Jennifer Keesmaat Biography

Jennifer Keesmat is a Canadian urban planner who served as the city of Toronto's Chief City Planner from 2012 to 2017. She announced her resignation as Chief Planner on August 28, 2017, with effect from September 29 of that year, and took a teaching job at the University of Toronto shortly after. Keesmaat was named CEO of the Creative Housing Society in March 2018, an independent non-profit committed to the development of affordable housing developments. In 2014, Toronto Life ranked her the ninth most influential person in the city, while Maclean's named her the 41st most influential person in Canada. Keesmaat declared her candidacy for mayor of Toronto in the 2018 mayoral election on July 27, 2018. She came in second place to incumbent mayor John Tory and did not win any of the city's 25 wards. Following his election as mayor, Keesmaat created and became CEO of The Keesmaat Group, a firm that works with business and political leaders to drive transformation in cities across the world. In cooperation with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and The Globe and Mail, The Keesmaat Group launched the National Housing Innovation event series in 2019 to improve access to affordable housing in Canada.

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