About Us
Profile
Gladki Planning Associates (GPA) provides a full range of planning services for private and public sector clients. Our mission is to lay the foundations for vibrant built environments and successful communities. We do this by developing practical solutions for sustainable land use planning, urban regeneration, employment land policy, affordable housing, community improvement, and development approvals.
Our award winning practice is shaped by a commitment to our core principles: Quality, Innovation, Value and Collaboration.
Quality
We believe that successful planning begins with vision and clarity of purpose. But in order to achieve bold plans, details matter. We pay careful attention to detail, always with an eye to effective implementation, to ensure that plans and policies have their full impact.
Innovation
We understand the regulatory context for planning and are committed to identifying opportunities for innovation. Status quo approaches should not limit the potential of our communities. We view it as our job to identify new and better ways of doing things.
Value
We know that clients require the best possible product within the budgetary limits of a project. Our commitment is to work within those limits to provide high quality results in a timely and effective manner.
Collaboration
We design creative, collaborative and inclusive approaches to engage participants from diverse communities in decision-making processes. This includes residents, policymakers and other stakeholders.
Services
Develop indicators and assessment frameworks for evaluating programs, projects and policies.
Provide expert testimony at the Ontario Municipal Board and represent clients at the Committee of Adjustment.
Develop approaches to fostering sustainable and healthy communities through a better understanding of the social, ecological and economic impacts of the built environment.
Make recommendations on how planning policies and tools can be crafted and employed to best achieve objectives.
Engage with diverse communities and stakeholders to enrich the understanding of local issues, collect feedback and establish a basis for ongoing collaboration
Support development applications through the preparation of planning rationales and studies, as well as our understanding of the approvals process (including minor variance, rezoning, and official plan amendments).
Develop plans and policies to guide growth and change in specific communities at a variety of scales: site, neighbourhood, municipality and region.
Our Commitment to Social Equity
We are committed to achieving inclusive and equitable outcomes through our planning work.
We are committed to elevating accountability in planning and governance.
We are committed to reconciliation with the Indigenous communities in meaningful ways recognizing their historic role as stewards and inhabitants of the land.
We are committed to being an unrelenting advocate for social justice and equity.
We are committed to taking a proactive approach in recognizing, engaging and collaborating with historically marginalized, underserved and vulnerable populations.
We are committed to continuous learning, recognition and dismantling of barriers and discrimination perpetuated by land use planning and policy based on race, religion, nationality, language, socio-economic status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
We will use foresight and experience in recognizing and challenging patterns and processes that contribute to increasing disparity and discrimination towards marginalized groups.
Awards
2021 Canadian Institute of Planners, Award of Excellence
Reimagining the Mall, City of Mississauga
2011 Ontario Professional Planners Institute, Excellence in Planning Award (Urban / Community Design)
Lower Don Lands Precinct Plan
2009 City of Toronto Urban Design Award
Lawrence Heights Neighbourhood Master Plan
2007 American Planning Association, Daniel Burnham Award
Places to Grow, Province of Ontario
2007 Canadian Society of Landscape Architecture, National Honour
Grand Parade/Province House Public Lands Plan, Halifax
2003 Canadian Institute of Planners, Award of Excellence
Regent Park Master Plan
2015 Ontario Professional Planners Institute, Excellence in Planning Award (Community Planning & Development Studies/Reports)
Active City: Designing for Health
2015 Ontario Professional Planners Institute and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Healthy Communities Award
Active City: Designing for Health
2005 Ontario Professional Planners Institute, Award of Excellence
Regent Park Urban Design Guidelines
2005 City of Toronto Award of Excellence in Urban Design
West Don Lands Precinct Plan
2005 Congress for the New Urbanism, Charter Award of Excellence
East Bayfront Precinct Plan
Clients
and business improvement areas (BIAs).
- ActionAid International
- Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario
- Canadian Institute of Planners
- Canadian Urban Institute
- City of Burlington
- City of Edmonton
- City of Halifax
- City of Mississauga
- City of Markham
- City of Oshawa
- City of Ottawa
- City of Peterborough
- City of Toronto
- City of Vaughan
- City of Waterloo
- Context Development Corporation
- Cresford Development Corporation
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities
- Health Canada
- International Joint Commission on Great Lakes Water Quality
- Intracorp
- Metrolinx
- Masterworks Development Corporation
- Niagara Region
- Ontario Human Rights Legal Support Centre
- Ontario Legislature Assembly
- Ontario Non Profit Housing Association
- Plazacorp Developers
- Province of Ontario
- RAW Design
- Region of Halton
- Region of Peel
- Seneca College
- Toronto Arts Council
- Toronto Community Housing
- Toronto Region Conservation Authority
- Town of Ajax
- Town of Caledon
- Town of Newmarket
- Town of Richmond Hill
- The United Way
- University of Toronto, Cities Centre
- Westbank Corporation
- World Bank
- Waterfront Toronto
- York Region District School Board
Partners
- AECOM
- Anthony Usher Planning Consultant
- AREA Architects
- Architects Alliance
- ARUP
- Canadian Urban Institute
- Clarion Associates
- Crazy Dames
- David Millar Associates
- Diamond and Schmitt Architects
- Dillon Consultants
- dTAH
- ERA Architects
- Focus Consulting
- Fotenn
- GHK
- Golder Associates
- Greenberg Consultants
- Halsall Associates
- Hemson Consulting
- IBI Group
- iTRANS
- Jim Ward Associates
- Kotter Kim and Associates
- KPMG
- Lapointe Consultants
- LGA Architectural Partners
- Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
- Moving Right Along
- Municipal Infrastructure Group
- N. Barry Lyon Consultants
- Perkins Eastman Black
- Peter Tomlinson Consulting
- Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg
- Planning Partnership
- Poulos and Chung
- Prism Consulting Services
- Rally Rally (formerly Studio Jaywall)
- RAW Design
- R.E. Millward & Associates
- Sweeny Sterling Finlayson & CO Architects Inc
- SUMO Project
- Transsolar
- Todhunter Associates
- University of Toronto, Joint Program in Transportation
- Urban Design Associates
- urbanMetrics
- Woodfield Consulting
- WSP
- Young + Wright Architects
