Suburban Mobilities Cluster Day

On June 9th, the Suburban Mobilities Cluster will have a day within the Mobility Month of the Mobility Network. The Cluster collected data from nearly 2000 Scarborough residents on various topics (mobility, built environment, social capital, political values, and health), and we will present ongoing research using this dataset. The event is a half day (9:30 to 1 pm) in person (GB202, downtown).

The Suburban Mobilities Cluster at the University of Toronto Scarborough is a multi-disciplinary research program that draws on expertise across nine disciplines to tackle four suburban mobility challenges: rising suburban inequalities, improving transportation design and technology, increasing transportation impacts on climate change, emerging stakes on resilience to shocks.

Suburban Mobilities is part of the Mobility Network, a network of partners, in the community, in industry, and in government, who will collaborate to find mobility solutions that serve people’s well-being, the planet’s future, and the potential of our growing cities to flourish equitably, sustainably and productively.

As a pillar of the GTA-RISE institute, the cluster will develop an integrated UTSC approach to collaborative research, while leveraging faculty resources and university institutions across the tri-campus, such as the Mobility Network, The School of Cities, and the University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute. 

Agenda 

• Introduction: The cluster and the Scarborough Survey by Ignacio Tiznado-Aitken, Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough, Research Coordinator of Suburban Mobilities Cluster
• Predictors of Transportation-Related Barriers to Healthcare Access by Nicholas Spence, Assistant Professor, Department of Health & Society, University of Toronto Scarborough
• Active travel among older adults in suburban contexts: A mixed-methods approach by Alec Khachatryan, PhD student, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
• 15-minute city in Scarborough by Anton Yu, Master's student, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough
• Relationships between accessibility and quality of life outcomes by Joao Parga, PhD student, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
• The way forward: Future research with the Scarborough Survey by Shaila Jamal, Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough, Research Coordinator of Suburban Mobilities Cluster

Register on Eventbrite for this event.

Free. All are welcome.

If any specific accommodations are needed, please contact mobilitynetwork@utoronto.ca. Requests should be made as early as possible.