INDERJIT CHHINA

Planning & Economic Development, Long-Range Planning

• Environmental and growth planning for 9 lower-tier municipalities
• 2022 Regional Official Plan (ROP) Provincial policy conformity analysis; ensuring compliance for natural systems, water and wastewater, and sustainable development
• Community Guidelines: guiding sustainable development, efficient natural resource management, and healthy ecological networks across local municipalities
• Water Re-use Working Group: contributed findings from environmental research, and land use analysis; delivered context-specific best practices for environmental stewardship, bio-swale design, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and engagement strategies for re-use opportunities
• Community Energy and Emissions Plan: Leading work plan, data and research, baseline and monitoring, reports and presentations
• Climate Change Action Plan: Co-lead in monitoring and implementing Corporate and local municipal decarbonization pathways

Study: Adopting Mass Timber Construction

• Project Lead: Managed work plan, inter-team communications, and refined deliverables for analytical research, policy interpretation/application, municipal development standards review, public and developer consultation strategies, and an implementation plan for the Directors of Building, and Planning
• Strategized adoption of net-zero mixed-use development resulting in 25% cheaper construction schedules with solutions to streamline development review processes, achieve economic feasibility and reduce carbon emissions by 15% to 30+%

Parks and Roads Services Branch

• Designed central database and monitored 100+ Branch-wide projects for Corporate/Operational lands development and building modifications across 49 sites & facilities
• Launched interactive MyMaps: streamlining data for 450+ inter-departmental users; optimizing the Urban Forestry team's servicing and program delivery

National study on Human Rights & Municipal Planning

• Lead analyst for Québec: Zoning By-law, Case law, Community Standards, and stakeholder interviews across 7+ local municipalities
• Research analysis, reporting and presenting accessibility inequities/solutions pertaining to: resilient urban ecology, heat island effect and human health, reliable and quality community infrastructure