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We mentor and train Black-conscious individuals to effectively engage community members, decision-makers, and developers to uphold our vision of Black joy in our communities around the world.
The work we do is meaningful, the voices we raise are powerful, and the beautiful Black worlds we seek to create deserve to be here.
Our values, beliefs, and behaviours characterize the true heart and soul of our culture and allow us to execute our mission with incredible precision and success.
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Opportunities
There are many talented, motivated students and emerging planners who are tired of the inequities that undermine progress. They are driven to see Black communities thrive in beautiful, innovative, and well-connected spaces. Black Planning Project gives these planners the chance to work with Black communities to create lasting change.
We provide interns with opportunities to learn in structured and supportive environments, and it forges bright career pathways for those who view building beautiful Black worlds as a calling.
Review our open internship opportunities and click below to submit an application.
What is our community saying?
Research about Black planners’ experiences is lacking so, when the Black Planning Project told me about their research project, investigating the workplace experiences of Black planners, I wanted to learn more…This research is a first of its kind in the planning realm and is a call to action for a collective response to anti-Black racism.
Research about Black planners’ experiences is lacking so, when the Black Planning Project told me about their research project, investigating the workplace experiences of Black planners, I wanted to learn more...This research is a first of its kind in the planning realm and is a call to action for a collective response to anti-Black racism.
Dr. Leela Viswanathan
Viswali Consulting
Divercities seeks to work with BPP whenever possible. BPP brings a unique perspective to projects both from the development and community perspective with an equity lens. This perspective is difficult to find. Furthermore, their services are always provided under an umbrella of professionalism.
Divercities seeks to work with BPP whenever possible. BPP brings a unique perspective to projects both from the development and community perspective with an equity lens. This perspective is difficult to find. Furthermore, their services are always provided under an umbrella of professionalism.
Sameer Patel
Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of hosting a presentation on Black Planning in Action: Black Displacement Project Case Study, featuring Abigail Moriah, an accomplished urban planner and consultant, and a past Bousfields Distinguished Visitor. Her presentation offered a powerful exploration of critical issues in urban planning. Abigail's expertise in affordable housing and community development, along with her focus on centering Black experiences, raised vital questions about who is planning for Black communities and the impact of these decisions. Our audience consisted of professionals at all stages of their careers, and her insights have been invaluable in broadening our understanding of planning's role in affecting Black communities.
Louis Tinker
Bousfields Inc.
We had the pleasure of collaborating with Black Planning Project on the first-of-its-kind African Nova Scotian Housing Strategy. This was a long-term, highly-involved initiative, bringing over 150 community members into a collaborative process to co-create the strategy. BPP’s thoughtful approach, critical analysis, and deep curiosity about housing experiences for African Nova Scotians made for a collaborative and supportive working relationship and project output. BPP challenged the status quo and pushed the entire project team to an end product that will have lasting impact.
Adrienne Pacini
The Black Planning Project has become an important city-building leader in Toronto and an essential partner for ULI Toronto. Its research into historic and ongoing Black community displacement in our city has revealed deep structural issues that public policy makers can no longer ignore. BPP has opened our city’s eyes to racist practices of the past and offers an opportunity for a just and equitable future.
The Black Planning Project has become an important city-building leader in Toronto and an essential partner for ULI Toronto. Its research into historic and ongoing Black community displacement in our city has revealed deep structural issues that public policy makers can no longer ignore. BPP has opened our city’s eyes to racist practices of the past and offers an opportunity for a just and equitable future.
Richard Joy
ULI Toronto
The lived experience of Black planners gives rise to a unique and important perspective to bring to land planning and development in the GTA and throughout Canada. Habitat for Humanity GTA applauds the work of the Black Planning Project and has been proud to have partnered with them on CMHC-funded research on “Buying While Black.”
The lived experience of Black planners gives rise to a unique and important perspective to bring to land planning and development in the GTA and throughout Canada. Habitat for Humanity GTA applauds the work of the Black Planning Project and has been proud to have partnered with them on CMHC-funded research on "Buying While Black.”
Habitat for Humanity
Lauren Haein An
URBAN STRATEGIES INC.
Flourish develops affordable housing in many communities in Canada. Abigail brought a rich understanding of Black perspectives in planning that have helped our team expand our awareness and curiosity of equitable development. Her passion, commitment, and tangible experience in this area was an encouragement to our entire team.
Michael Bowering
Flourish
