Through Integration of Skilled Immigrants

Stephanie Long: Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods: Urban Design Recommendations for an Aging Population

Marcin Pachinski: (Official Community) Planning in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District

Robert Tarulli: Designing Public Space for Community Learning