Anissa McAlpine received the 2015 Gerald Carrothers Graduate Scholarship at the Ontario Professional Planners Institute AGM meeting on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 in Toronto. Anissa is a second year MSc student in Rural Planning and Development at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph. Anissa's research at the graduate level focuses on farmland preservation in both the Ontario and British Columbia context.  She is also involved in research that is tracking Official Plan amendments as a means to measure current activity related to farmland loss.  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.

Anissa McAlpine receiving award from outgoing OPPI President, Paul Stagl.