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Senior Urban Designer

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tdadgostar@bousfields.ca

Urban Designer

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adebernardini@bousfields.ca

Senior Community Designer

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cderuyter@bousfields.ca

Partner

Community Engagement
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jdeeks@bousfields.ca

Associate

Planning
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rdoherty@bousfields.ca

Partner

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mdror@bousfields.ca

Partner

Design, Planning
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dfalletta@bousfields.ca

Community Designer

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sfurlong@bousfields.ca

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Planner

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mgreco@bousfields.ca

Associate

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sgregory@bousfields.ca

Partner

Planning
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tgrinyer@bousfields.ca

Community Design Manager

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agruszecka@bousfields.ca

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We are thrilled to kick off the year by announcing some promotions! Please join us in congratulating our team members as they take on their new roles! 🎉
We are thrilled to kick off the year by announcing some promotions! Please join us in congratulating our team members as they take on their new roles! 🎉
What a year it’s been for the Bousfields team! From celebrating our 50th anniversary to continuing the work of shaping growing communities through creative urban planning, urban design, and community engagement, 2024 has been a year full of fond memories. Looking forward to what 2025 and beyond brings! Wishing everyone happy holidays and a wonderful new year! #Bousfields50
What a year it’s been for the Bousfields team!

From celebrating our 50th anniversary to continuing the work of shaping growing communities through creative urban planning, urban design, and community engagement, 2024 has been a year full of fond memories. Looking forward to what 2025 and beyond brings!

Wishing everyone happy holidays and a wonderful new year!

#Bousfields50
As December comes to a close, we wanted to extend a big thank you to our amazing interns who will be returning to their studies in the new year! Here are some of the key takeaways they shared with us about their internship experience: “I worked here for 8 months and learned so much about the intricacies of planning and how beautiful and complex it is. I got to work alongside a fantastic team and learn so much from each of them through their journeys and experiences. I will take these lessons with me as I begin to explore my career beyond school.” - Amanda Ferguson “My eight months at Bousfields have been incredibly valuable. I’ve learned so much from everyone at the company, especially working alongside Team Lennox every day. I gained a true understanding of the planning profession, from the process itself to the preparation of materials and all the steps in between. Bousfields offers an exceptional experience for students, providing the tools to grow, where the team is always ready to share knowledge and answer questions. Beyond planning, the team at Bousfields really embraces new staff, creating an exciting and welcoming atmosphere with frequent social events. Overall, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time here and look forward to staying connected with everyone.” - Kieran Luckhai (Cont’d in comments below)
As December comes to a close, we wanted to extend a big thank you to our amazing interns who will be returning to their studies in the new year! Here are some of the key takeaways they shared with us about their internship experience:

“I worked here for 8 months and learned so much about the intricacies of planning and how beautiful and complex it is. I got to work alongside a fantastic team and learn so much from each of them through their journeys and experiences. I will take these lessons with me as I begin to explore my career beyond school.”
- Amanda Ferguson

“My eight months at Bousfields have been incredibly valuable. I’ve learned so much from everyone at the company, especially working alongside Team Lennox every day. I gained a true understanding of the planning profession, from the process itself to the preparation of materials and all the steps in between. Bousfields offers an exceptional experience for students, providing the tools to grow, where the team is always ready to share knowledge and answer questions. Beyond planning, the team at Bousfields really embraces new staff, creating an exciting and welcoming atmosphere with frequent social events. Overall, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time here and look forward to staying connected with everyone.”
- Kieran Luckhai

(Cont’d in comments below)
A great outcome for a great project! It’s been a pleasure working with @tas_impact and their development partner Walmer Road Baptist Church on the exciting 38 Walmer Road project in the Annex.
A great outcome for a great project! It’s been a pleasure working with @tas_impact and their development partner Walmer Road Baptist Church on the exciting 38 Walmer Road project in the Annex.
We’re excited to share that Hamilton Planning Committee recommended approval of the Draft Plan of Subdivision application for Eastgate Square earlier this week. Check out the link in bio to learn more about the project, which was a featured in @hamiltonspectator this week! You can also visit the project website at www.evolvingeastgate.ca to learn more. We’re very proud to be a part of the team behind this transformative project for the East Hamilton and Stoney Creek communities! #EvolvingEastgate
We’re excited to share that Hamilton Planning Committee recommended approval of the Draft Plan of Subdivision application for Eastgate Square earlier this week.

