Sheila Boudreau is Principal Landscape Architect + Planner at SpruceLab, an Indigenous and women-owned and -operated planning and landscape architecture firm with offices in Toronto, Hamilton, and Edmonton. She has over three decades of experience in both the private and public sectors following degrees in Landscape Architecture and Fine Art (University of Guelph), and a Master of Arts in Planning (University of Waterloo). Boudreau established SpruceLab in 2020 to be collaborative and nature-based with a community focus. Its intention is to prioritize Indigenous voices where possible – to honour her Mi’kmaq ancestors in this work.
Boudreau also founded Earth Tending, an Indigenous paid training program focused on green infrastructure, as well as Dbaajmowin, an Indigenous-led artists collective (both supported by the SpruceLab team). She belongs to numerous professional organizations, including the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, and is a member of the 2023/24 Task Force on Housing and Climate (supported by Smart Prosperity Institute), and was a co-lead for Climate Risk Initiative’s net-zero training module on governance for Engineers Canada. She is currently writing a book on the importance of nature for cities, for OwlKids press.