Pamela Robinson
Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
Sector: Academia Sector
Discipline: Education
Year: 2014
Pamela Robinson (MCIP, RPP) is director and professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson. She is also a registered professional planner. As part of the geothink.ca, external link research team, Robinson’s research and practice focus on urban sustainability issues with a particular focus on cities and climate change and the use of open data and civic technology to support open government transformations. She serves on the board of directors of the Metcalf Foundation and has participated in four Metrolinx Community Advisory Committees. Robinson is an editor of Urban Sustainability: Reconnecting Space and Place (University of Toronto Press, 2013), Teaching as Scholarship: Preparing Students for Professional Practice in Community Services (WLU Press, 2016) and is a columnist for Spacing magazine.