Natalie Cappe

Natalie is an Urban Planner and published researcher with an academic background in Critical Indigenous Studies and environmental sustainability. While pursuing her master’s in Indigenous Community Planning, she worked with Homalco First Nation in Campbell River, BC, towards the completion of the Nation’s first Comprehensive Community Plan. Prior to joining Urban Strategies, Natalie was a Greenest City Scholar with the City of Vancouver and contributed to initiatives supporting the advancement of the Greenest City Action Plan. In addition, she assisted in the development of British Columbia’s first Urban, Rural, and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy where she worked with the Aboriginal Housing Management Association to develop evidence-based policy recommendations for improved off-reserve Indigenous housing. Natalie’s most notable research includes her analysis of the Canadian environmental assessment process with findings published in The Canadian Geographer. Natalie’s work at Urban Strategies includes the City of North Vancouver Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw Update as well as housing development and campus planning projects in British Columbia.