TANYA FINK
ABOUT ME
INCLUSION
RIGHT TO THE CITY
ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL CHANGE
I am a progressive policy planner with a deep sense of civic duty and concern for urban social issues. I am particularly interested in social justice, strengthening communities, assessing and mitigating community impacts, protecting community assets and achieving social change. I specialize in an asset-based and holistic approach to urban resilience. I value equity, inclusivity, collaboration, and strategic thinking.
I have over 10 years of experience working in non-profit sector and municipal government. I hold solid analytical, research, stakeholder engagement/facilitation, and project management skills. I have a sound understanding of complex community planning issues and of working with communities facing social challenges such as poverty, marginalization and homelessness.
I was born and raised in east Vancouver with a BA in Sociology from UBC and a Masters in Planning from UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning.
I am committed to and passionate about participatory planning, working with communities facing complex challenges, and bridging the divide between local government and communities to find ways to make Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, truly, for all. I am humbled every day to live and work on the traditional, unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
Training & Professional Development
Recent Training
Recent Training
Recent Training
Member of Social Innovation Solutions Lab with Lindsay Cole
Recent Training
Experiential Workshop with Kathi Camilleri
Recent Training
Recent Training
Recent Training
City of Vancouver Projects
Lead on Vancouver Plan Phase 3 & 4 Engagement with Equity-Denied Groups
Resilience Lead & Contributor to Community Infrastructure Chapter. Lead on Phase 3 & 4 Equity-Denied Engagement
Project Manager
Tech Team Member
Coordination Group Member
Tech Team Member
Lead on Framework Development
Lead on Local Economy Component & Integration of the DTES Social Impact Assessment
Project Lead
Community Development & Advocacy
Volunteer on Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House, The Dugout and First United Social Housing Society Boards
Volunteer
Volunteer
Volunteer
Organizer
Building Welcoming & Inclusive Neighbourhoods Lead
Organizer
Report Committee Chair
Organizer
CommunityIMPACT Consulting
In 2016, I started CommunityIMPACT Consulting, a Vancouver-based planning consultancy committed to and passionate about exploring urban social issues and impacts through the three pillars of sustainability: social, environmental and economic.
Project Examples
CommunityIMPACT Consulting works to create vibrant, creative, safe, affordable and caring communities for the wide diversity of individuals and families who live in, work in and visit Vancouver, the lower mainland and beyond.
CommunityIMPACT Consulting's goal is to create inclusive communities in which individuals and groups of community members are able to influence and change the structures that shape and govern their lives.
CommunityIMPACT Consulting is humbled to operate on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations.