Leonie Sandercock
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Leonie Sandercock | |
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| Born | 1949 (age 76–77) Adelaide, Australia |
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| Occupations | Urban planner, professor |
| Known for | Multicultural planning theory; Indigenous community planning |
| Spouse | John Friedmann (d. 2017) |
Leonie Sandercock (born 1949) is an urban planner and academic focusing on community planning and multiculturalism. Her work spans the interdisciplinary fields of urban studies, urban policy, and planning, and elucidates issues of difference, social justice, and possibility.[1] She has been teaching at the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) since 2001.[2]
Sandercock received a BA (Hons) from the University of Adelaide (1970), a PhD from the Australian National University (1974), and an MFA in screenwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1989. She has served as a senior academic in Australia at Macquarie University, RMIT University, and the University of Melbourne, as well as at UCLA. Sandercock was married to the planning theorist John Friedmann.[3]
During her tenure at UBC, Sandercock's research has shifted toward Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations in settler societies, focusing on collaborative community planning and using film as a catalyst for reconciliation. She recently completed the documentary Finding Our Way (with Giovanni Attili) and is developing a feature film script with the Council of the Haida Nation.[4]
Since 2010, Sandercock has led the Indigenous Community Planning (ICP) concentration within the Master of Community and Regional Planning at UBC, delivered in partnership with the Musqueam First Nation.[4]
