During her time with Happy Cities, Cheri has used deep engagement techniques to help marginalized youth shape their community in Rotterdam, and to ensure that seldom-heard groups inform public space plans in Vancouver. She has embedded in communities to help them co-create a placemaking master plan for Superior, Colorado. And she has co-led pioneering studies on tactical urbanism projects, unearthing the remarkable effect that public plaza designs can have on feelings of safety and belonging. This work received a Canadian Institute of Planners Award for Planning Excellence in Healthy Communities Planning. Cheri has a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Arts & Science in Cognitive Science from McGill University.
Cheri is passionate about building sustainable and equitable organizations that have a positive social impact. She brings this expertise to help make Happy Cities an inclusive and impactful organization.
Projects Cheri has worked on
- Campus placemaking master plan – Zamorano University, Honduras
- Community arts & culture framework – City of Fort St. John
- Youth engagement and education workshops
- Richmond permanent patio program development – City of Richmond
- Uptown active transportation and public realm improvements – City of New Westminster
- Agnes Street Greenway activations – City of New Westminster
- Crosstown Greenway: Youth-led placemaking for safer streets – City of New Westminster
- Vancouver breweries wellbeing patio study
- Laneway transformation strategy – Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Area
- Streets for people – City of New Westminster
- Rapid placemaking to bring back main street – Canadian Urban Institute
- Inspired by nature: Creative placemaking master plan – Town of Superior
- Walkable Rotterdam – City of Rotterdam
- Designing for difference – City of Vancouver
- Pavement-to-plaza wellbeing assessment – City of Vancouver
- Happy Homes phase 2: Designed to engage
- National policy for happier, healthier communities – UAE Prime Minister’s Office
- Happy neighbours: Design and programming for social connection in multi-unit buildings
