David Gordon, FCIP is Professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning of the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen's University. He was SURP Director from 2008-2018. Prior to returning to Queen's, he practised in the public and private sector for 15 years. David is a founding Director of the Council for Canadian Urbanism, a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners and has shared their National Award of Distinction four times.His books on planning history and urban redevelopment include Town and Crown: An Illustrated History of Canada's Capital; Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities; and Battery Park City: Politics and Planning on the New York Waterfront. David has taught community planning at other universities including McGill, Ryerson, Toronto, Latvia, Western Australia, Harvard, MIT and Pennsylvania, where he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar. He holds a DDes from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and an MPl and BSc from Queen's.