Katherine Perrott, PhD, RPP, MCIP

Katherine Perrott is an award-winning practitioner, researcher, and educator. As a professional planning consultant in Ontario and Atlantic Canada, she worked across the urban to rural spectrum on projects ranging from climate change action plans to site plan applications.

She has taught urban planning at the University of Toronto, York University, and Dalhousie University. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Planning, where she teaches urban design and planning to both undergrads and master’s students.

Katherine is a curiosity-driven researcher, with projects spanning topics from suburban reinvention and high-rise living to image-generating AI. The throughline is density, asking how to better plan for, visualize, and live well in densifying, increasingly complex communities.