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Catherine Tusien

Senior Coordinator,
Development

Development

Catherine is a Senior Development Coordinator at SHS. Prior to joining the SHS Team, she worked in the UK as a Planning Consultant for an urban regeneration firm dedicated to delivering affordable housing for local residents through the construction of 50,000 new homes and 20,00 new jobs by 2037. In this role, she worked with both private and public sector clients such as University College London, Hackman Capital Partners, and London Borough of Barking and Dagenham among others and advised on planning policy, project programmes, mitigation of risk strategies and general planning matters from initial feasibility through construction.

As a Senior Development Coordinator at SHS, Catherine supports affordable housing projects from initial inception to post-construction throughout the GTA and Ottawa. She is currently working closely with Indigenous organizations on several affordable housing projects.

Education

Master of Global Urban Development and Planning (University of Manchester)

Bachelors of Arts (Human Geography) (University of Toronto)

Read about the impact Catherine has had in these case studies:

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Wigwamen Incorporated

Wigwamen Markham Road - 2024

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77 Bloor Street West, Suite 600
Toronto ON
M5S 1M2

77 Bloor Street West, Suite 600
Toronto ON
M5S 1M2

At SHS we acknowledge the lands we are on are the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples and are now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that the location of our office in Toronto is covered by Treaty 13. In our work, we strive to continually reflect on our relationship to the land we are currently inhabiting and how our role as actors in the housing system can support the reconciliation process.