Mark Seasons

About Mark Seasons

Mark Seasons is a Professor and Director at the School of Planning. His education includes an MEDes (Planning) (Calgary) and PhD (Regional Planning) (Waterloo). Mark’s research interests include plan evaluation and planning for climate change. He is a Fellow, Canadian Institute of Planners and a Registered Professional Planner (Ontario).

Areas of Expertise

Housing, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Land Use Planning and Governance, Regional Planning

Selected Publications

Seasons, M. (2022). The equity dimension of climate change: Perspectives from the Global North and South. Urban Planning, 6(4): 283-286 (Editor and Introduction: Theme Issue)
Seasons, Mark. (2021). Plan Evaluation: From Theory to Practice. Vancouver: UBC Press
ISBN 978-0-7748-6626-2
Syhlonyk, A. & Seasons, M. (2020). The concept and measurement of community well-being: Lessons for planners. Planning Practice and Research, 36(1): 1-16 , Guyadeen, D. & Seasons, M. (2016). Evaluation theory and practice: Comparing program evaluation and evaluation in planning. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 38(1): 98-110

Recent Courses Taught

PLAN 401/601 (Planning Tribunals), PLAN 701 (Land Use Planning Fundamentals), PLAN 674 (Climate Change and Community Planning), PLAN 704 (Methods of Planning Analysis)