Janet moore Co.
Collaborator, Writer & Consultant with a focus on Sustainability, Ecology and Well Being.
Vancouver, Canada
Welcome. This is a place to connect to my writing, consulting and projects across platforms. Look forward to connecting with you soon.
I've spent some time reflecting on the design and build of our Ontario St. Net Zero Duplex project. We took down a 1926 bungalow in Vancouver and built a Net Zero Duplex. If you are interested to learn more about the project take a look at the section on my Substack called Net Zero.
Collective Reset: A Leadership Retreat
May 7-11, 2025
Hollyhock, Cortes Island
Join a group of leaders in social, political, environmental, and educational impact organizations for a 5-day retreat. We are co-imagining what it means to collectively reset our nervous systems and meet others building businesses and fostering movements in the systems-change sector. The purpose is simple: engaging fully with our own personal/embodied “system” and resetting and recharging it, in order to powerfully step back into the larger context of our lives and work with more clarity and energy.
Reflections from the Forest
Follow my writing on SubStack - a place where I can think about my thinking and share reflections.
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About Me.
I am a curious innovator, leader & mentor who cares deeply about the future of the planet. I'm a collaborator who loves to support folks doing the work that is needed at this moment in time. I love working with teams and supporting leaders to move the work forward. I am a divergent thinker and love putting big ideas into practice on the ground. I spent my career implementing ideas and helping folks get clear about creating change on the ground. My favourite workday includes mentoring leaders (walking meetings), imagining possibilities and practicing organizational acupuncture.
My Story
I currently live on unceded traditional lands of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ) and Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) Nations –also called Vancouver. I came to the west coast 25 years ago from Oakville, Ontario lands of the Anishnabewaki (ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ), Haudenosaunee and Mississauga. I spend a lot of time walking in the rainforest, the coastal mountains and finding ways to explore The Salish Sea. I spent the last 16 years at Simon Fraser University teaching in an amazing program called “The Semester in Dialogue” and co-founding CityStudio Vancouver. My family recently developed a net zero duplex as one small act of learning towards climate adaptation.
Education
I have a BSc in Marine Biology from McGill (I love whales and intertidal zones) an MSc in Ecology from UBC (where I fell in love with teaching, hummingbirds & the west coast). My PhD at UBC combined lessons from the School of Community and Regional Planning (urban sustainability, systems and feminist methodology) and the Faculty of Education (transformative learning & participatory methods).
Interests
I am passionate about new possibilities in cities and thrive when co-creating imaginative solutions to complex problems. My interests include transdisciplinary higher education, transformative learning, social entrepreneurship, social innovation and organizational change in higher education. I am learning to reconcile what it means to be a settler on the west coast of Canada. In my time away from collaborating you can find me riding my bike, digging in the garden, hanging out with my family and walking my dog Magic in the rainforest.
Projects & Roles
Hey Neighbour Collective
Advisor
Georgia Strait Alliance
Interim Executive Director- 2024
UBC Farm & Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
Innovation and Research Curator -2023
Simon Fraser University Faculty member
Professor of Professional Practice at SFU Semester in Dialogue - 16 years (2006-2022)
Fellow- Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
University Teaching Fellow - SFU Faculty of Environment
CityStudio
Board Chair - CityStudio Vancouver Society
Co-Founder and Co-Director- CityStudio Vancouver
WalkingtheTalk
Director - BC Working Group on Sustainability Education (Walkingthetalk)
Learning City
Post Doctoral Fellow- Learning City Research Collaborative
Georgia Basin Futures Project
Graduate Research Assistant - Georgia Basin Futures Project
UBC Biology
Lab Faculty - First Year Biology Program University of British Columbia
My Google Scholar Publications