Faculty of Architecture | University of Manitoba - Community Design and Planning Centre

The Community Design and Planning Centre (CDPC) provides equitable, accessible, inclusive, and multicultural design and planning services and is a hub for community engaged research and projects in the University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture. Students, staff, and faculty develop and carry out research, educational activities, and design and planning projects in collaboration with communities in Manitoba, northern Ontario and southeastern Saskatchewan. The CDPC understands ‘community’ as the ever-cycling interrelatedness of land, water, people, and animals. Our work is informed by the Indigenous concept of ‘kinship,’ the interconnectedness of all forms of life – human and more-than-human. This foundational perspective grounds our understanding of all histories, identities, and knowledge systems being based in place and underscores the importance of relationships founded on respect and reciprocity.