Iain Dobson
Co-Founder

Iain Dobson has devoted the last 16 years of his career to policy innovation in infrastructure investment. He has served on the Board of Metrolinx, Transit Investment Strategy Advisory Panel, a member of the CivicAction Commercial Building Advisory Panel, and on the Expert Panel on the Sheppard Transit Corridor. From 2000, he developed a world class real estate data company and for 25 years prior to that was engaged in the commercial real estate development industry.

Mr. Dobson has received numerous industry awards and has spoken at many of North Americas leading real estate associations, including NAIOP, SIOR, Canadian Land Economists, Real Estate Forums and has appeared on radio and TV programs such as Metro Morning and Cross Canada Check Up among others.

Active in the community, he is currently a member on the advisory panel of LIGHTS, which is a unique program working in partnership with Community Living Toronto stimulate independent Living by those with intellectual challenges

Glenn Miller
Co-Founder

For more than 20 years, Glenn Miller led the Canadian Urban Institute’s education and research program, focusing on growth management, downtown revitalization and the impact of demographic change. He is a co-founder of the Strategic Regional Research Alliance and a Senior Associate with the CUI. Glenn has published a great deal on planning policy in Canada and contributes to many notable publications on planning policy.

Glenn holds a Masters in Urban Planning from McGill’s School of Urban Planning and an Honours B.A. in Urban Studies from Concordia University. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners and for 25 years was editor of the Ontario Planning Journal (1986-2011). He has taught at Seneca College’s Centre for the Built Environment, Ryerson University’s School of Urban and Regional Planning and in 2012 was Planner in Residence at the University of Waterloo. Glenn is currently a member of the Editorial Board of Plan Canada, the national magazine of the Canadian Institute of Planners.

Stephen Johnson
Director of Research

Stephen Johnson joined SRRA’s core team in 2016. He has worked at the Federal, Provincial and Municipal levels of government and has considerable expertise in intergovernmental relations, fiscal policy and transportation policy to complement SRRA’s established strengths in commercial real estate, transit planning and urban development.

Prior to his public service, Stephen was a Senior Associate in a Toronto based consulting and project management firm specializing in first of a kind and project recovery engagements in the energy, finance and public sectors.

Stephen holds a Master of Arts from the University of Toronto focused on international political economy and a Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Political Science from McGill University. An incomplete PhD in comparative politics at the University of Toronto remains on his “to do” list.

Stephen is a Toronto native and proud father of 4 daughters and 2 stepdaughters.

Partners

Our Partners consist of corporations and organizations in the public and private sectors. Partners meet frequently during the year to discuss research, policy innovation and prioritize further study. Their contributions foster a meaningful exchange of insights, knowledge and expertise.

Acknowledgements

SRRA is grateful to the many other participants from all our associates, followers, friends and staff at SRRA for their contributions to the research conducted by SRRA. In particular, the following have either participated in our Forums provided editorial support for our publications or both. Without their continued participation and involvement our work would not be possible.

Many thanks to the following and our apologies to those we have omitted to mention here….

Paul Bedford, Consultant, Former Chief Planner City of Toronto & Metrolinx Board Member

Jim Berry, Senior Vice President, Hatch Infrastructure

Andrew Browning, Vice President, Valuation & Advisory, Cushman & Wakefield

Martin Buck, Director, Crossrail London UK

Andrea Calla, The Calla Group

Graeme Craig, Commercial Director of Non-Fare Revenue, TfL UK

Hon. David Collenette, Formerly Federal Transportation Minister

Stephen Diamond, CEO Diamond Corp

Fred Eisenberger, Mayor of Hamilton, City of Hamilton (former CEO, Canadian Urban Institute)

Jeff Evenson, Edgewood Homes

Chris Giannekos, Formerly Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Ontario

Angela Gibson, Head of Strategy and Foresight, TTC

Barb Gray, General Manager Transportation Services, City of Toronto

Brian Lewis, Former Chief Economist, Province of Ontario

Tom McCormack, President, Metro Economics

Eric Miller, Director, UTTRI

Peter Moore, Formerly, Project Manager, City Planning, City of Toronto

Chris Murray, Formerly, City Manager, City of Toronto

Lee Parsons, Founding Partner Malone Given Parsons Ltd., former Metrolinx Board Member

Bridget Rosewell, Director, National Infrastructure Commission, UK

Caspar Sinnige, Counsel, SRRA

Mike Sutherland, Urban Solutions Hatch

Stephen Waque, Don Humber Developments

Julian Ware, Director Corporate Finance, Transportation for London

Michael H. Williams, Formerly head of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, City of Toronto