CIP-PSTF Outstanding Graduating Student Award

CIP/ICU Planning Student Trust Fund (CIP-PSTF) is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural CIP-PSTF Outstanding Graduating Student Award.

Previously awarded by the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) as the CIP President's Award: Student, starting in 2023 this award is presented each year by CIP-PSTF to one graduating student from each accredited undergraduate and postgraduate planning program in Canada, who has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to their future profession.

This year's recipients are as follows:

Dalhousie University Melisa Tang Choy - Master of Planning

Tim Jacobs - Bachelors of Community Design (Honours) in Urban Design and Planning

McGill University A.J. Bimm - Master of Urban Planning

University of Guelph Erin Helsby - M.Sc. Rural Planning and Development

Queen's University Fathimah Tayyiba Rasheed - Master of Urban and Regional Planning

Toronto Metropolitan University

Robert McQuillan - Master of Planning in Urban Development

Vanessa Kulbak - Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (PLAN)

Madisyn Owen - Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (PLAB)

Hussnain Mohammad - Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (PLAD)

University of Toronto

Jane O'Brien Davis - M.Sc. Planning

University of Waterloo

Marilyn Cameron - Master of Arts (Planning)

David Pau - Bachelor of Environmental Studies, Honours Planning and Honours Co-Op Planning

York University

Natassia Pratt - Master in Environmental Studies (Planning)

University of Manitoba

Hayden Keogh - Master of City Planning

University of Saskatchewan

Gavin Blondeau - B.A. in Regional and Urban Planning (Honours)

Ava Dulos - B.A. in Regional and Urban Planning 

University of Alberta

Desiree Rose - Master of Science in Planning

Trevor Devlin - B.A. Major in Planning 

University of Calgary

Colin Lees - Master of Planning 

University of British Columbia

Hussein Elhagehassan - Master of Community and Regional Planning

University of Northern British Columbia

Scott Monroe - Bachelor of Planning 

Simon Fraser University

Hafsa Salihue - Masters of Resource Management (Planning)

Vancouver Island University

Alicia McLean - Master of Community Planning