Support PAC

Dear Friends of U of T Planning, 

Every year the Planning and Alumni Committee (PAC) at the University of Toronto provides financial support and career development opportunities to dozens of planning students. Thanks to generous donations made to our Friends of Planning Fund, we are able to fund scholarships, field trips, workshops and other activities which offer students a competitive advantage after they graduate. 

Yearly, our Fall Planning Mixer, mentoring kick-off, professional development workshops, planning skills modules and Mentoring and Spring Social Pairing programs draw in the approximately 60 students enrolled in the Masters program for multiple engagements – the events have become so popular that we yearly expand our offerings, this year with two new planning skills modules.  In addition, program alumni participate in the Mixer, mentoring and pairing initiatives, a mutually rewarding engagement that last year saw over 70 alumni directly involved.

Last year the Friends of Planning Fund also helped to send several students to conferences, and supported a field trip to New York that was attended by 18 members of the graduating class. Like earlier field trips to Detroit, Indonesia, Mexico City and Chicago, this one allowed students to engage directly with practicing planners, tour development sites, and observe planning in an environment very different to what they are familiar with in Toronto.  The Fund also supports five annually awarded PAC-sponsored scholarships.

This vital support of our students would not be possible without the donations of our many alumni and friends. With your continued help, we will create more scholarships, and increase our levels of funding for conferences and workshops. Every M.Sc.Pl. student has access to the Fund and all are invited and encouraged to attend our events and to take full advantage of the opportunities we offer. 

Please consider making a contribution of $50 to the Friends of Planning Fund to help us sustain these important initiatives throughout 2011-2012.

You can now give online at: https://donate.utoronto.ca/geography or fill out and mail in our PDF Donation Form

For your donation, you will receive a tax receipt as well as complimentary admission to the 2012 Friends of Planning Spring Social.  On behalf of our students, thank you for your support.

For more information on donations to the Planning Program, you may contact Monica Hahm, Director of Advancement at 416.946.5616 or monica.hahm@utoronto.ca