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POPULUS – Beth Sanders RPP MCIP 

Principal, Civic Meshworker

Beth works and volunteers in local government and community organizations that strive to make the most of the limited human and financial resources available while supporting the three pillars of a sustainable community: economic, social and environmental networks. Beth facilitates and coaches local decision making with processes that create a strong focus, allowing each organization to be purposeful and calm amid fierce storms of competing demands, both at the board table and within communities. Under current exploration is the link between authentic leadership in our communities and mindful citizenship.

Education

• Master of City Planning
  Thesis – Qualitative Evaluation of Public Participation in Planning Projects
  (University of Manitoba)
• Bachelor of Arts: Canadian Studies / Public Policy and Management
  (University of Ottawa)

Awards

• Mayor’s Medal  in Urban Issues (Winnipeg)
• CMHC Housing Scholarship
• Graduate Fellowship, University of Manitoba

Professional Membership

• RPP – Registered Professional Planner
• MCIP – Full Member, Canadian Institute of Planners
• Examiner -  Alberta Association of the Canadian Institute of Planners
• Member – Community Planning Association of Alberta
• Member – International Association of Public Participation (IAP2)

Communities of Practice

• Ginger Group Collaborative – www.gingergroup.net
• Spiral Dynamics integral
• Steward, Art of Hosting – www.artofhosting.org
• Member, International Association of Public Participation
• Member, Planners Network
• Member, Community Planning Association of Alberta

Professional Experience

• Principal, Civic Meshworker, POPULUS Community Planning Inc. (2007+)
• General Manager, Planning and Development Department, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (2005-2007)
• General Manager, Brandon and Area Planning District (2003-2005)
• District Planner, Development Officer, Brandon and Area Planning District (1995-2003)

Continuing Education

• Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter (Conversational Leadership: Creating Wise Action and Change) – with Chris Corrigan, Tenneson Woolf, Teresa Posakony (2010)
• Embodied Leadership – Empowered Life Training, with Wendy Palmer, Authentic Leadership in Action (ALIA) Institute (2009)
• Planning, Design and Construction Principles of Affordable Homes and Communities, with Dr. Avi Friedman (2009)
• Community Planning Association of Alberta Conference (2009)
• Spiral Dynamics Integral – Level 1 and 2 Certification, Training of Trainers, with Dr. Marilyn Hamilton (2008)
• Destination Coach, IC International (2008)
• Art of Hosting Training with Toke Moller, Monica Nissen and Chris Corrigan, Shambhala Institute for Authentic Leadership (2008)
• Being Fearless in Times of Fear, with Margaret Wheatley, Chris Grant and Jerry Granelli, Shambhala Institute for Authentic Leadership (2007)
• Federation of Canadian Municipalities sustainable communities conference (2006)
• Alberta Planning Law, Brownlee LLP (2006)
• Municipal Law I, National Advanced Certification in Local Authority Administration (2004)
• Board Governance: Assessment Criteria and Tools, Manitoba Quality Network (2004)
• Canadian Institute of Planners national conference (2006, 2005, 2004, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1995)
• Alberta Association of the Canadian Institute of Planners conference (2006)
• Manitoba Planning Conference (2005, 2004, 2003)
• Summer Institute on Population Health Promotion (2004, 2001)
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Training (2003)
• Conflict Resolution workshop, Mediation Services (2003)
• International CPTED Association conference (2002)

Board Governance

• Alberta Professional Planners Institute, President (2011-2013)
• Alberta Professional Planners Institute, President Elect (2010)
• Alberta Professional Planners Institute Conference Chair (2010)
• Community Planning Association of Alberta, executive member (2009+)
• Glenora Community League, president (2011+), secretary, vice-president (2009-2011)
• Future Forward (Mayor’s community visioning body) steering Committee member, Fort McMurray AB (2006 to 2007)
• Wood Buffalo Sustainable Development Forum, member (2006-2007)
• AACIP Council, events/secretary portfolio (2005-2007)
• Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation, director (2000 to 2005)
• Brandon Safe Communities Coalition, steering committee member (2002 to 2005)
• Manitoba Planning Conference steering committee, treasurer/program committee (2003, 2005)
• Brandon University Board of Governors Executive (1999-2000)
• Brandon and Area United Way, board member and allocations committee (1996-1998)
• CIP Council, national student member (1994-1995)
• As professional planner, reported to 19 boards and municipal councils

