Teaching & Supervision
Brenda has taught PLAN495 - Professional Planning Practice each year since 2021. She also taught PLAN441 - Challenges in Urban Development in 2023.
As Professional Associate, she brings her experience as Principal of Wallace Insights, a Saskatoon-based consultancy specializing in planning, sustainability, and public participation. Brenda has worked at senior professional and executive levels, with 30 years of experience in public, private and non-profit organizations.
Research
Brenda is a PhD student under Dr. Maureen Reed in the School of Environment and Sustainability. Her research philosophy values collaboration and focuses on issues that are meaningful to communities and organizations. Together with people in Biosphere Regions, she is co-investigating how to generate and apply a framework for regenerative organizing – that is, to embed structures and practices that enhance biocultural diversity (species, cultures, and languages) in the places where people live and work. While currently focusing on Biosphere Regions in Canada, results will offer tools and actionable insights to strengthen partnerships, enhance learning, and create durable benefits for biocultural diversity useful to the broader national and international network and other collaborative management organizations.
Education & Training
Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership | Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge, UK
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Regional and Urban Planning | University of Saskatchewan
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Year | Resource and Environmental Planning, Massey University, New Zealand