Community Planning Vancouver Island University

Overview

An urban planner can also help shape a community’s response to a range of emerging issues such as climate change; and economic issues such as tourism by creating a sustainable city also known as ecocity.

The Community Planning degree at Vancouver Island University combines research, applied learning through a variety of in-community, real-world projects, and interactions with the professional planning community to give you a wide range of skills and knowledge. 

This community planning program is fully accredited through the Canadian Institute of Planners, alongside Canada’s historic planning schools.

The program focuses on: 

• Small city and town planning;

• Community and urban design, including a strong GIS component;

• Rural/urban interface planning;

• First Nations planning (with attention to the issues relevant to the First Nations of Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia);

• Sustainable economic issues, including tourism; and

• Emerging issues such as climate change and planning for post-fossil fuel communities.