Plannerama
Episodes
Bonus Feature: Introducing Urban Planning Tea with Liam Vu!
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Vu is back with a newly minted podcast just like he promised! Check out the first episode of Urban Planning Tea and make sure to search it and su...
Episode 19 - Alex Smiciklas
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with planner and community engagement specialist Alex Smiciklas (MPl 2020) for a wide-ranging conversation on what it really means to enga...
Episode 18 - Liam Vu
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Current undergraduate student and urbanist content creator Liam Vu joins us to talk about the ever-changing world of online planning engagement.
Episode 17 - Shawn Williams
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for the start of SURP's Fall Term we're taking it back to school and sitting down with current 1-year MPL student Shawn Williams!...
Episode 16 - Davin McCully
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody's favourite Toronto storyteller Davin McCully (MPl '19) stops by the pod to talk about consulting, ghost stories, and peameal bacon ...
Episode 15 - Ashley Paton, Founder & Original Plannerama Host
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is none other than the creator, founder, and original host of Plannerama herself: Ashley Paton. We’re talking podcasts, planning, the ...
Episode 14 - Meet Your SURPA
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we gear up for TMU’s School of Urban and Regional Planning Alumni Association 2024 Spring Reception, we decided to take you behind the scenes and...
Episode 13 - Emma Abramowicz and Geoff Schwartz
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was Valentine's Day when we sat down with three "planning power couples" to talk about that most romantic of topics: city-building. P...
Episode 12 - Krishtian-Tyler Rampersaud and Humna Khurshid
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was Valentine's Day when we sat down with three "planning power couples" to talk about that most romantic of topics: city-building. P...
Episode 11 - Stephanie Kwast & David Riley
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was Valentine's Day when we sat down with three "planning power couples" to talk about that most romantic of topics: city-building. P...
Episode 8 - Chris Drew
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Drew is a planner with Kagan Shastri DeMelo Winer Park LLP, graduate of TMU SURP in the Class of '09, and the longest-serving active member ...
Episode 10 - Alexandria Ellington & Kevin Nunn
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hear what Alexandria Ellington (BURPl '19) and Kevin Nunn (BURPl '15), the two sitting co-chairs of SURPA, think about cities, what's so i...
Episode 9 - Keira Webster
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is with Keira Webster (M.Pl. '17) and we're talking future-ready and climate-prepared cities! Keira shares about her exper...
Episode 7-Neil Loewen
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Loewen is Past Chair of the XPAA and Senior Associate at Urban Strategies Inc. He joins us on the podcast to talk about his time as Co-Chair of t...
Episode 5 - Alex Gaio
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Alex and Ashley talk about Alex's passion for transportation, transit, and resiliency planning. Original Music Composed by Ryerson Planning ...
Episode 6 - Blair Scorgie
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we chat with Blair Scorgie, Business Development Director and Senior Planner at SvN in Toronto, ON. He's also an adjunct professor at Rye...
Episode 4 - Fabienne Chan
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Alumni Fabienne Chan speak about technology, planning, politics, and so much more on this episode!
Episode 3 - Katherine Glowacz
28 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I interview Katherine Glowacz, an Active Transportation Planner with the City of Calgary. Original Music Composed by Dominic Trembl...
Episode 2 - Robyn Stebner
28 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I interview Robyn Stebner, a Planner at the City of Burlington. Original Music Composed by Dominic Tremblay.
Episode 1 - Armando Lopes & Celeste Salvagna
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off the Plannerama podcast, we interview Armando Lopes and Celeste Salvagna, both planners at MHBC Planning. Original Music Composed by Domi...