Events and Initiatives

Every year members of the MYPAC Committee volunteer their time to engage students, faculty and alumni in various learning and networking opportunities.
We start the year off with a guest lecture or presentation to Master's of Environmental Studies (Planning) students during York University's Graduate Orientation week. Luncheons, speaker series and student scholarship awards are just a few of the initiatives underway, culminating in the annual social held in September. If you have an idea for an event or would like to be a part of the MYPAC community send an email to mypac.executive@gmail.com.

Past Events

MYPAC kicked of the new year with a lunch and learn for students.

City of Toronto Planner and MES Alumni of 06' Oren Tamir, welcomed 10 students from the planning stream of the Master in Environmental Studies program to Toronto City Hall. The lunch and learn introduced students to the process of City Planning, the Ontario Municipal Board and what makes a great planner. MYPAC is thankful for the passionate Alumni who volunteer their time to give back to the students at York and for the opportunity to connect students to the profession of planning in Ontario.

For more information on this event visit the full story at the York University Faculty of Environmental Studies webpage HERE. Or, check out the story on YFile.

Case Competition 2021

The competition took place on Thursday, October 14th, 2021 via Zoom with a planning case generously provided by Chris Wong from York University Development Corporation (YUDC). Our judges were David MacMillan, MES ’14, project manager, City of Toronto; Adam Zendel, MES’13, director of investments and planning, Royal Indevco Properties; and Gabriella Sicheri, MES ’94, vice-president, CreateTO.

MYPAC would like to congratulate the winning teams:

1st Place:

Team 3 - The Corner: Where the Village Comes Together

Justin Minor, Allsun Campbell, Erin Foster

2nd Place:

Team 2 - York Forward

Paul Berkun-Drevnig, Jasmine Mohamed, Elika Zamani

3rd Place:

Team 4 - Strengthening Campus-Community Connections

Bria Simone Hamilton, Nigel Carvalho, Amanda Rooney

MYPAC

MES York Planning Alumni Committee