Open During Construction

Sheila Boudreau, Senior Landscape Architect at Toronto & Region Conservation Authority, shares stories of teaching, engaging and opening up opportunities for indigenous youth. Sheila speaks to us about: How her experiences have been interwoven to shape what and how she teaches Taking care of the forest in a free-range upbringing Why she has embarked upon opening doors for indigenous youth The importance of the Kairos blanket exercise The natural connection of earth and land to indigenous stewardship Making connections with programs that support young women, like Girls Can Too The success of art interventions for infrastructure such as those in Calgary’s Watershed Plus program In the latter part of our dialogue, Rob and Sheila offer up different perspectives on low impact development (LID). Rob posed that wide scale adoption of LID would present financial challenges. Sheila offered up that opportunities exist when you’re “Creating Great Choices” (citing Jennifer Riel & Roger Martin's Guide to Integra