Maggie Low is the Co-Chair of the Indigenous Community Planning (ICP) program at
UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP). Maggie is a community-
engaged scholar who seeks to advance a better understanding of Indigenous
sovereignty as it is expressed outside the Canadian courts. Her current research
projects and teaching focus on Indigenous planning, climate justice and adaptation
planning, Indigenous-state relations and decolonization efforts happening within
Canadian cities. Maggie grew in Sudbury, Ontario and is of mixed ancestry. She is
Italian, French, and German from her Mother’s side and from her Father’s side she is a
status member of Wikwemikoong Unceded Territory. Over the past eight years Maggie
has been fortunate enough to work with and for First Nations in what is now known as
British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario. Off campus, Maggie enjoys running, camping,
drinking good coffee and eating with friends and family.