Nicola Sharp Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Regional Development: Lower Mainland

Vancouver, Canada Area

Regional Development: Vancouver Island

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

• Marking exams and papers for undergraduate courses on municipal finance, policy development and the sociology of food and eating
• Responding to students’ questions by email and in-person during office hours

Toronto, Canada Area

• Identified and validated new sites for acquisition
• Designed concepts using SketchUp and AutoCAD to determine project yields used to develop pro formas
• Researched development constraints and opportunities such as servicing capacity, environmental features and heritage buildings

Toronto, Canada Area

• Analysed data on land supply, housing starts and housing demand forecasts to determine if municipalities are meeting the Provincial requirement to provide a consistent supply of serviced residential land

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Writing the council report, project charter and consultancy scope of work for the Dementia Friends training program
• Establishing the internal training advisory group by writing the terms of reference, chairing meetings and preparing the 2016 work plan
• Co-leading the development and execution of the Vancouver Welcomes Refugee Forum

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Developing a project charter for the development cost levy update informed by national best practices
• Compiling, interpreting and summarizing development data for the annual community amenity contribution council report
• Preparing presentations for senior management on financing options for the Broadway Subway

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Social Policy and Projects, Community Services
• Planning workshops, open houses, online forums and partner events for the Healthy City Strategy that reached over 10,000 people
• Social indicator reporting, childcare demand forecasting and social amenity prioritization involving mapping, data analysis and stakeholder consultation
• Producing communication materials including maps, graphics, public consultation boards, council reports and corporate management briefings for Healthy City Strategy, Downtown Eastside Social Impact Assessment and.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Preparing documentation for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) credits, a green building certification program
• Developing a performance metrics tracking system for development projects
• Writing briefing documents on topics like energy use intensity

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Social Policy and Projects, Community Services
• Designing a phone and online survey to determine supply and demand of childcare spaces in Vancouver
• Collecting qualitative and qualitative data by phone and summarizing findings in a final report
• Developing a family wait-list survey with the Vancouver Society of Childcare Centres

Victoria, Canada

• Researching seniors’ long term care demand in Tofino and Ucluelet by consulting with care facilities and the provincial government, with a focus on facilities with Aboriginal programming
• Preparing a workforce housing and demographic summary for the Osoyoos Affordable Housing Strategy
• Researching complex care facility requirements

Master’S Degree, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Urban Design Certificate

[In]City Urban Planning Certificate

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Economics And Environmental Studies

Activities and Societies: Amnesty International, UVic Equity and Human Rights Office, WUSC Student Refugee Program