Beate Bowron

Beate Bowron is President of Beate Bowron Etcetera and Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners with over 30 years of experience in governance, municipal management, urban planning, economic development, and conflict resolution.  She teaches workshops and university courses in urban planning and conflict resolution and has extensive experience in negotiation and mediation.   A former Community Planning Director for the City of Toronto’s South District (including the Downtown and the Waterfront), Ms Bowron has worked internationally in China, South Africa, Guyana, Ukraine and The Philippines.

During the past three years Ms. Bowron has led the community adaptation planning components of CIP’s climate change initiatives both in Nunavut and in Canada’s Atlantic Region.