Samara Brock MA 2006

Current Work: PhD Candidate, Yale University
Current Work: PhD Candidate, Yale University
Current Work: President, Ear to the Ground Planning Inc
Current Work: Manager of Community Investment, VanCity
Current Work: Manager of Program Development, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Current Work: Assistant Professor, SFU School for International Studies
Current Work: Principal, AECOM
Current Work: Director of Community Development, UBC Campus & Community Planning
Current Work: Director of Research & Analysis, BC Ministry of Advanced Education
Current Work: Deputy Director, Community Development Department, City of North Vancouver
I’m a 2000 graduate of the UBC SCARP Master’s program and have worked my way up through my career to my current position as the City of North Vancouver’s Deputy Director of the Community Development Department.
Current Work: Vice President of Development, real estate development
![]() The School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) continues to mourn the 215 children found in the mass grave at the Kamloops Residential School. SCARP honours the collective strength of Tk’emlups te Secwepemc for leading - and spending their own resources on - the recovery efforts. We offer our condolences to all survivors of the Indian residential school system and their families. While this news is shocking, it is not surprising. Residential school survivors, families, and community leaders have known the reality that far more Indigenous students died in these schools than has been documented. As several Indigenous leaders and experts have said, including former senator Murray Sinclair, Canadians should be prepared for more discoveries like Kamloops. SCARP recognizes the role of professional planning in perpetuating acts of settler colonialism that continue to... |