Harold has been an award-winning planner and urban designer for nearly 30-years, with experience gained in both private and public sectors, and in every Canadian province and territory, as well as abroad.  Harold is currently Planning & Buildings Director for the Town of Grimsby and was the former Director of Urban Design for the City of Toronto.  He had held senior positions in several prominent Canadian firms and is currently Principal of Urbanism by Design (UxD), which he started in 2018.  Harold is respected as a thought leader in urban design, advancing its cause through teaching, speaking invitations, publications, podcasts, and film.  Key contributions include a chapter in Suburban Remix: Creating the Next Generation of Urban Places; a decade of teaching urban design at TMU’s planning school; and, serving as urban design awards juror and design review panelist for numerous cities across Canada – currently in his 8th term on Mississauga’s Urban Design Advisory Panel.  

While founding Partner at Office for Urbanism, Harold was the principal author of HRM by Design (2008), the award-winning Downtown Halifax Plan (2008), and Dartmouth Cove Master Plan (2012).  Harold has been a long-time member of CanU, and an original signature of “The Halifax Charter” (2013).