Check out the link in bio to learn more about the project, which was a featured in @hamiltonspectator this week! You can also visit the project website at www.evolvingeastgate.ca to learn more.

We’re very proud to be a part of the team behind this transformative project for the East Hamilton and Stoney Creek communities!

#EvolvingEastgate
Lots of fun to see our line of work (planning, design, and community consultation) represented on-stage! This past month, Bousfielders from our Toronto and Hamilton offices enjoyed the Master Plan, a satirical play by Michael Healy (based on the book Sideways by Josh O’Kane) at Soulpepper and Aquarius Theatres. Such a great production - we highly recommend you check it out!
Lots of fun to see our line of work (planning, design, and community consultation) represented on-stage! This past month, Bousfielders from our Toronto and Hamilton offices enjoyed the Master Plan, a satirical play by Michael Healy (based on the book Sideways by Josh O’Kane) at Soulpepper and Aquarius Theatres. Such a great production - we highly recommend you check it out!
Bousfielders had a great time with friends and industry colleagues at the WLI Fall Social: Women-Led City Building Mixer this past Tuesday, graciously hosted by @dialogdesign! It was an inspiring event, bringing together senior and emerging leaders for meaningful networking, idea-sharing, and connection-building. We’re proud to be annual sponsors of WLI Toronto. Thank you to @uli_toronto for another wonderful event!
Bousfielders had a great time with friends and industry colleagues at the WLI Fall Social: Women-Led City Building Mixer this past Tuesday, graciously hosted by @dialogdesign! It was an inspiring event, bringing together senior and emerging leaders for meaningful networking, idea-sharing, and connection-building.

We’re proud to be annual sponsors of WLI Toronto. Thank you to @uli_toronto for another wonderful event!
Attending this week’s #ULIFall Meeting in Las Vegas? “WLI Americas Presents: A View from the Top with Former Mayor Debra March” Be sure to join the ULI Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) Americas for its signature program where Emma West, WLI Americas Chair and partner at Bousfields, will moderate a fireside chat with Former Mayor Debra March, of Henderson, Nevada’s second largest city. Learn more about the session at the link in bio! #RealEstateLeadership
Attending this week’s #ULIFall Meeting in Las Vegas?

“WLI Americas Presents: A View from the Top with Former Mayor Debra March”

Be sure to join the ULI Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) Americas for its signature program where Emma West, WLI Americas Chair and partner at Bousfields, will moderate a fireside chat with Former Mayor Debra March, of Henderson, Nevada’s second largest city.

Learn more about the session at the link in bio!

