Reg Lang |
Reg Lang & Associates |
| Professor | P.O. Box 28559 |
| Faculty of Environmental Studies | Aurora, ON L4G 6S6 |
| 4700 Keele St. | (905) 727-4177 |
| Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 | Fax 727-0496 |
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Doctor of Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of University of Toronto (Adult Education Dept., Developing Human Resources focus), 1995
Master of Science (Community Planning), University of Manitoba, 1963
Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering), University of Saskatchewan, 1957
Intern Counsellor, Toronto Institute of Human Relations: 1986-88
Qualifying Workshop on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, sponsored by Association for Psychological Type, 1989. Kirton Adaptor-Innovator Certification Course, 1995. Coaches Training Institute Professional Coaching Course, 1997-98.
Other training in adult education, organization development, process consultation, team building, creative problem-solving, negotiation, and counselling.
Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, since 1977. Associate Professor, 1971-77. Member, Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Courses taught (Master's level) have included lectures, seminars and workshops in: Introduction to Environmental Studies; Planning Processes; Planning Theory; Strategic Planning and Management; Policy Analysis and Formulation; Environmental Planning; Environmental Impact Assessment; Energy in Urban Settlements; Creative Problem-Solving; Synthesis in Environmental Studies; and PhD Research Seminar. Supervision of dissertation, directed readings, independent studies, major papers and field experience. Participation in dissertation/thesis committees and oral examinations.
Advisor to over 250 graduate students.
Thesis evaluator, external examiner and guest lecturer at various universities in Canada and in Africa.
OPPI examiner.
Associate Dean, Faculty of Environmental Studies, 1995-98. Graduate program Director, 1997-98. Program Coordinator, 1973-1976. Co-Chair, FES Strategic Planning Group, 1993-94. Membership on Faculty and University committees including Senate Academic Policy and Planning Committee, responsible for York University's Academic Plan.
Non-degree courses taught in impact assessment, planning, energy conservation, and decision style. Seminars on integrated resource planning/management at the Banff Centre, School of Management.
Research Associate, University of California, Davis, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 1979 (sabbatical leave).
Elected Fellow of Canadian Institute of Planners, 1998
Listed in Canadian Who's Who since 1987
York University: Sabbatical Leave, 1979, 1986, 1993, 1998; Educational Leave, 1989-90; Research Fellowship, 1984
Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal, 1977, for "worthy and devoted service" to the planning profession in Canada
Nuffield Travelling Fellowship, 1969-70, to study regional development planning in Europe, based at Centre for Environmental Studies, London
Town Planning Institute of Canada, Certificate of Distinction, 1963.
1957-62: Sewer Engineer, City of Regina, Engineer's Department
1963-65: Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Planning Research Group, Ottawa; Assistant Branch Planner, Halifax
1965-71: Director of Community Planning, Nova Scotia Department of Municipal Affairs. Responsible for 20-person multidisciplinary team administering the Town Planning Act and providing assistance to urban and rural municipalities across the province. Study Director for Town Planning Act Review, 1968-69, which resulted in a new Planning Act.
1971-present: consultant. Principal, Lang Armour Associates, 1976-86. Principal, Reg Lang & Associates, 1986-present. Projects have included strategic planning, urban and regional planning and policy, social and environmental impact assessment, environmental planning, resource management, energy conservation, waste management, social equity, policy and program formulation, program evaluation, peer review, facilitation, and professional development. Client list available.
Member, Canadian Institute of Planners, since 1964. National Councillor, 1967-70. National Examiner, 1970-72
Member, Ontario Professional Planners Institute, since its inception in 1986
Member, Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, 1971-90
Member, Association for Psychological Type, Ontario Association for Application of Personality Type, World Future Society, Association for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and International Coach Federation
Resources for environmental planning. Preparation of resourcebook for environmental planners and managers including theory, background data, literature review, and 99 case studies drawn from a network of practitioners across Canada. Funded by Environment Canada; published 1980.
