Community Arts Council of Vancouver

VICE-PRESIDENT

Nathan is a Senior Partner with 42nd Street Consulting which supports inclusive planning for diverse communities. He has worked on projects linking government and community organizations in a variety of settings in Canada, the U.S., Brazil and South Africa. He is Adjunct Professor with the UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning and a Bousfield Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Toronto.

A Planner with the City of Vancouver from 1983 to 2008, he focused for 15 years on the many challenging issues facing the Downtown Eastside. This included work on an Arts and Culture Strategic Investment Plan as well as a variety of public realm improvements and a plan for community based programming of local public spaces. Prior to working for the City he was the founding Executive Director of Little Mountain Neighbourhood House. Nathan joined the CACV board in 2008 and is currently the CACV board representative to the Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts and various other DTES organizations and initiatives.