On this episode, we’re chatting with Dr. Magdalena Ugarte who is an assistant professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson University. Her research and teaching agendas are shaped by her journey across design, planning, and social policy over the past fifteen years, both as a scholar and as a practitioner. In her scholarship, she examines the role of planning, policy, and law in the marginalization of some communities, especially Indigenous peoples and immigrants. 

Today we are discussing Magda's research paper entitled "Ethics, Discourse, or Rights? A Discussion about a Decolonizing Project in Planning" in the journal of planning literature.

Quoted in the episode on colonial timelines of planning: Sierra Tasi Baker is the lead cultural and design consultant at Sky Spirit Consulting. Sierra is a descendant of Squamish, Musqueam, Kwakwaka’wakw, Tlingit, Haida and Hungarian Chieftains and Matriarchs. See the video by Vancouver Planning Commission: http://vancouverplanning.ca/our-work/post-pandemic-city/video/