Building Sustainable Communities
Research and consulting services focused on building equitable, sustainable, and collaborative communities, organizations, and food systems
Our Work
Research & Consultation to Social Purpose Organizations
Skills
Project Management and Partnership Building
Development and Strategic Planning
Impactful Governance
Co-Design Processes & Implementation
Areas of Expertise and Interest
Climate Justice
Equity and Inclusion
Food Systems
Behavioural Insights
Social Finance
Community Building
Leadership Development & Youth Development
Feminist Organizations & Governance
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About Us
Sophie Duncan (She/Her)
Sophie is a researcher and consultant working at the intersections of social, economic, and environmental justice issues, with expertise in food systems, sustainable rural development, social finance, behavioural insights, and equity and inclusion. Sophie currently consults to international feminist and human rights organizations on equity and inclusion and co-designs and co-manages the Leading Social Justice Fellowship, a partnership program of the United Way Greater Toronto and UofT's School of Cities. Her previous work includes collaborating with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers on a new development strategy, applying a behavioural insights lens to food systems research with BI.Org, and leading food access and community development programming.
Sophie holds an MBA from the University of Toronto, was a Fulbright Researcher in Morocco, and speaks English, French, and Moroccan Arabic. She is a board member at the Fair Finance Fund, a non-profit social finance fund for local food and farm enterprises.
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