- Principal
- Toronto
Claire Basinski graduated from the University of Waterloo with Honours in Planning in 2009. She is a Registered Professional Planner (RPP 2012) and Certified Public Participation Professional (CP3 2021) who has worked in the field of sustainable mobility and active / healthy community strategic planning and design for the past 17 years working as a consultant for municipalities of all sizes throughout Ontario and Canada. Claire’s area of practices is the creation of long-range strategic and master plans which focus on providing the foundation for meaningful change in human behaviour with a planning-first approach.
Claire has contributed or led over 100 strategic master plans which focus on active transportation, trails, sustainable mobility, transportation demand management, transit, pedestrianization and accessibility. Claire combines her unique planning experience and public / stakeholder management and engagement expertise to provide her clients with creative, responsive and robust planning processes which focus on establishing buy-in, momentum and foundational shifts in planning practice with a focus on healthy and active communities. Claire has received training in project management, DEI, indigenous and first nations community engagement and is a trained facilitator.
Claire currently holds the position of the Chair of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and volunteers with a number of other Canadian based planning organizations.
“I am truly passionate about the role of planning in how communities are built, experienced and adapted. I have a deep understanding of the unique role of planning process, planning context and framework within Canada and beyond and use this knowledge to better understand how my clients are able to create sustainable, resilient and healthy communities. I'm inspired by the very real and challenging issues that are experienced within a City context including issues of inequity, inequality and injustice but the potential for systemic and foundational change that can be affected through land use, servicing and infrastructure planning, programming and design.”
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Registrations + Affiliations
- Canadian Institute of Planners
- Ontario Professional Planners Institute
- International Association of Public Participation
- Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
- Women in Urbanism
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Professional Highlights
- Chair of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute
- Professional Development and Training Committee for International Association of Public Participation
- Led comprehensive consultation and engagement as well as strategic planning for the Ontario Province-wide Cycling Network Strategy
- Canadian Institute of Planners
- Ontario Professional Planners Institute
- International Association of Public Participation
- Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
- Women in Urbanism
- Chair of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute
- Professional Development and Training Committee for International Association of Public Participation
- Led comprehensive consultation and engagement as well as strategic planning for the Ontario Province-wide Cycling Network Strategy