Jamilla is an Urban Planner and researcher with experience working on a range of issues including urban health equity, post-secondary student housing affordability and gendered rights to the city. She has developed public health policy recommendations to enable healthier outcomes for communties, supported city-wide public consultations on proposed Inclusionary Zoning policy and contributed to the design and implementation of post-secondary student consultation strategies. Her professional work strives to leverage land use policies to benefit communities by raising awareness of intersecting issues that impact historically disadvantaged populations. At Urban Strategies, Jamilla is contributing to new master plan and development approvals for the former Saputo factory site at the Sperling SkyTrain station in Burnaby as well as the Downsview Framework Plan in Toronto.

Jamilla Mohamud
Urban Planner
Jamilla's projects
Burnaby, BC
Saputo Dairyland Plant
2019 – Present
Toronto, Ontario
Downsview 1st District – Taxiway West
2020 - Present
Toronto, Ontario
2020 - PRESENT
Downsview
Master planning a 500-acre former airfield area into a new vibrant, resilient and green neighbourhood in Toronto.
Charlottesville, Virginia
2021-Present
University of Virginia 2030 Grounds Framework Plan
Urban Strategies is currently developing the University of Virginia’s (UVA) 2030 Grounds Framework Plan, a campus plan that will define the future physical direction for the University over the next 20 years.