Cherie C. Ennd PhD (candidate)                                Phone 604-951-3562
10225 172 St.                                                                   604-649-1255  
Surrey, B.C.                                                   Email cherie.enns@ucfv.ca
V4N 3L4

1) Summary of Professional Experience

I have over 20 years as a planner and research analyst responsible for community development, social planning, public art, and housing projects throughout Canada.  In addition, I have participated in research projects in the United States, Southeast Asia, India and Sub-Saharan Africa.  I have worked both as an independent consultant and as a planner with several companies including Maclaren Plansearch Corporation (Lavalin) and in over 100 community planning projects.

Current research and project focus include indicator research and child and youth planning projects.  I coordinated a conference on Child Friendly Cities funded through Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in Chandigarh, India in 2008.  I continue to work on projects in partnership with the Panjab University related to Millenium Development Goals and child friendly community planning research.  In addition, I have initiated a research project related to child friendly development in Kenya, East Africa, in partnership with CIDA and African Scouts.

I am an advisor for the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies (University of the Fraser Valley) and also serve on the Muhanda, Kenya Community Development Committee and Villages of Hope, Africa advisory board.

My recent Canadian clients have included the City of Abbotsford, Fraser Health Authority, Health Canada, Ministry of Children and Family Development and Township of Langley.  A recent project involved developing child friendly indicators for a community in British Columbia and then drafting child friendly development guidelines. Presently I am employed on a contract basis as a social planning consultant for the City of Abbotsford.  Projects for Abbotsford over the last two years have ranged from general policy and planning related to social issues, community development and affordable housing initiatives.

I present several times a month on topics related to quality of life, international development and child friendly community planning.  I have been invited to present and participate in the advisory board of UN sponsored conference in Mumbai, Hope 2008.  I've also had a paper accepted for the International Child and the City Conference in Europe, November 2008.

Past presentations include a presentation on child friendly development at United Nations sponsored Hope conference, Mumbai, India 2005, child friendly development at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India 2005, workshop on faith communities and social planning for World Planning Congress, Vancouver 2006, and poster presentations at a Child and Youth Rights conference, Brock University 2006 and Child in the City Conference, Stuttgart, Germany 2006.

I have taught courses on community development and planning among other urban and social geography courses for approximately twenty years at University of the Fraser Valley. In addition I lead travel studies to Kenya, India and Hawaii on a regular basis. I am active in integrating community development projects into applied courses on community development and planning in the Fraser Valley, Hawaii, India and Kenya.

2) Professional Designation

1991-Present, Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners (MCIP)

3) Education

2008 Doctor of Philosophy (candidate) Urban Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Darmstadt University, Darmstadt, Germany

1986 Master of Arts, Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

1983 Bachelor of Arts, Geography (honors), Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia

1978 Grade 12
Semiahmoo Secondary School, White Rock, British Columbia

4) Teaching Position

1988-Present, University of the Fraser Valley, Geography Professor

1990-Present, Trinity Western University, Sessional Instructor

5) Key Presentations/Papers

Education, Teaching and Learning

Enns, C. “Learning in a Global Milieu.” Conference Presentation, Lakehead University Thunderbay, June 2008

Environment, Community Dynamics and Sustainable Development

Enns, C. “Affordable Housing in the Downtown” Moderator, Abbotsford Downtown Business Association, May 2007

Enns, C. “Partnerships in Affordable Housing” Moderator, Fraser Valley Regional District, October, 2007

Health, Well-being and Community Services (Africa and Canada

Enns, C. “Cities for Children” Invited Speaker, Canadian International Development Agency, Nairobi, Kenya, Summer 2007

Enns, C. et al., Muhanda Community Report, Kenya, East Africa, 2007

Enns, C. “Child Friendly Communities: Responses to Poverty", November 2008

Enns, C. “Cities for Children” CIDA Sponsored Forum, Abbotsford, BC, March 2008

Enns, C. “Cities for Children” Abbotsford Social Development Advisory Committees, Fall 2007

Enns, C. “Cities for Children” UBCM, Richmond 2007

Enns, C. “Vulnerable Youth in the Community,” Annual General Meeting, Cyrus Youth Centre, Abbotsford, BC Fall 2007

Indo-Canadian Studies

Enns, C. Planning Cities for Children, Shastri Report, 2008

Enns, C. “City Planning and the Rights of Children” Invited Speaker, Mumbai, October 2008

Enns, C. “Global Cities for Children” Conference Presentation-Child in the City 2008, Rotterdam, November 2008

Enns, C. “The Right to be Heard: Children and Planning” Invited Speaker, Child and the City Conference, Chandigarh, February 2008

Enns, C. “Corporate Responsibility and the Child” Invited Speaker, Child and the City Conference, Chandigarh, February 2008

Enns, C. “Introduction of Conference Themes” Invited Speaker, Child and the City Conference, Chandigarh, February 2008.

6) Professional Experience

Selected Projects:

2006 - present, City of Abbotsford

Projects include the start up of the Abbotsford Social Development Advisory Committee; assisting with the Supportive Recovery Housing Policy; initiating a Housing Fund; and working with the broader local and regional community on many social planning projects including a Crystal Meth Forum, Homelessness Count, development of a Flex Housing project in partnership with CMHS and Habitat for Humanity, and Partnerships for Affordable Housing Forums.

2008, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Secured a $25,000 research grant; coordinated an International Conference in India in partnership with Panjab University; and drafted a Child Friendly Strategy which is part on an on-going research program.

On-going, Kenya Community Development Project

Designing and implementing a sustainable approach to infrastructure and economic planning and growth in two different communities.

2007 - present, Two Internships, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)

Secured AUCC and CIDA Internship Grants, and successfully applied for five Internship Grants ($60,000) and currently supervising students on research projects in India and Kenya.

2005, Sault Saint Marie, Ontario Urban Revitalization Project

2004 - 05, Hilo, Hawaii Urban Revitalization Project

2003-2005, Township of Langley

Child Friendly Assessment and Development Procedures Review.

2004 - 05, Preparation of community development proposal for child centre in Nairobi, Kenya

7) Recent Publication

Child Friendly Conference Report and Planning Project, 2008, Shastri Institute, Calgary, Alberta.

Muhanda Community Vision, 2007), Kenya Travel Study Partnership and Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia

http://www.childfriendlycities.org/database/index.html.

Township of Langley Child Friendly Impact Assessment and Development Approval Procedure, 2004

Pease note I have not listed the reports written for each professional consulting assignment. However, copies of reports are available for review.

8) Selected Presentations

February 2008, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Child Friendly Cities and Response to Poverty (http://www.puchd.ac.in/section.php?action=news&id=730&code=show)

March 2008, Community Forum, City of Abbotsford, Child Friendly Cities (http://www.canada.com/abbotsfordtimes/news/story.html?id=5915eaeb-9b0b-4631-9df8-e1debb8d66c4)

November 2005, United Nations Conference, Mumbai (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051109/chd.htm ) and University of Panjab, Chandigarh (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051109/chd.htm please scroll down)

9) Invited to Serve on Review Board

Drug Abuse Information Rehabilitation and Research Centre, Hope 2008 International Conference Consultants to the United Nations' Economic and Social Council, Mumbai, India