Energy in the community. Report on energy conservation and the municipal planner, including a review of energy/land use relationships, energy-conserving measures available to planners and a survey of Canadian practice; funded by Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 1979-80. Documentation of 40 case studies of energy conservation through land use planning in Canada and the United States; funded by Environment Canada, 1980-81. Study of residential density and energy conservation; funded by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1985 and York University, 1986. Evaluation of Ontario's Energy Conservation Through Land Use Planning Program; supported by York University, 1984-87.
Social impact assessment and social equity. Study of concepts and practice of social impact assessment and implications for the federal Environmental Assessment and Review Process; funded by Federal Assessment and Review Office, 1979-80. Study of equity issues in waste management, supported by York University, 1988-90. Studies of social equity in waste management for citizens groups in Greater Toronto Area, 1993-95.
Integrated resource planning and management. Development and editing of a book on integrated approaches to resource planning and management, including a survey of the field, for The Banff Centre, 1985-86. Study of integrated land/water planning and management in the Great Lakes Basin, supported by York University and SUNY-Buffalo, 1986-87.
Learning style. Relationship of learning styles of FES graduate students to preparation and execution of their plans of study, 1991-94.
Strategic planning and personality type. EdD dissertation research on impacts of personality-type preference on strategic planning and management, 1990-95.
Work and environment. Changing nature of work and how to enhance the capacity of environmental-studies students to find, create and engage in meaningful work, 1996 to present.
Planning, change and transition. Examination of planning, approached generically, and its relationship with change and transition, including influence of personality-type preference. Ongoing.
"Integrated Resource Management: What It Is and Why It's Needed," presentations to seminars at The Banff Centre, 1983 and 1985
"Achieving the Energy-Efficient Community: The Planner's Role," paper to Annual Conference of Canadian Association of Planning Students, Halifax, 1984
"Planning for Integrated Development," paper to Conference on Integrated Development, Mount Allison University, 1986
"Integrating Water Quality Considerations with Land Use Planning in the Great Lakes Basin," with Ann Brooks, paper to Annual Conference of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Milwaukee, 1986
"Ethics and Professional Planners," paper to Graduate Studies Seminar on Practical and Professional Ethics, York University, 1987
"Fair Siting in Waste Management," paper to International Symposium on Facility Siting and Management, Toronto, 1990
"Decision Style and Planning," paper to International Congress, "Planning Transatlantic: Global Change and Local Problems," Oxford, 1991
"Urban Ecosystem: From Concept to Application," Seminar Series on Human Society and the Natural World: Perspectives on Sustainable Futures, York University, 1993
“Implications of Type for Strategic Planning,” Second National Conference, Australian Association for Psychological Type, Melbourne, 1994
“Time and Type Preference,” Annual Conference of Ontario Association for Application of Personality Type, Toronto, 1995
“Ethical Considerations and Applications of Type,” Annual Conference of Ontario Association for Application of Personality Type, Toronto, 1995
“Thinking, learning and Acting Environmentally,” Symposium on Teaching and Learning Environmentally, York University, 1996
“The Plan of Study: A Pathway to Student-Centred Learning,” Annual Conference of Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Regina, 1997
“Spiritual Practices in Everyday Life,” FES graduate class, 1998
Environmental Assessment: Reform or Rhetoric? In Ecology Versus Politics in Canada, pp. 233-255. Ed. by W. Leiss. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1979.
(with A. Armour). Environmental Planning Resourcebook. Montreal, Multiscience, 1980.
(with A. Armour). Energy Conservation and the Municipal Planner. Ottawa: Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 1980.
(with A. Armour). The Assessment and Review of Social Impacts. Ottawa: Federal Assessment and Review Office, 1980.
(with A. Armour). New Directions in Municipal Energy Management: The California Experience. Ontario Ministry of Energy, 1980.
(with A. Armour). Planning Land to Conserve Energy: 40 Case Studies from Canada and the United States. Ottawa: Environment Canada, 1982.
(with A. Armour). The Community Energy Profile. Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Energy, 1982.
(with A. Armour). Guide to Community Energy Profiling. Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Energy, 1983.
(with A. Armour). Assessing the Social Impacts of the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Concept. Pinawa, Man.: Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., 1984. Unpublished.
Energy & Density. Ottawa: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1985.
Residential Density and Energy Conservation. Toronto: York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies, 1986.
