The Ontario Professional Planners Institute held its AGM meeting on Thursday, September 19, 2013 in London, Ontario.  Adam Wright received the 2013 Gerald Carrothers Graduate Scholarship at this years conference.  In May of this year Adam completed his MSc in Rural Planning and Development at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph. Adam's research at the graduate level focused on negotiated agreements and their interactions and impact on regulatory and legislative consultation processes associated with extractive resource development. OPPI's Gerald Carrothers Graduate scholarship is named for a long-standing member who helped to found OPPI and has made significant contributions to the Institute. 

From left:  Gerald Carrothers, Mary Lou Tanner (President of OPPI) and Adam Wright.