About Shanna McKinnon

Shanna is a born and raised Edmontonian with a passion for enhancing and revitalizing public spaces. Shanna graduated from NAIT's Landscape Architectural Technology program in 2006, completed the Urban Design Certificate from Simon Fraser University in 2018, and has worked as a Landscape Architectural Technologist, Landscape Designer, and Landscape Architect. Her career journey has given her experience on projects of various sizes and complexities, including commercial and multi-family developments, institutional sites, open spaces, and streetscapes. She has worked on new developments, rehabilitation of existing spaces, and integration into existing infrastructure, with both private developers and municipal clients.

As an integral part of her team, Shanna has taken numerous projects successfully from start to finish. She is responsible for design development, detailed design, and preparation of contract documents, including specifications, as well as graphic design, and preparation of public consultation plans and displays. She provides adept project management and is proficient at client communication and interdisciplinary design coordination, working with multidisciplinary teams, assisting in public and stakeholder engagement, and preparing presentations. Integrated design solutions are critical to a successful project, and Shanna is able to recognize potential design conflicts and provide mitigation strategies to increase project efficiency.

Shanna is a full member of the Alberta Association of Landscape Architects and works as a Landscape Architect with Public City Architecture in Edmonton.

Imagine yourself in a place.

The sun dapples the pavement, its rays fragmented by the leaves of the trees overhead. You feel a calm breeze, gentle enough to cool the air around you, kind enough to carry the scents of nature to you.

From where you sit, you can hear the laughter of a child rolling in the field, the animated voices of neighbours, greeting one another as they pass through.

You can see a family; parents, children, grandparents, gathering to share food and make memories. A small group, separate from the others, kneels to pay homage to the land and to loved ones lost.

You know that outside this place, the city awaits; the clamour of the streets, the expectations of the world, the weight of responsibility. In the distance, the buildings loom in the skyline, reminding you of their presence.

About Shanna McKinnon

Imagine yourself in a place.

The sun dapples the pavement, its rays fragmented by the leaves of the trees overhead. You feel a calm breeze, gentle enough to cool the air around you, kind enough to carry the scents of nature to you.

From where you sit, you can hear the laughter of a child rolling in the field, the animated voices of neighbours, greeting one another as they pass through.

You can see a family; parents, children, grandparents, gathering to share food and make memories. A small group, separate from the others, kneels to pay homage to the land and to loved ones lost.

You know that outside this place, the city awaits; the clamour of the streets, the expectations of the world, the weight of responsibility. In the distance, the buildings loom in the skyline, reminding you of their presence.

But here, there is no clamour, no expectations, no weight. Here, there is only sun,

laughter,
gentleness,
memories.
Here, in this place, there is peace.

About Shanna McKinnon

Imagine yourself in a place.

The sun dapples the pavement, its rays fragmented by the leaves of the trees overhead. You feel a calm breeze, gentle enough to cool the air around you, kind enough to carry the scents of nature to you.

From where you sit, you can hear the laughter of a child rolling in the field, the animated voices of neighbours, greeting one another as they pass through.

You can see a family; parents, children, grandparents, gathering to share food and make memories. A small group, separate from the others, kneels to pay homage to the land and to loved ones lost.

You know that outside this place, the city awaits; the clamour of the streets, the expectations of the world, the weight of responsibility. In the distance, the buildings loom in the skyline, reminding you of their presence.

But here, there is no clamour, no expectations, no weight. Here, there is only sun,

laughter,gentleness,memories.Here, in this place, there is peace.

laughter,
gentleness,
memories.
Here, in this place, there is peace.