#RealEstateLeadership
Last month, we were fortunate to continue our 50th Anniversary celebrations with a Staff Retreat at the Toronto Island Yacht Club. A very special thank you to @monumentalprojects for leading our morning session full of reflection and thoughtful discussion, our staff members who organized an afternoon of mini-Olympics style activities, and our whole office for a day filled with team spirit and enthusiasm! #Bousfields50
Last month, we were fortunate to continue our 50th Anniversary celebrations with a Staff Retreat at the Toronto Island Yacht Club. A very special thank you to @monumentalprojects for leading our morning session full of reflection and thoughtful discussion, our staff members who organized an afternoon of mini-Olympics style activities, and our whole office for a day filled with team spirit and enthusiasm! #Bousfields50
We’re #Hiring!! We are currently recruiting for the following positions: HR Coordinator, Planner and Urban Designer. Visit our website bousfields.ca/careers for more info and apply today!
We’re #Hiring!! We are currently recruiting for the following positions: HR Coordinator, Planner and Urban Designer. Visit our website bousfields.ca/careers for more info and apply today!
To say that Bousfielders enjoyed this year’s @ontarioplanners conference in #Hamilton would be an understatement. Thank you to the conference organizers for programming the last several days full of knowledge sharing and connections! Congratulations as well to our several speakers and facilitators, including: - David Falletta, Partner - David Huynh, Partner - Courtney Heron-Monk, Senior Associate - Simone Hodgson, Associate - Alex Smiciklas, Senior Project Manager - Karla Tamayo, Senior Planner - Charlie Smith, Senior Planner - Sam Casola, Urban Designer - Tina Dadgostar, Urban Designer #AdaptationTransformation2024 #OPPIConference2024 #Bousfields50
To say that Bousfielders enjoyed this year’s @ontarioplanners conference in #Hamilton would be an understatement. Thank you to the conference organizers for programming the last several days full of knowledge sharing and connections!

Congratulations as well to our several speakers and facilitators, including:
- David Falletta, Partner
- David Huynh, Partner
- Courtney Heron-Monk, Senior Associate
- Simone Hodgson, Associate
- Alex Smiciklas, Senior Project Manager
- Karla Tamayo, Senior Planner
- Charlie Smith, Senior Planner
- Sam Casola, Urban Designer
- Tina Dadgostar, Urban Designer

#AdaptationTransformation2024 #OPPIConference2024 #Bousfields50
✨Earlier this year we had the pleasure of celebrating our 50th Anniversary with colleagues, clients, and friends at the Globe & Mail Centre, with the Toronto skyline as a fitting backdrop! Here is a small sample of the incredible time had that day - it truly was a ‘lovely day’. Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate! A special shout out to everyone involved in organizing the event, including our staff, the event planner, event staff, vendors, photographer and more, who made the celebration possible! #Bousfields50 #ShapingGrowingCommunities #50thAnniversary
✨Earlier this year we had the pleasure of celebrating our 50th Anniversary with colleagues, clients, and friends at the Globe & Mail Centre, with the Toronto skyline as a fitting backdrop!

Here is a small sample of the incredible time had that day - it truly was a ‘lovely day’. Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate! A special shout out to everyone involved in organizing the event, including our staff, the event planner, event staff, vendors, photographer and more, who made the celebration possible!

#Bousfields50 #ShapingGrowingCommunities #50thAnniversary

Tina Dadgostar

Senior Urban Designer

Design
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tdadgostar@bousfields.ca

Tina joined Bousfields in June 2021 as an urban designer. Prior to joining the firm, she worked on numerous urban design and architectural projects in Iran. She has been involved in numerous large-scale urban planning and design projects, including commercial and mixed-use developments, industrial and business parks, neighbourhood master plans, streetscape designs, public realm designs and multi-family residential projects. Tina’s responsibilities at Bousfields include performing massing analyses, including shadow impact studies, and assisting in the preparation of urban design guidelines and urban design briefs. She also assists in the production of illustrative plans, analytical diagrams and presentation drawings.

Tina has a Master of Planning from the University of Calgary, where she received the Alberta Professional Planners Institute student award and the Andrei Nicolai award, which recognizes outstanding performance in the study of sustainable urban design.

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Andrea De Bernardini

Urban Designer

Design
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adebernardini@bousfields.ca

Andrea joined Bousfields in May 2024 as an Urban Designer. Prior to this, he gained extensive experience working on a variety of urban design and planning projects at a prominent firm in Toronto. He holds an Honours degree in Environmental Design from the University of British Columbia and was recognized with the Autodesk Computational Design Award for his innovative housing proposal in Oakland, California.

At Bousfields, Andrea is responsible for conducting massing analysis, performing shadow studies, preparing urban design briefs, creating block context plans, and providing evidence for Ontario Land Tribunal hearings.