Presentations / Facilitation / Teaching Engagements

• Thriving in Community by Community: Valuing Thriving for a Change, Pre-Conference Workshop, Manitoba Planning Conference (2012)
• Planning for Thriving Local Environments, Conference Plenary Presentation, Manitoba Planning Conference (2012)
• Political Panel Moderator: Don Iveson, Paul Harris, Danielle Klooster, Dana Kreil, Kent Hehr, Alberta Professional Planners Institute Conference (2011)
• Santa Shoots the Rapids: A Conversation on Giving and Living, an afternoon of conversation for the staff and spouses of Essentials Spa and Wellness.  Co-host with Margaret Sanders and Hugh Sanders (2010)
• Community Planning Initiative with the Alberta Capital Region United Way, an afternoon of conversation about cross-sectoral conversation toward common vision.  Co-host with Margaret Sanders (2010)
• What if We’re Not Planning to Survive?  And Who’s Planning Our Future Anyway? Chair of Alberta Professional Planners’ Institute Conference (2010)
• Learning Retreat, two one-day learning gatherings for the Transformation Management team at the City of Edmonton’s Deputy City Manager’s Office.  Co-host with Margaret Sanders (2010)
• Edmonton Region Community Planning Project, afternoon conversation to deepen multi-stakeholder initiative to galvanize the social service sector’s work.  Ho-host with Barbara Dart (United Way) and Margaret Sanders (2010)
• Are We Planning to Survive?  And Who’s Planning Our Future Anyway? Chair and host, Alberta Professional Planners Institute 3 day conference (2010)
• The Art of Hosting Conversations, 3 day participatory leadership learning gathering with City of Edmonton’s Deputy City Manager’s Office. Co-host with Chris Corrigan, Marilyn Hamilton, and Tim Merry (2010)
• Safe City Initiative, City of Spruce Grove, facilitation support to Jeanette DeRosario and Chantal Normand (2010)
• Search for Priorities – Association of Summer Villages of Alberta, host (2010)
• 70 Arlington Drive Round Tables for Affordable Housing, St. Albert, co-host with Margaret Sanders and Peter Spearey (2010)
• Balanced Rural Communities, session host, Community Planning Association of Alberta (2010)
• Professional Practitioners Course, instructor and examiner, Alberta Association of the Canadian Institute of Planners (2008, 2010)
• Battle River Watershed Association Board Retreat, Development of strategic purpose and priorities (2010)
• Pigeon Lake Watershed Association, host emergence of multidisciplinary planning group (2010)
• The River of Life, host celebration of Lisl’s 40th Birthday (2010)
• Planning Administration: Instructor, University of Alberta Faculty of Extension (Winter and Spring 2010)
• The Status of Clean Technologies: Municipal Planning and Engineering, Alberta Council of Technology Symposium, Edmonton and Calgary (2010)
• Public Engagement: Creating a Solid Foundation for Community Conversation, professional education session, Alberta Association of the Canadian Institute of Planners (2009)
• Regional Transportation:  Lessons from Portland, session moderator, University of Alberta City-Region Studies Centre Speakers Series (2009)
• Quickening to and Integral Age: Step IN, Step UP, BE the Change, co-creation with Ginger Group Collaborative (2009)
• AACIP Response to the Government of Alberta’s Draft Land Use Framework, AACIP conference, (2008)
• Inquiry by Design – Making Space for Place, co-creation with Ginger Group Collaborative (2008)
• If You Know What’s Going to Happen, it’s Not Consultation, professional development workshop at AACIP conference with Stephen Utz (2007)
• Designing Public Deliberation on Climate Change, IAP2 conference, with Wendy Andrews, Ken Chapman and David Kahane (2008)
• Growth Challenges for RMWB, to Suncor and Athabasca Regional Issues Working Group (RIWG) (2008)
• Calling the Circle: Exploring Authentic Planning Practice and Leadership, professional development session at Canadian Institute of Planners Conference with Stephen Utz (2008) and education session for Alberta Association of the Canadian Institute of Planners (2008)
• Buffalo to Bison: Revealing Reflection on Planning Practice, presentation to Planners Network Conference, with Laurene Viarobo (2008)
• Finding the Future: Creative Community Conversations, presentation to Community Planning Association of Alberta conference, with Mayor Melissa Blake, Lonny Gabinet (2007)
• Facing the Challenges – An Opportunity to Learn from Rapid Growth, presentation to Community Planning Association of Alberta Conference (2007)
• Wood Buffalo: Alberta’s Canary in an Oil Mine, Presentation to Alberta Association of the Canadian Institute of Planners (2007)
• How to Get the Job that Works for You, professional development session with Martin Frigo and Michael Carruthers at Canadian Association of Planning Students National Conference (2007)
• Growth Management in the Golden Horseshoe, Session Moderator, Alberta Association of the Canadian Institute of Planners Conference (2006)
• From Club to Collaboration, professional development workshop at Alberta Association of the Canadian Institute of Planners Conference (2006)
• Growth Planning in Wood Buffalo, presentation to Community Planning Association of Alberta conference (2005)
• Land Use Planning and the Environment, presentation to Manitoba Envirothon, with David Kattenburg (2004)
• Civitas: Neighbourhood Revitalization from Crime, training workshop at 2004 CIP National Conference, with Charles Genre, Elisabeth Miller and Gregory Saville (2004)
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design – Policing in the 21st Century, Workshop at Assiniboine Community College (2004)
• Land Use Planning, Course Instructor, Brandon University, with Peter Spearey (1998)

Publications

• “Are Planners Suffering from Akrasia? – The Gulf Between what we ought to do and what we actually do,”  AACIP Planning Journal, Winter 2009/2010 No. 3, page 11-14.http://www.albertaplanners.com/siteadmin/uploads/PlanJournal_Issue3.pdf