Planning for Adaptation and Resiliency Research Team

Mark Seasons worked for twenty years of professional planning practice as an inner-city community planner, long range planner, and regional planner. His practice has included work on local and regional economic development, strategic planning, policy analysis, program evaluation, and long-range regional planning. More recently, he has worked as a team member with colleagues from Waterloo on research and training activities to help build environmental planning capacity in three coastal cities in China.

Pierre Filion is a leading urban scholar. He has published widely on urban Canadian urban and planning issues. His recent work focuses is on how to create active and diversified urban settings where environmental quality is ever important. From a theory perspective Filion's work explores the relationship between changes in urban form and the evolution of society. He has examined patterns of development and redevelopment within Canadian metropolitan areas and conducted comprehensive surveys across North America.

Kevin Hanna brings program and administration experience from academe and the Federal Public Service. Hanna’s research centres on impact assessment, integrated resource management, social capital and planning, and the role of local planning in community transition. His research has been supported by Infrastructure Canada, SSHRC, and CMHC.