Melanie Harding, Community Conservation Planner Print Email

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Melanie Harding has spent her career so far supporting community-led planning processes in Indigenous communities in British Columbia (Skidegate, Haida Gwaii), northern Ontario (communities part of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Grand Council Treaty #3), and the Northwest Territories (Sahtú). Melanie moved to the Sahtú in 2018, first living in Fort Good Hope and now in Tłegǫ́hłı̨ (Norman Wells). Her focus is on supporting planning capacity in Indigenous communities and honouring ancient ways of planning in contemporary planning processes. Melanie has also been involved in regional and national processes to advocate for community development and nation-led planning in First Nations communities in Canada. Melanie is a Registered Professional Planner and Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners, and she has a Master’s Degree in Indigenous Community Planning from the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia. Melanie is a fourth generation settler originally from Ireland and she tries to perpetually reflect on her role and responsibilities in what is now known as Canada. Outside of work, Melanie is raising two small daughters her with partner in the most magical way possible, and they love to spend lots of time out on the land together