Could a park be a home?
On this episode with Landscape Designer Michelle Gagnon Creeley, we start off with a discussion on mental health and working culture in design education, and dive into her practice in design and mutual aid working with unhoused communities in Vancouver and Seattle. We bring housing issues into the realm of landscape architecture and unpack how parks have served as homes and spaces for survival.
Dive in to learn how design is used as a social tool to support unhoused communities through community care-centered design processes.
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This recording took place in August 2023 on the un-ceded ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.
The production of this podcast episode is sponsored by the Real Estate Foundation of BC (REFBC) .
The Real Estate Foundation of BC( REFBC)- a philanthropic organization working to advance sustainable land use and real estate practices in British Columbia, Canada. They do this by funding projects, connecting people, and sharing knowledge. REFBC grants support non-profit organizations working to improve BC communities and natural environments through responsible and informed land use, conservation, and real estate practices. REFBC is particularly interested in land-use projects that contribute to the upholding of Indigenous rights and title and racial equity and justice. Learn more at www.refbc.com.
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This recording took place in August 2023 on the un-ceded ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.