Yvonne Yeung

Biografía: Yvonne has over two decades of experience working on complex, resilient transit integrated developments. With a passion in comprehensive approach to city-building, Yvonne currently serves as Manager of Urban Design at the City of Brampton leading design excellence city-wide. https://www.brampton.ca/EN/City-Hall/Documents/Brampton2040Vision/brampton2040Vision.pdf http://geohub.brampton.ca/ Yvonne had managed a portfolio of strategic initiatives including Age-friendly and Cognitive-Friendly Communities, Vertical Mixed-use School Community Hubs, Smart-city Integration and Delivery, Strategic Land Development and Partnerships, and delivery of the 19 million sq.ft. Langstaff Gateway Urban Growth Centre. Yvonne also led the urban design review of developments through a performance based framework to ensure developments are transit-oriented from door-to-door, seamlessly integrated with active transportation facilities, and optimizing the transit access experience. Appointed as board member of the Urban Land Institute and elected to be part of the WLI Women Leadership Champions, Yvonne leads the strategic engagement to the Greater Toronto Region, promoting progressive city-building practices and collaborations between public and private sectors. Yvonne has served on the City of Toronto Public Art Commission Review Panel, OALA Editorial Board, CSA Design Standards Committee, GBCI LEED Exam Review Committee and has been invited as speaker and design critic at the University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Ryerson University, University of Guelph, University of Oklahoma, and York University. Her community-driven urban design process with the St. James Town Community was profiled in the Design Exchange magazine and was awarded honour by the American Society of Landscape Architects. Yvonne travels regularly and has recently been to Oslo, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo to document the emerging trends and innovation in transit-oriented system, technology, and land development business model.