I uprooted my life and took the chance on completely switching career paths for a field I had a newfound passion for. My decision to move to Montréal and pursue the M.U.P. program was the best decision I have ever made.


After graduating, I am confident taking complex, multidisciplinary problems and turning them into solutions for communities. I specialize in transportation projects but I am also passionate about community planning, building housing, environmental projects, and the intersection between planning and sports through stadium development projects.



I'm Kennedy,

An Urban Planner

& Designer

Software I Use

Two years, eleven softwares learned

RStudio

Data cleaning, statistics, clustering, and transport research.

DATA

QGIS

Spatial analysis, zoning workflows, map production, and geoprocessing.

SPATIAL DATA

InDesign

Report and map layout, page design, and print-ready documents.

COMMUNICATION

SketchUp

Massing studies and concept modeling for urban design.

VISUALIZATION

Positron

Data cleaning, statistics, clustering, and transport research.

DATA

Croquis

Custom built GTFS lines with custom line layout, stops, headways, speeds, and dwell times

SPATIAL DATA

Canva

Quick presentation graphics and design work.

COMMUNICATION

Illustrator

Diagrams, icons, and vector graphics for reports and boards.

VISUALIZATION

LimeSurvey

Survey design and deployment for primary data collection.

DATA

Lumion

Real-time rendering for architectural and urban visualization.

VISUALIZATION

Paint.NET

Quick raster edits and lightweight image touch-ups.

VISUALIZATION

Photoshop

Image editing and compositing for presentation graphics.

VISUALIZATION

Excel

Scenario testing, formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and project organization.

DATA

V-Ray

Photorealistic rendering for design presentations.

VISUALIZATION

PowerPoint

Client and studio presentations, slide decks.

COMMUNICATION

Word

Report, memo, and written deliverable drafting

COMMUNICATION

Visual Work

Home

Other Experience

Planning Experience

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Skills
Transport & Mobility
Rapid transit, station & HSR planning
Multimodal accessibility & active transport
Business cases, project economics & transit finance
Ridership, demand, travel behaviour & segmentation
GTFS, headways, capacity & service analysis
Planning & Development
Zoning, land use & municipal policy analysis
Development opportunities, constraints & feasibility
TOD, site planning & master planning
Development charges, pro formas & real-estate finance
Density, built form, unit mix & public realm
GIS & Spatial
QGIS, geoprocessing & cartography
Vector, raster & NDVI analysis
Spatial statistics, autocorrelation & geometry operations
Accessibility modelling & travel-time matrices
Digitization, codification & sensitive-data workflows
Research & Data
Survey design & mixed-methods research
Data cleaning, wrangling & quality control
Statistical modelling, factor analysis & clustering
Data visualization, ggplot & GIS mapping
R, Excel & basic Python for analysis workflows
Communication & Consulting
Technical reports, policy briefs & briefing materials
Client, stakeholder & elected-official presentations
Proposal development, scoping & evaluation frameworks
Project coordination, teamwork & stakeholder engagement
Strategic recommendations from complex analysis
Design & Visualization
Urban design, site design & visual storytelling
Maps, diagrams & presentation graphics
Adobe Creative Suite, PowerPoint & Canva
SketchUp, Lumion & V-Ray
3-D modelling, rendering & layout design
Education
Master of Urban Planning (M.U.P)
McGill University
Coursework included transport planning, GIS/spatial analysis, planning policy, urban design, and planning studios
Supervised research project focused on HSR market segmentation, travel behaviour, and policy recommendations for the Toronto–Québec City corridor
August 2024 – May 2026
Master of Sport Management (M.A.)
Western University
Major research paper: Conducted in-depth analysis of Summer Olympic public transportation investments and their implications for urban prosperity
January 2021 – August 2022
Bachelor of Kinesiology (B.A.)
Western University
Honors: 2018, 2019
All-OUA Acaedmic: rugby, 2018-2019
Member of 208-2019 varsity rugby team
Member of 2017-2018 Vanier Cup winning varsity football team
September 2015 – April 2019

Kennedy Magee — Urban Planning Portfolio

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