Welcome to the Community Planning Lab
PlanLab works with communities to record local values through maps. These maps are used for a variety of applications, including Aboriginal land claims, conservation planning, community economic development and conflict resolution. We are based in Toronto, Ontario and work with rural and Aboriginal communities throughout Canada.
About Us
We are a dynamic network of practitioners who bring innovation and integrity to all of our work. We draw on our network to build teams with the combined skills to tackle complex issues. Give us a call if you think this approach might work for you.
Services
- community asset mapping
- municipal cultural planning
- Aboriginal use and occupancy mapping
- custom Google Maps and web mapping
- GIS training and mapping capacity
Clients & Projects
- Aboriginal communities
- municipal governments
- non-profit entities
- researchers and universities
“ Mapping is a very deliberate form of narration...one of the important things to decide is what's going to be on it, what's the story you want to tell and how to tell that story.“
David Carruthers, PlanLab, from CBC Ideas, Unfolding Visions
News
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February, 2010
PlanLab partners with Tobias and Associates and GeoPraxis to complete cultural use and occupancy studies with the Mikisew Cree First Nation in Alberta, and the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation in Ontario.
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December, 2009
Ryerson University planning students complete report for PlanLab, helping to define the role of natural heritage in municipal cultural planning.
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October, 2009
PlanLab awarded contract to develop a management plan for the mouth of the Pic River.
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July, 2009
PlanLab partners with CIER, Makivik Corporation, Strata360 and GeoPraxis to write good-practices guidebook on community mapping.