How can landscape architecture better serve Black communities? It is time to rethink the profession and teaching of landscape architecture. There are few Black figures in landscape architecture history and enrolment in landscape architecture are low. Boone poses the question, what if we told a different story about landscape architecture? One that highlighted the acknowledged the dynamics of race, class, gender, and power.

This study by Jeffrey Hou presents a framework of actions to reposition and transform landscape architecture education for social change.

Climate crises, a global pandemic, food riots, diet-related diseases – all are telling us that the industrial food system threatens our health and the survival of the planet, and deepens systemic inequities, racism, and poverty. These are the stories of food activists from Turtle Island (North America) – young and old, Indigenous and settler – who share a vision for food justice and food sovereignty, from Earth to Tables.

Our work inspires, connects and supports Indigenous Peoples, reinforcing our place as leaders in climate change discourse and driving solutions for today and tomorrow. Our work is grounded in four main pathways: Gatherings, Resources and Tools, Amplifying Voices and Supporting Indigenous Sovereignty.

The Indigenous Land Stewardship Circle is a Circle of Elders, knowledge keepers, community members and leaders who have come together around our shared commitment to healing Indigenous lands and community here in Tkaronto. Learn more abut Indigenous Land Stewardship in Toronto here.

This episode of Landscape Architecture Podcast, guest Kofi Boone discusses his writing and lectures on the Black Lives Matter movement’s intersection with African American landscape. Boone and host, Michael Todoran, talk about what tools the profession of landscape architecture has to push back on systems of oppression that are now in full view, and the two pillars landscape architects must now take on: equity and climate change.

PHP4 Climate Action is a collaboration of community based, non-profit organizations in Parkdale - High Park (City of Toronto). We seek to advance meaningful action, both locally and at the national level, to address the climate crisis we are faced with today

The Indigenous Environmental Justice Project, a 5-year SSHRC-funded initiative based out of York University, is working to fill this gap. Our research aims to develop a distinctive EJ framework that is informed by Indigenous knowledge systems, laws, concepts of justice and the lived experiences of Indigenous peoples.