Dr. Sheri Blake MCIP
Professor, Department of City Planning
305A Architecture 2 Building
t 204.474.6426
f 204.474.7532
blakes@cc.umanitoba.ca
http://souinternational.com/dcdc/
Education
Doctor of Engineering (Architecture), University of Tokyo, 1995
Master of Engineering (Architecture), University of Tokyo, 1990
Bachelor of Environmental Design (Architecture), University of Waterloo, 1981
Research
Dr. Sheri Blake co-produced the feature length documentary film, The Scars of Mercury, with Tadashi Orui (Director) and Thor Aitkenhead (Winnipeg: Sou International Ltd., 2009, 90 mins). The film explores how processes of educational, economic and environmental racism have negatively impacted the Indigenous way of life, with a focus on two First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario, Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinaabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) and Wabeseemoong (Whitedog Independent Nations). Selected for screening at the Planet in Focus Environmental International Film & Video Festival (Toronto) in October 2009, it was re-screened as part of their Mixed Greens series in April 2010. It has also been screened in Winnipeg, Kitchener-Waterloo, Kenora, and Vancouver. A Japanese version is currently in post-production. Further information is available at: scarsofmercury.com. Blake is continuing work on two other film projects, also in post-production. Both projects address processes of community engagement in the fields of planning and design.
Blake’s chapter, “Participatory Design and Howard Roark: The Story of the Detroit Collaborative Design Centre,” has been published in Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning: Beyond the Flatlands, edited by L. Sandercock and G. Attili (New York: Springer International, Urban and Landscape Perspectives Series, 2010). A book chapter on the history of community design centers is in press, to be published by Princeton Architectural Press.
Blake received the Art City Star Award 2009, with Tadashi Orui, for various support provided to the community-based non-profit arts organization since its inception in 1998. Blake received a Fulbright Canada Eco-Leadership Program grant (2010) of $3,000 for the Colour West Broadway Green project, in support of Art City’s art/garden project in Summer 2010. Jacob Edenloff, a City Planning graduate student, is providing support to this project as part of his Major Degree Project (MDP).
305A Architecture 2 Building
t 204.474.6426
f 204.474.7532
blakes@cc.umanitoba.ca
http://souinternational.com/dcdc/
Education
Doctor of Engineering (Architecture), University of Tokyo, 1995
Master of Engineering (Architecture), University of Tokyo, 1990
Bachelor of Environmental Design (Architecture), University of Waterloo, 1981
Research
Dr. Sheri Blake co-produced the feature length documentary film, The Scars of Mercury, with Tadashi Orui (Director) and Thor Aitkenhead (Winnipeg: Sou International Ltd., 2009, 90 mins). The film explores how processes of educational, economic and environmental racism have negatively impacted the Indigenous way of life, with a focus on two First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario, Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinaabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) and Wabeseemoong (Whitedog Independent Nations). Selected for screening at the Planet in Focus Environmental International Film & Video Festival (Toronto) in October 2009, it was re-screened as part of their Mixed Greens series in April 2010. It has also been screened in Winnipeg, Kitchener-Waterloo, Kenora, and Vancouver. A Japanese version is currently in post-production. Further information is available at: scarsofmercury.com. Blake is continuing work on two other film projects, also in post-production. Both projects address processes of community engagement in the fields of planning and design.
Blake’s chapter, “Participatory Design and Howard Roark: The Story of the Detroit Collaborative Design Centre,” has been published in Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning: Beyond the Flatlands, edited by L. Sandercock and G. Attili (New York: Springer International, Urban and Landscape Perspectives Series, 2010). A book chapter on the history of community design centers is in press, to be published by Princeton Architectural Press.
Blake received the Art City Star Award 2009, with Tadashi Orui, for various support provided to the community-based non-profit arts organization since its inception in 1998. Blake received a Fulbright Canada Eco-Leadership Program grant (2010) of $3,000 for the Colour West Broadway Green project, in support of Art City’s art/garden project in Summer 2010. Jacob Edenloff, a City Planning graduate student, is providing support to this project as part of his Major Degree Project (MDP).
