Winner for Individual Achievement
The Award for Individual Achievement recognizes and celebrates the overall impact of individual members’ work and personal commitment to planning and the effect they have in their community and within the profession. Individual achievements are recognized in three categories; Distinguished Professional Contribution, Leadership in Advocacy & Innovation and Young Professional Leadership.
2026 PIBC Award for Individual Achievement: Distinguished Professional Contribution
Christine Callihoo RPP, MCIP
The Award for Distinguished Professional Contribution is intended to recognize the efforts of individual PIBC Members and is based on the overall impact of the nominee’s work and personal commitment to planning, and the effect they have in their community and within the profession. The award recognizes leading volunteers in the planning profession who give back to the Planning Institute of British Columbia, the planning profession and contribute to the ongoing success of PIBC.
For over more than twenty-five years, Christine Callihoo RPP, MCIP has advanced climate resilience, natural asset management, and risk-informed planning from emerging concepts to embedded professional practice, all the while mentoring generations of planners and strengthening the institutional foundations of the profession itself. Her influence spans local governments, First Nations, federal guidance, international assessment processes, and professional education.
Yet what most distinguishes Christine is not the breadth of her résumé, but the sustained, values-driven leadership behind it: a planner who gives back, builds others up, and elevates the profession through action.
Past PIBC Awards Winners
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*Please note there was no award presented to the Individual Achievement Award category for 2025 & 2024.
2023 PIBC Awards winners
2022 PIBC Awards winners
2021 PIBC Awards winners
2020 PIBC Awards winners
