Amina Yasin is an urban planner and community advocate who has worked across Canada in community planning, development and policy planning. She is also a Vancouver city planning commissioner, a member of the City of Vancouver Urban Design Panel, a board director of the Hogan’s Alley Society, and a co-chair of the Canadian Institute of Planners’ social equity committee.
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MagazineWalking with my mother
In 2017, my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The city she once navigated with ease became dangerous and confusing, and I learned that it was worsening her symptoms. As a daughter and an urban planner, I wondered: what would a city built for disabled people’s safety and ease look like?
