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Our Values
Equity
We approach each project with an awareness of individual, interpersonal, institutional, and structural inequalities and with the intention to create liberation through the processes, relationships, solutions, and outcomes of our work.
People-Centred
Our work is not self-defined; rather it must be recognized by people who are directly impacted by our design decisions. We believe that people are experts of their desires and needs and based on their own experiences, we believe each person can bring unique and brilliant contributions to a design process.
Curiousity
We take notice of the inequalities within the spaces of our communities, investigate their root causes, and pay attention to locally-developed solutions that are already working. We listen to and learn from our different individual experiences.
Allyship
We recognize that as recipients of privilege, we will always be capable of perpetuating inequalities from which our privilege came. We believe that this needs a lifelong process of building relationships based on building trust, consistency, integrity and accountability with individuals and groups we are involved with.
Innovation
We push ourselves beyond conventional thinking. We imagine more equitable and sustainable alternatives to conventional processes and of design and planning.
Diversity
We apply different means to achieve the greatest extent of participation and impact.
Impact-Focused
We prioritize a design’s impact on the community over the intentions of the designer.
Excellence
We strive for excellence and high quality in everything we do.
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