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Cameron De Ruyter

Senior Community Designer

Design
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cderuyter@bousfields.ca

Cameron joined Bousfields in October 2011, after completing his Undergraduate Degree in Urban and Regional Planning (BURP) from Ryerson University. Prior to joining the firm, Cameron worked part-time for one year at another planning consulting firm, where he was mainly responsible for subdivision design and the preparation of conceptual site layouts.

His responsibilities at Bousfields involve a combination of both planning and design roles. With regards to planning, his involvement includes zoning and policy research, due diligence, and writing contributions to planning rationales. His design responsibilities include the preparation of subdivision plans, conceptual site layouts, official plan amendment maps, zoning by-law amendment schedules, and various forms of graphics for a wide range of planning documents.

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Jocelyn Deeks

Partner

Community Engagement
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jdeeks@bousfields.ca

Jocelyn Deeks is a Partner at Bousfields and leads the Community Engagement practice. Jocelyn is a Registered Professional Planner and brings several years of experience working at the intersection of planning, development, and community engagement in the public and private sectors. She has developed and executed stakeholder engagement strategies for some of the GTA’s most complex and challenging development projects. Jocelyn also has experience developing strategic plans for Ontario municipalities.

Jocelyn has a Master in Planning (M.Pl) degree from Queen’s University.  She is a member of the Ontario Professional Planning Institute and the Canadian Institute of Planners. She is a regular presenter at conferences including those hosted by the International Association of Public Participation and the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, speaks on panels, and enjoys sharing ideas with peers on podcasts. 

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Ryan Doherty

Associate

Planning
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rdoherty@bousfields.ca

Ryan is a recent graduate from the University of Toronto, having graduated this past spring with a Master of Science in Planning. During this time, his research specialized in land use and development related issues, with particular focus on the challenges of developing suburban downtowns in the Greater Golden Horseshoe.

Prior to joining Bousfields, Ryan worked for over four years at a boutique retail market consulting firm based in Toronto. In this role, Ryan worked on several retail market studies and commercial needs assessments for projects of varying sizes across Canada. He was most recently involved in the City of Vaughan’s current Official Plan Review, through work on a background paper pertaining to the City’s commercial land use structure.

Ryan has a strong passion for progressive city building and the re-utilization of existing sites. He is currently a student member of both OPPI and CIP, with the goal of working towards full membership.

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Mike Dror

Partner

Planning
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mdror@bousfields.ca

Mike provides planning services in support of private and public sector projects across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, in Eastern Ontario and in Northern Canada. He is currently involved in a wide range of projects throughout the GTA and beyond, helping manage complex development applications, preparing Planning and Urban Design Rationale reports and other associated studies, and preparing evidence for Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) and Toronto Local Appeal Body (TLAB) hearings. 

Mike also has experience with expropriation, arbitration and land acquisition and sale matters, and regularly prepares highest and best use studies to help Bousfields’ clients understand the value of land.

Mike holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and a Master of Planning from Queen’s University, and is a Full Member of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) and the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP). Mike is also a passionate volunteer, having previously served on CIP’s Honours & Awards Committee and having mentored up and coming planners through the OPPI, the University of Toronto’s Innis Alumni Mentorship Program, and the Mentorship Initiative for Indigenous and Planners of Colour.

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Projects Include:

625 Church

Honouring the past to meet the needs of a modern community.

David Falletta

Partner

Design, Planning
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dfalletta@bousfields.ca

David is a well-rounded planner with experience in development planning, policy planning, urban design, and community design. Prior to joining Bousfields Inc. in January 2015, David was a Planner with the City of Hamilton for ten years, where he developed his expertise in planning and community design associated with development approvals, policy initiatives and planning studies. David has been involved in the design and approval of various projects including secondary plans, master plans, large-scale shopping centre redevelopments, draft plan of subdivisions, residential and mixed-use developments, and residential infill.

David is a Registered Professional Planner in Ontario and a full member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and has been qualified as an expert planning witness at the Ontario Land Tribunal.

