About Meraki

Our Practice:

Planning with Purpose and Collaboration

Established in 2016, Meraki Community Planning is a female owned and operated, boutique planning consultant practice supporting Indigenous communities and municipalities in advancing land-centred, community-led planning.

We believe planning is relational work — rooted in land, community, and responsibility to future generations. We listen before advising and approach planning as stewardship.

Ground in Relationships. Focused on Impact.

Our work is guided by values that shape how we show up, listen, and partner with communities and organizations.

Land Centred

We believe planning begins with a deep understanding of place. By respecting the relationship between people, land, and future generations, we help create plans that reflect local values and support long-term stewardship.

Relationship-Based

Strong planning is built on trust. We invest in meaningful relationships, listen with intention, and work together to create processes that are respectful, inclusive, and grounded in shared understanding.

Community-Led

The best ideas come from the people who know their communities best. We design planning processes that elevate local voices, strengthen capacity, and support decisions shaped by community priorities.

Future-Focused

Planning is about creating lasting value. We help communities and organizations make thoughtful decisions today that strengthen resilience, adaptability, and well-being for generations to come.

Working Across Communities

Our goal is to work together to develop and strengthen planning processes to ensure they are inclusive, forward-looking, and grounded in place.

We support:

  • Nation-led land use, community plans and strategies
  • Municipal policy, planning and development frameworks
  • Engagement processes that prioritize relationship and trust
  • Sustainable planning aligned with environmental stewardship, cultural realities and community wellbeing

We take on a limited number of projects each year to ensure depth, care, and meaningful impact.

Award of Excellence

Meraki Community Planning was honoured to receive the 2021 Inclusionary Planning National Award of Excellence from the Canadian Institute of Planners. The award recognized our inclusionary, client-centred approach to Indigenous planning and our long-standing relationship with Kitselas First Nation, reflecting our commitment to respectful, collaborative, and community-led planning.

The work highlights the importance of community-led planning that supports Indigenous self-determination and strengthens planning practices beyond colonial approaches.