Carolyn Kim joined the Pembina Institute, Canada’s leading energy think tank, in April 2018 as the director of city building on the transportation and urban solutions team. Located in the Toronto office, Carolyn leads policy research and engages with stakeholders and partners to advance solutions that respond to the most pressing transportation and planning issues, and that support the sustainable growth of Ontario’s economy and communities. With a background in transportation and land use planning, she brings over 10 years of policy and planning experience from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors to the role.
 
Prior to joining the Pembina Institute, she worked at the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to support a range of transportation and transit policy initiatives. Carolyn is a registered planner with the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners. She holds a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Toronto and bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning from Ryerson University.

Contact Carolyn Kim

cell: 647-478-9563 ext. 213 • tweet: @CarolynKim_YYZ

Carolyn Kim's Recent Publications

The Way to GO

Publication

Feb. 6, 2019 - By Carolyn Kim

Modernizing Urban Freight Deliveries

Publication

Jan. 29, 2019 - By Carolyn Kim, Janelle Lee, Nitish Bhatt

Last-mile deliveries are being disrupted by e-commerce expansion, customer demands for faster delivery, population growth, rising urban land costs, and increasing congestion.

Increasing housing supply in Ontario Submission to the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing on increasing housing supply in Ontario

Publication

Jan. 25, 2019 - By Janelle Lee, Carolyn Kim

Addressing potential changes to Ontario's land-use policies Pembina Institute comments on Bill 66: Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act

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Jan. 20, 2019 - By Carolyn Kim

The Pembina Institute welcomes the opportunity to share our views on the government’s proposed Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018, a new regulation under the Planning Act to create a new economic development tool, and a new open-for-business planning bylaw tool.

How proposed changes to the Planning Act will impact Ontarians

Blog

Dec. 13, 2018 - By Carolyn Kim

Bill 66 will amend the Planning Act to give municipalities unprecedented powers to create a new type of zoning bylaw, called an “open-for-business planning” tool. What do these sweeping amendments in Bill 66 mean? Here are the top concerns that Ontarians need to know about.