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From the Ground Up: Building Community Prosperity through Land Use Planning
Across the Greater Toronto Area, place-based non-profits – Non-profit organizations with established roots in their communities – and resident leaders are working to preserve affordable housing, protect community spaces, and sustain culturally meaningful local businesses. Yet, these same communities are often excluded from the very planning processes that shape their neighborhoods — from Official Plans to Secondary Plans and development approvals.
When grassroots voices are left out, the consequences are clear: displacement, disconnection, and deepening inequities. Bridging the Gap is here to change that.
2025 - Ongoing
Women in Urbanism - Strategic Plan
Advising and co-creating an actionable 3-year strategic plan and to align it with other organization strategies, policies, and frameworks. This includes building on their previous achievements and refining existing approaches to help them advance their mission and have a greater impact.
Women in Urbanism Canada (WIUC) is a national not-for-profit organization working to address gender-based inequalities within Canadian cities.
Role: Capacity Building Consultant
2025 - Ongoing
University of Ottawa - Accessibility Plan
Roadmap for Redevelopment Plans to Confront Systemic Racism
The objective is to develop a new Multi-Year Accessibility Plan (2024-2030) for Ottawa U Facilities that utilizes the guiding principles of inclusion, adaptability, diversity, collaboration, self determination, and universal design. The scope of the plan includes physical assets, buildings and facilities, open space network, wayfinding and mobility.
Role: Sub-consultant - responsible for the inclusivity and engagement strategy and data analysis aspects of the engagement.
Lead Consultant: Workshop Architecture
Client: University of Ottawa
2024 - Ongoing
Roadmap for Redevelopment Plans to Confront Systemic Racism
Roadmap for Redevelopment Plans to Confront Systemic Racism
The Roadmap is not just a plan—it's a movement. We're coordinating processes with a deep focus on developing policies, programs, and partnerships that safeguarding and creating housing that is affordable for renters, particularly those at risk of displacement due to the privatization of profits from public investment in transit.
Role: Initiator and Lead
2021 - Ongoing
Black Community Housing Advisory Table
This initiative unites Black housing leaders and allies to forge sustainable, equitable solutions for Black households facing housing precarity.
Role: Co-Initiator and Co-Lead
Partner: Margaret's Housing and Community Services
2021 - Ongoing
Winchester House
Supported the client manage collaboration and engagements with with the governments, contractors, and various subconsultants to deliver 35 self-contained units of permanent affordable housing. This project was made possible with funding provide by Ontario's Hoem for Good Supportive Housing Program, the Housing Secretiat, Toronto Community Housing, and the Canadian Housing Corproation. Common areas and on site amenities, as well as state-of-the art facility offer 24 hr care to support women's recovery journey.
Role: Project Manager
Client: Margarets Housing and Community Support Services
2021 - 2024
Engagement for the 3rd Term of the Poverty Reduction Strategy
Information collected through the co-design and co-delivery of public and interdivisional engagement sessions guided the update of the City of Toronto's Poverty Reduction Strategy. Our collaborative efforts were instrumental in identifying key priorities of stakeholders committed to poverty reduction. The insights gathered were synthesized into a comprehensive 'What We Heard' report and an actionable Communications Plan.
Role: Lead consultant
Subconsultant: Method Collective
Client: Toronto Non-profit Network
2022 - 2023
Tenant Solidarity Program
An outgrowth and response to community engagement and requests during the Black Futures on Eglinton project. This program includes empowers community-led planning to ensure tenants have an active voice in the planning process, and receive support to address their immediate need to confront displacement due to the privatization of profits from public investments in transit.
Role: Initiator and Lead
2021 - 2023
Spatial Justice Strategy
The crafted forward-thinking Spatial Justice Strategy outlines 21 actions across 10 objectives, underpinned by 3 goals, all aimed at enhancing spatial justice in our communities.
The Toronto Non-profit Network represents over 400 nonprofit organizations in Toronto, and is dedicated to creating thriving spaces for nonprofits and communities.
Role: Lead consultant
Client: Toronto Non-profit Network
2022
Black Futures on Eglinton
Black Futures on Eglinton, an arts-based community cultural mapping study led by CP Planning, engaged youth in exploring Black culture and confronting anti-Black racism. Focusing on Castlefield-Rogers and Allen-Keele areas, this project unveiled the ongoing displacement of Black communities and empowered them to define their approach to preserving and enhancing community culture.
Role: Initiator and Lead
2019 - 2021
Housing in Focus
Through partnership with over 11 community partners across Toronto, this project was Ontario's first to intentionally integrate a human rights-based approach to urban planning. Through 'Housing in Focus', we co-designed and implemented consultations to capture diverse neighborhood perspectives on housing development. This groundbreaking project revealed stark contrasts between outcomes from human rights-based processes and conventional planning.
Role: Initiator and Lead
2018
Feminist Narratives on Cities
A collection of works viewing cities and urban spaces with women in mind.
Role: Initiator and Lead
2018
East York Commercial Study
Protecting the Vibrancy of Residential Neighbourhoods
Transit Adjacent Approvals Study
Historical study of commercial uses in the East York area and how cultural and economic changes have impacted foot traffic.
Role: Lead consultant
Client: WoodGreen
2018
Transit Adjacent Approvals Study
Protecting the Vibrancy of Residential Neighbourhoods
Transit Adjacent Approvals Study
Study of barriers to the approval of new housing supply along transit, due to municipal and provincial process.
Role: Lead consultant
Clients: Evergreen, Ontario Home Builders Association
2017
Protecting the Vibrancy of Residential Neighbourhoods
Protecting the Vibrancy of Residential Neighbourhoods
Protecting the Vibrancy of Residential Neighbourhoods
Assessment of Toronto's population changes from 1961-2016.
Role: Initiator and Lead
2017