Brent Toderian is a nationally and internationally respected practitioner and thought-leader in sustainable urbanism, city planning, transportation, urban design and change management. He advises cities, states, organizations & progressive developers across Canada and around the globe, with international engagements that have include the cities of Sydney, Auckland, Sacramento, Medellin, Oslo, Helsinki, Reykjavik and Paris.
His establishment of TODERIAN UrbanWORKS in 2012 followed 6 years of significant achievement as Vancouver BC’s Chief City Planner. Before that he held the positions of Manager of Centre City Planning + Design and Chief Subdivision Planner in Calgary, and he began his career as an award-winning planning consultant in Ontario.
Brent was co-founder and the founding President of the Council for Canadian Urbanism, and has recently co-founded a new initiative, the Urban Truth Collective. He’s been a writer for Fast Company, the Huffington Post, Bloomberg Citylab and many other publications, and a highly sought-after international speaker and media commentator on cities and advanced urbanism. He has twice (2017 and 2023) been voted one of the 100 most influential global urbanists in history by Planetizen.