Telephone: (204)474-7051

Fax Number: (204)474-7532

J.A. Russell Bldg.
Faculty of Architecture
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada  R3T 2N2

jwight@cc.umanitoba.ca

Research Interests:

• Comparative capital city-region planning in Western Canada: (Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, Victoria) (referencing the concepts of social capital, genuine progress, ecological footprint, bioregions and city-states) 
  
• The integrating potential of placemaking (planners as professional placemakers) 
  
• Canadian planners on Canadian planning, and professional planning practice 
  
• Empowering the planning practitioner-researcher
• Telework and virtual work
  

Teaching Interests:

• Eco-regional planning and design (city-states and bioregions) 
  
• Inquiry by design and design/research dialectic
  
• Professional planning theory and practice 
  
• Distance education approaches to continuing education of planners.
  

Dr. Wight will return from leave Sept 2009.