Greg Smallenberg
B.L.A., FCSLA, BCSLA, OALA, ASLA

Greg Smallenberg, founding partner of Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg, has directed a diverse range of widely acclaimed, award-winning projects, consistently focusing his efforts on design within a context of community and urban design. Greg has been primarily responsible for the firm’s national and international work, overseeing much of the PFS portfolio across Canada and throughout Asia. He is noted for his demonstrated success in directing highly visible, complex and multi-disciplinary projects for both the

public and private sectors. He is interested in the intersections of culture, history and place making for landscape architecture and urban design.

Ralph Giannone
OAA, AAA, MRAIC

Ralph Giannone, leads Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. Architects in fulfilling a vision for a diverse practice whose work, no matter what type or scale, is infused with exceptional rigor in design details and an extraordinary passion for urbanism. The range of awards and international recognition for its work is testament to the strength in diversity of the practise, and how one type of project can significantly inform another. While some of Giannone Petricone Associates’ smallest

projects have garnered prestigious international attention, they have also been the recipients of City of Toronto Urban Design Awards – usually reserved for large-scale projects. In addition to sitting on the City of Toronto Design Review Panel, Ralph is a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Toronto.

Christine Abe
BLA, OALA, CSLA, ASLA

Christine Abe is a landscape architect and principal with the Toronto based firm, The MBTW Group. In her over 20 years of consulting experience, Christine has undertaken a diverse range of projects for both the public and private sector, many which have garnered professional recognition and awards. Christine is principally involved in large scale, multi-disciplinary, complex urban projects. Her area of concentration and expertise within The MBTW Group is Urban

Landscape Architecture (non-Greenfield) and translating the image and idea into landscape built form. One of Christine’s strengths is in her ability to decipher the technical in the development and delivery of the idea and vision; while working collaboratively with the larger team to create places for people and landscapes with meaning.

Ronji Borooah
M. Arch (Illinois), MSC (PL) (Toronto), FRAIC, OAA, MCIP, RPP

Ronji Borooah is the Town Architect and Head of Urban Design in the Town of Markham. Prior to the current position, Mr. Borooah was in private practice as a Director at Young + Wright Architects and, earlier, as a Principal of Markson Borooah Architects. Mr. Borooah has practiced planning, architecture and urban design in Canada, USA and Asia. His work in planning, urban design and architecture, either as project team leader or team member, has been awarded the Governor General’s Award

for Architecture, several Ontario Association of Architects Awards and Honourable Mentions, City of Toronto Urban Design Award and Honourable Mention, Canadian Institute of Planners Award of Excellence, Ontario Professional Planners Institute Excellence Award, and Canadian Society of Landscape Architects National Honour Award. Mr. Borooah has been Adjunct Professor of Urban Design for the University of Toronto Graduate Program in Planning, external jury panel member for Master of Urban Design studios at the University of Toronto and Carlton University, and Jury Member for the City of Ottawa Urban Design Awards program. He has participated and chaired panel discussions at annual conferences of RAIC, APA, CIP, OPPI, OAA, and other associations.

John Lorinc
BSc (Honours Mathematics), BJ (Honours journalism)

John Lorinc is a Toronto journalist who specializes in writing about urban affairs, municipal politics, development and public space. He contributes regularly for The Globe and Mail, Spacing Magazine, Walrus Magazine and Zoomer. Lorinc has degrees in mathematics and journalism from the University of Toronto and Carleton University. He has won numerous National Magazine Awards and is the author of two books on cities: "The New City: How the Crisis in Canada's Urban Regions is Re-shaping the

Nation" (Penguin, 2006) and Cities: A Groundworks Guide (Groundwood/House of Anansi, 2008). The New City was selected as for the Globe and Mail 100 Most Notable Books list for 2006.