Sustainability & Resilience by Design

Date:
May 07, 2026

Location:
Dialog Design Studio, 35 John Street, #500, Toronto, ON

Time:
8:30 AM (EST)

IN-PERSON WORKSHOP

Date: May 7, 2026

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (followed by a reception)

Morning coffee, lunch, and a reception are included.

CPL: 7 Units

Please note: This is the sole offering of this workshop in the 2026 Education Calendar.

Register

OPPI is pleased to invite you to join the experts from CanU in a hands-on one-day workshop. We will examine best practices, tools and technologies as well as urban design techniques that can be utilized in sustainable community building. Mitigation and adaptation strategies will be applied to actual urban and suburban sites currently under development. The goal is to provide a tool kit of ideas for your applied use.

Key Takeaways: 

  • Climate resilience as a core design imperative: The workshop reinforces the need to embed climate mitigation and adaptation into the foundational stages of urban and suburban community design.
  • From policy to practice: Participants will gain clarity on how current policies, plans, and emerging technologies can be translated into implementable, real-world design strategies.
  • Place-based decision-making matters: Comparative analysis of urban and suburban sites will demonstrate that effective climate responses must be tailored to local context, constraints, and development conditions.
  • Collaborative design enables better outcomes: Cross-disciplinary, hands-on engagement will prove critical in accelerating informed decision-making and delivering resilient, actionable design solutions.

Fees: (Limited Spaces Available!)

OPPI Candidates/Pre-Candidates: $150 + HST

General Participants: $200 + HST

OPPI Student Member: $50 + HST