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Sarah Furlong

Community Designer

Design
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sfurlong@bousfields.ca

Sarah joined Bousfields in November 2021 as a Community Designer, responsible for the preparation of conceptual site layouts and plans of subdivision, in addition to official plan amendment and zoning by-law amendment schedules.

She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Geography in 2019 from Trent University, where she focused on affordable housing and sustainable transportation strategies in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. In 2021, she obtained her Regional and Urban Planning & GIS Technician diploma from Mohawk College and began working at a private consulting firm as a Planning Technician. Her experience working as a Planning Technician expanded her passions to include shaping the urban landscape through sustainable and mixed-use design, prompting her to join the Bousfields family.

Sarah is an Associate Member of the Canadian Association of Certified Planning Technicians (CACPT).

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Melissa Greco

Planner

Planning
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mgreco@bousfields.ca

Melissa joined Bousfields in May 2022 as a Co-op Student while completing her Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree in Planning at the University of Waterloo, specializing in Decision Support & Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Urban Design. She joined Bousfields as a full-time Planner in July 2023 after graduating with honours. Prior to joining Bousfields, Melissa worked with provincial and regional governments to revise planning policy, assess development applications, and communicate with project stakeholders to articulate policy objectives. Melissa’s experience reviewing applications and updating policy within the public sector makes her suited to navigate the approvals process.

Melissa is now involved in a wide range of projects throughout Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area. Her primary responsibilities at Bousfields include the preparation of planning rationale reports, draft zoning by-laws, planning opinion letters, community services and facilities studies, housing issues reports, and other associated reports and studies for Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications. She also assists with the preparation of due diligence research as well as the coordination and submission of development applications.

Sara Gregory

Associate

Planning
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sgregory@bousfields.ca

Sara is an Associate at Bousfields who joined the firm in July 2023 and brings a broad range of experience in land use planning.

Sara has worked on a wide range of land use planning and development projects throughout Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area including Official Plan and Zoning By- law Amendments, Draft Plans of Subdivision and Condominium, Site Plans, development of Official Plan and Secondary Plan policy, and appeals to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Through these experiences, Sara has developed strong project management skills and a deep understanding of planning policy and processes, and the appeal process.

Sara Graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University in 2017 and holds a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning. Prior to this, she earned an Honours Bachelor of Environmental Science from McMaster University. Having worked in both the public and private sectors in the GTA, Sara has experience processing development applications through the approvals process as a planning consultant, land use planner at a municipal law firm, and most recently as a municipal planner.

Sara is currently candidate member of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) and the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), working towards full membership.

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Tyler Grinyer

Partner

Planning
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tgrinyer@bousfields.ca

Tyler is a Registered Professional Planner and a Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners, having joined Bousfields Inc. in 2014 and becoming a Partner in 2018. Since joining the firm, Tyler has successfully led the planning approvals for a wide variety of projects including high-rise residential/mixed-use developments, low-rise residential infill projects, and large-scale master planned communities. Tyler also provides expert evidence at the OLT and TLAB.

In addition to Tyler’s experience at Bousfields Inc., Tyler has assisted in teaching an urban planning studio course at Ryerson University for the past 4 years and brings with him international development experience through his work with Habitat for Humanity in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, providing site planning and project management services for the development of low-income housing.

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Projects Include:

625 Church

Honouring the past to meet the needs of a modern community.

Agnes Gruszecka

Community Design Manager

Design
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agruszecka@bousfields.ca

Agnes is the Manager of Community Design where she manages and co-ordinates the design and preparation of multiple development projects of all scales, including Concept Plans, Draft Plans of Subdivision and Condominium, Site Plans, Official Plan Amendments and Zoning Bylaw Amendments. With her knowledge of planning policy and regulations, technical design abilities and multi-disciplinary background, Agnes has the ability to manage complex planning processes. As Manager of Community Design, Agnes remains hands on when it comes to designing projects, while ensuring corporate and project standards for the design group.

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