2022 Jury
Marc Boutin, AAA, FRAIC, RCA
Marc Boutin has studied architecture, architectural history and sculpture throughout Canada, and in Barcelona and Rome. In 1997 he joined the University of Calgary and was the Director of the Architecture Program from 2006-2010.
His critical practice has focused on the synthesis of art, architecture, and urban design. Marc was the recipient of the 2002 Prix de Rome and his firm The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative, was the 2020 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Firm of the Year winner. Marc is a Fellow in the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art.
Audrey Farias, RPP, MCIP, PMP, MUDS, BARCH, LEED AP
Audrey is a Senior Planner, Urban Designer at the City of Markham with experience both in the private and public sectors including project management, planning and landscape architecture. She has extensive experience managing complex urban design projects both internationally and in Canada.
Audrey is a strong advocate for building sustainable communities and for design excellence. She has been a member of the OPPI’s Professional Standards and Registration Committee since 2017. She was a Jury member for the Plan Canada Awards from 2014 to 2018. Prior to joining the City of Markham, Audrey managed and led the City of Vaughan’s 2012 Urban Design Awards Program.
Emeka Nnadi, ASLA CSLA, MALA, SALA, LEED AP
Emeka graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Enugu State University of Technology in Nigeria and earned a master's degree in landscape architecture from the University of Manitoba. He founded the Nadi Group in 2010 after working as a landscape architect and development manager in Chicago and an urban designer at a prominent engineering and design consultancy in Winnipeg. In 2019, Emeka expanded the Nadi Group’s services further into the United States by acquiring a 50-year legacy land planning firm in Michigan. Emeka continues to deliver a diverse spectrum of innovative and meaningful human environments for clients across North America while always challenging his team to dig deeper and find innovations that make the world a better place.
Professional Advisor
Karen Russell, MEDes, RPP, FCIP
Karen Russell is a register professional planner with over 30 years of experience in the planning field. She began her work as a planner in Alberta after graduating from the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary. She also holds an undergraduate degree in Geography from Queen’s University.
Her career has focused on heritage conservation, community planning and development planning in both the public and private sectors. This has included heritage and community planning work for the Province of Alberta, City of Edmonton and City of North Vancouver. For the last 12 years, Karen has been employed as Manager of Development Services at UBC Campus and Community Planning.
Over her career, Karen has also served on many volunteer Boards and Committees advancing initiatives related to the profession of planning at the national and regional levels as well as providing leadership in community heritage conservation organizations.
In 2015, Karen was inducted as a Fellow in the Canadian Institute of Planners.