Department of Geography and Planning Graduate Projects
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An Examination of Watershed Planning and Headwaters Bioregionalism: The Case of the Oak Ridges Moraine, Ontario
(2022-08-02)The Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM) is an irregular ridge, stretching 160 kilometres from the Niagara Escarpment in the west to the Trent River in the east. The Moraine contains the headwaters of more than 65 watercourses that ... -
Exploring the Planning and Implementation of a School Street Initiative in Canada: A Pilot Study in Kingston, Ontario
(2022-06-16)In Canada, only 20% of children use active modes of travel to get to and from school (Cottagiri et al., 2021). To address children’s growing automobile dependency, many cities are introducing initiatives and programming ... -
Exploring Eco-gentrification as a result of Urban Linear Park Developments: A Case Study of The Meadoway in Scarborough, Ontario
(2022-04)The potential urban linear parks have, to improve the quality of life in urban areas is becoming increasingly recognized in Canada, particularly in the City of Toronto. From a planning perspective, urban linear parks provide ... -
A “Capital” Journey? Improving the Interprovincial Transit User Experience in Ottawa-Gatineau
(2022-04)Public transit is an important element of urban life, but as cities grow, delivering public transit becomes more complicated. Therefore, transit integration — including routes, fares, and accessible information — must be ... -
Deindustrialization, Gentrification, and Displacement in Toronto's Leslieville and South Riverdale
(2022-04)Leslieville and South Riverdale are traditionally working-class neighbourhoods just east of downtown Toronto. The research in this report employed a mixed-methods case study to analyze deindustrialization, gentrification, ... -
Urban Morphology as a Measure of Sprawl Repair Potential in Ottawa, Ontario
(2022-04)The car-oriented nature of many Canadian cities has defined planning since the late 20th century, prioritizing segmented commercial, residential, and employment areas across vast suburban landscapes, accessible primarily ... -
The Canadian Dream? Comparing the Densities of Modernist and New Urbanist Suburban Development – A Comparative Case Study of Don Mills, Toronto and Cornell, Markham
(2022-04)This report compares the developments of Modernist Don Mills, Toronto and New Urbanist Cornell, Markham across various built form indicators, specifically gross and net residential density, housing mix, land use mix, and ... -
Citizen Science, Community-based Monitoring and Urban Planning: Exploring Ideas to Extend Conceptual and Theoretical Implications of Public Participation
(2021)Citizen science is a concept that advocates involving non-experts in scientific research by framing research potentially as a two-way street between researchers and civil society (Hecker et al., 2019). Citizen science has ... -
Content Analysis Comparing Canada’s Two Earliest Town Planning Journals
(2021)This report’s comparative analysis of Canada’s two earliest town planning journals reveals the evolution of planning during the nation’s rapid urban expansion from 1910-1930. Six grouped topics were analyzed – aesthetics, ... -
Making Space for Physical Distancing in Canada's Urban Centers: A Case Study of Vancouver's Slow Streets
(2021-05)In March 2020, the World Health Organization (2020) declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic. The effects of COVID-19 had an immediate impact on all facets of daily life as global efforts focused on slowing the spread of ... -
Transit Agency Responses to COVID-19: A review of challenges and opportunities for continued service delivery
(2021-04)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has radically impacted public transport ridership and service provision across the country. Since the outbreak of the virus, transit agencies have had to adapt to new and rapidly ... -
WHERE DID THE NEIGHBOURHOOD GO? A LOOK INTO THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF STUDENTS ACROSS ONTARIO MID-SIZED CITIES
(2021)Enrollment in higher educational institutions (HEI) has been steadily increasing across Canada, while on-campus accommodation provided by the HEI has plateaued. As a result, a majority of upper-year students now turn towards ... -
Revisiting the Reclaimed Street: An analysis of Kensington Market’s Pedestrian Sundays’ initiative as an exercise in community participation
(2021-05)This report examined a pedestrian street initiative in the inner-city Toronto neighbourhood of Kensington Market, testing whether it addresses the pressing concerns of gentrification for the residents and business owners. ... -
A Made-in-Muskoka Approach
(2021)The District of Muskoka is well known for being a part of Ontario's cottage country with over 650 freshwater lakes found within the upper-tier municipal boundaries. As shoreline development pressures increase, so does the ... -
Community-Driven Solutions in Public Transit-Deprived Regions: A case study of Rural Rides, a community transportation initiative in southeast New Brunswick
(2020-09-21)This study focuses on Rural Rides’ original service area, the Salisbury-Petitcodiac region of southeast New Brunswick. By revealing in-depth details about how Rural Rides emerged, currently operates, and exists within the ... -
An Exploratory Comparative Case Study of Repurposed Elementary Schools in Highly Deprived Communities in Ontario
(2020-05-01)Executive Summary Over the past two decades, public schools in Ontario have been permanently closing at alarming rates. From 2010 to 2016, the total number of school closures was 354 which was related to the 2009 and ... -
The Cannabis Quandary: Exploring the Provincial Role in Regulating Cannabis Production as a Land Use in Ontario
(2020)In 2018, Canada’s federal government legalized recreational cannabis, and an increase in cannabis production facilities appearing in Canadian communities warrants research on how to include cannabis production in land use ... -
Regulating Urban Residential Development on Private Road: An Ontario Case Study of Four Municipalities
(2020-05-19)This report will show that planning academics and the Province of Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) have raised several concerns about residential development on private roads. In the years since, ... -
Exploring the impacts of the GPNO and the Far North Act on Official Plans and a Community-Based Land Use Plan
(2020-05-19)Population shifts in Northern Ontario are eliciting provincial attention in the form of policy documents aimed at mitigating the consequences of population decline. There is a steady decrease in the population throughout ...
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