{"id":440,"name":"Nina-Marie Lister","url":"http:\/\/ryerson.academia.edu\/NinaMarieLister\/About","description":"Nina-Marie Lister is Professor in the School of Urban & Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University and Senior Fellow at Massey College in Toronto. From 2022-2025 she was Visiting Professor of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University\u2019s Graduate School of Design. Awarded the Margolese National Design for Living Prize for her work in ecological design, Lister\u2019s research, teaching and practice centre on landscape infrastructure, biodiversity and ecological processes through ecological design applications for biodiversity recovery, climate resilience, and more-than-human well-being. At TMU, Lister founded and directs the Ecological Design Lab to connect people with nature in cities. \r\n\r\nLister is co-editor of Projective Ecologies (with Chris Reed, published by Harvard University and ACTAR Press, 2014, 2020) and The Ecosystem Approach: Complexity, Uncertainty, and Managing for Sustainability (with David Waltner-Toews and the late James Kay, Columbia University Press, 2008), and author of more than 150 scholarly research & professional practice publications. These include peer-reviewed articles in top-ranked journals (Ecology & Society, J. Restoration Ecology, Sustainability), notable contributions to Design With Nature Now (Lincoln Land Institute 2019), Nature & Cities: The Ecological Imperative in Urban Planning & Design (Lincoln 2016), Is Landscape\u2026Essays on the Identity of Landscape (Routledge 2016), Ecological Urbanism (Harvard University with Lars M\u00fcller Publishers 2010), and Large Parks (Princeton Architectural Press 2008, winner of the J.B. Jackson Book Prize).\r\n\r\nHer work has been featured in international critical, creative exhibitions, including the 2016 Venice Architectural Biennale with Canada\u2019s entry, EXTRACTION. She advises the Waterfront Toronto Design Review Panel, the international Biophilic Cities Network and North America\u2019s Wildlife Crossing Fund. In recognition of her international leadership in ecological design, Lister has been awarded Honourary Membership in the American Society of Landscape Architects and in the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects. She has received a Canadian Green Building Council\u2019s excellence and leadership award and was nominated among Planetizen\u2019s Most Influential Urbanists.\r\n\r\nRecent works:\r\n \r\nArticle in Cities and the Environment - Beyond the Lawn: Bylaws for Biodiversity - Evidence-Based Recommendations for Future Practice and Policy Development \r\nArticle in Ecology and Society - Dimensions of integration for landscape connectivity planning: a framework for understanding challenges and opportunities.\r\nArticle in Wildlife Society Bulletin - Wildlife crossing database platform: A transdisciplinary approach to developing a tool for landscape connectivity planning and public engagement.\r\nArticle in Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy - Assessing the potential for legal liability to create incentives for agencies to reduce wildlife\u2013vehicle collisions in Canada and the United States.\r\nBeyond Safe Passages with partners at ARC\r\nLandscapes of Care: Designing for an Ecology of Empathy in The Land is Full. Brad McKee (ed), 2024. Monacelli Press.\r\nWild Ways 3.0 California Connectivity via Harvard GSD  \r\nToolkit and national campaign on Bylaws for Biodiversity","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/author\/ninamarielister\/","slug":"ninamarielister","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_5614-24x24.jpeg","48":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_5614-48x48.jpeg","96":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_5614-96x96.jpeg"},"meta":[],"simple_local_avatar":{"media_id":61088,"full":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_5614.jpeg","blog_id":1,"192":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_5614-192x192.jpeg","96":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_5614-96x96.jpeg","24":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_5614-24x24.jpeg","48":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_5614-48x48.jpeg","250":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_5614-250x250.jpeg","125":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_5614-125x125.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}