(with A. Brooks). Integrating Water Quality Considerations with Land Use Planning in the Great Lakes Basin. Planning Quarterly 5 (Winter 1986): 3-10.
Integrated Approaches to Resource Planning and Management. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1986.
(with R. Keeble and G. Carrothers). What Planners Need to Know: CIP Recognition of Planning Degrees. Plan Canada 26 (Dec. 1986): 252-256.
Energy Conservation Through Land Use Planning: A Critical Review of the Ontario Program. Toronto: York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies, 1988.
Potential Social Impacts of Halton's Landfill Proposal on Communities at Site F in Burlington. Burlington and Toronto: West Burlington Citizens Group and Canadian Environmental Law Association, 1988. Unpublished.
Planning for Integrated Development. In Integrated Rural Planning and Development, pp. 81-104. Ed. by F. W. Dykeman. Sackville, NB: Mount Allison University, Dept. of Geography, 1988.
(with C. Camilleri and D. McLeod). Strategic Planning and Management in Not-for-Profit Organizations: Selected Ontario Examples. Toronto: York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies, 1990.
Equity in Siting Solid Waste Management Facilities. Plan Canada 30 (March 1990): 5-13.
(with S. Hendler). Ethics and Professional Planners. In Moral Expertise, pp. 52-70. Ed. by D. MacNiven. London: Routledge, 1990.
Fair Siting in Waste Management. In Hazardous Material/Wastes: Social Aspects of Facility Planning and Management. Conference Proceedings, pp. 237-242. Ed. by G. Leitch. Winnipeg: Institute for Social Impact Assessment, 1992.
(with J. Allen). Energy and Urban Intensification: Strategies for Action. Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Energy, 1992. Unpublished.
(with J. Allen). Towards Community-Based Strategic Planning in Ontario: Brief to the Commission on Planning and Development Reform in Ontario. Toronto: York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies, 1992.
(with J. Allen). Towards Community-Based Strategic Planning in Ontario. Ontario Planning Journal 8/1 (1993): 23-24.
Increasing the Planner’s Response-ability. Ontario Planning Journal 8/1 (1993): 7.
Towards Social Equity in Waste Management. Vaughan, Ont.: Vaughan Cares, et al., 1993. Available from Reg Lang & Associates.
Social Equity in the Interim Waste Authority's Landfill Site Selection Process: A Critical Review. Vaughan, Ont.: Vaughan C.A.R.E.S., 1993. Prepared for HBT AGRA Ltd. Unpublished.
Social Equity. In Review of Environmental Assessment Document IV, pp. 2.1-2.40. Ed. by Beak Consultants Ltd. Maple, ON: Vaughan CARES, 1994. Unpublished.
Implications of Type for Strategic Planning. In Inner Work, Outer Connection: Type, Temperament and the MBTI in Australia. Conference Proceedings, pp. 61-68. Ed. by M. Robson. Melbourne: Australian Association for Psychological Type, 1994.
Urban Ecosystem: From Concept to Application. In Human Society and the Natural World: Perspectives on Sustainable Futures, pp. 91-99. Ed. by D. Bell, R. Keil and G. Wekerle. Toronto: York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies, 1994.
An Equity-Based Approach to Waste Management Facility Siting. In Planning Ethics: A Reader in Planning Philosophy, Practice and Education, pp. 174-194. Ed. by S. Hendler. New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy and Research, 1995.
Type Flexibility in Processes of Strategic Planning and Change. In Developing Leaders: Research and Applications in Psychological Type and leadership Development, pp. 487-511. Ed. by C. Fitzgerald and L. K. Kirby. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black, 1997.
Planning for Transition - Yours! Ontario Planning Journal 13/6 (1998): 6-8.
Professional Meets Personal: Bringing the Whole Self to Work. Plan Canada 39 (May 1999), forthcoming.
Unpublished theses/dissertation:
Strategic Planning and Personality Type: Toward Constructive and Contingent Use of Difference. Ed.D. dissertation, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, 1995
The Housing Needs of the Greater Winnipeg Area. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Manitoba, 1963
The Interpretation of Aerial Photographs. B.E. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, 1957