2022 API Conference Keynote Speaker: Jenene Wooldridge
Indigenous Perspectives and Planning
This keynote address provides a high-level overview of our shared history, the impacts of colonization, and the importance of reconciliation initiatives across Turtle Island. Facilitator Jenene Wooldridge shares her personal story of how her life could have been very different growing up as an Indigenous woman in Canada. She shares her insight on power dynamics, privilege, and how we can all play a role in Allyship and creating safer and more inclusive spaces through awareness and planning.- Increase understanding of shared history in Canada
- Learn about the impacts of colonization
- Gain clarity on important reconciliation initiatives
- Insight on power dynamics and privilege
- Creating safer spaces
- How to be an Ally










2022 API Conference Keynote Speaker: Karen Foster
Place and Policy
This talk will draw on nearly a decade of rural-focused research to explore the idea of an ‘urban bias’ in planning and policy. In line with the conference theme, it will look specifically at some of the ways that ‘inclusion’ can differ across urban, suburban, rural, and small-town communities. It will ultimately argue for the importance of place in inclusive planning and point to some inspiring models of inclusion.