Story-Led Planning
Start with a story, a drumbeat, and definitely food. Watch people lean in, drop their guard, and start sharing truths that actually moves decisions.
Urban Planning for Belonging & Language Justice
Bus stops, courtyards, and parks that speak the languages people live in. No translation tax. No “you figure it out.” Just clear signals you belong here.
Trauma-Informed Planning & Public Engagement
Set the room, pace the process, protect the people. When grief and anger show up, let’s turn them into learning and design choices, not another wound.
Reconciliation in Practice: Municipal and Indigenous Partnerships
From handshake to shared stewardship. Co-govern, co-invest, co-design, co-build, and co-monitor – it’s the only way.
Negotiating the City: Environmental Planning and Natural Resource Conflicts
Water, forests, energy corridors, sacred sites. Under climate pressure, we map the risks, honour the keepers, and craft agreements that outlast politics.
Courageous Leadership
Lead like you mean it, even when the room wasn’t built for you. Build tables where courage is measured by the change you make, not the comfort you keep.
Justice vs. Optics: From Performative to Structural Change
Redirect resources, rewrite the rules, with others, and rebuild systems so justice is measured by lasting impact - not by how good it looked on launch day.
Futuremaking 2100: Long-Range Planning with Memory & Equity
Ask the grandmothers. Listen to the kids. Imagine futures rooted in climate truth and cultural memory, where those who come after us will not just live, but belong.
For speaking, press, and media inquiries please contact
Caitlin Copple, Full Swing PR.
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