# Maggie Low [She/hers](https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/) BSc in Environmental Science, University of Guelph; MA in Environmental Studies, University of Victoria; PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies, UBC Assistant Professor, ICP Co-Chair - Office: LASR 430 - Email: - Bio - Research - Courses ##### Bio Maggie Low is the Co-Chair of the Indigenous Community Planning (ICP) program at SCARP. Maggie was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario and is of mixed ancestry including Italian, French, German, English and she is a status member of Wikwemikoong Unceded Territory. Maggie has been fortunate enough to work with and for First Nations in what is now known as British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario. Off campus, Maggie enjoys running, camping, drinking good coffee and eating with friends and family. ##### Research Maggie is a community-engaged scholar who seeks to advance a better understanding of Indigenous sovereignty as it is expressed outside the Canadian courts, with a focus on the implications of these expressions for the well-being of Indigenous communities. Maggie also seeks to showcase the strength and strategies of Indigenous Nations and communities as they assert authority over their territories. Her current research projects and teaching focus on Indigenous community planning, Indigenous well-being, Indigenous knowledges and climate change, and decolonization and reconciliation efforts happening within Canadian cities. ##### Courses ### PLAN 501 : Reconciliation and Planning **[Maggie Low](/directory/maggie-low)** PLAN 501 is a core course of the Masters of Community and Regional Planning (MCRP) program at SCARP. This course explores the relationships between planning (as a discipline and profession) and reconciliation efforts happening in cities and communities across Canada. We will reflect on questions like: What is the role of planning in perpetuating settler colonialism? How might planning contribute to reconciliation efforts moving forward? How can planners decolonize their planning practice? During this course we will: contextualize ourselves within Indigenous and settler-colonial histories; critically examine what reconciliation means (and to who) and how it plays out in the ‘era of reconciliation’ in what is now known as Canada, learn from Indigenous planners and worldviews, and; examine what it might look for planners to decolonize their practice and genuinely contribute to reconciliation efforts through city and community planning. - Level - Master's - Eligibility - Enrolled in MCRP ### PLAN 514 : Indigenous Planning: Ways of Being, Knowing, and Doing **[Maggie Low](/directory/maggie-low)** Contemporary Indigenous community planning. The political, social and cultural protocols and values, history, philosophy, social structure, traditional knowledge, and ecology of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples. - Level - Master's - Eligibility - Enrolled in MCRP ### PLAN 543 : ICP Practicum **[Maggie Low](/directory/maggie-low) [Jessie Hemphill](/directory/jessie-hemphill)** The ICP Practicum consists of (1) the Studio, which provides students an opportunity to experience service directly with an Indigenous community/agency, and (2) the Capstone, which allows students to articulate and demonstrate their competency developed in Indigenous community planning. - Level - Master's - Eligibility - UBC Graduate Student ![Maggie in orange turtleneck, smiling with arms folded](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/profile-images/2023-02/Maggie%20Low%20-%202023.JPG.webp?itok=9vVOiEM5) ### Affiliations - Indigenous Partnership Group ### Research and Specialties - Climate change - Indigenous Planning