Jaimy Fischer

Jaimy Fischer (she/they) is a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow working with the Mobilizing Justice Partnership. Jaimy has expertise in equity and transport, GIScience, community engaged research, and decolonizing and Indigenizing practices. As a Michif (Métis) person and researcher, Jaimy has a strong passion for addressing issues of Indigenous mobility injustice, and their current research program will work to embed Indigenous perspectives and methodologies in transportation planning, policy, data, and measures.

Publications

Fischer, J. "Transportation paved the way for colonization — it can also support reconciliation." The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/transportation-paved-the-way-for-colonizatio...

Fischer, J., Nelson, T. & Winters, M. "Riding through the pandemic: Using Strava data to monitor the impacts of COVID-19 on spatial patterns of bicycling." Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 15, 100667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2022.100667

Huyser, K., Yellow Horse, A., Collins, K., Fischer, J., Jessome, M., Ronayne, E., Lin, J., Derksen, J., Johnson-Jennings, M. "Understanding the associations among social vulnerabilities, Indigenous Peoples, and COVID-19 cases within Canadian health regions." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), 12409. https://www.mdpi.com/1857908

Fischer, J. & Winters, M. "COVID-19 street reallocation in mid-sized Canadian cities: Socio-spatial equity patterns." Canadian Journal of Public Health, 112, 376-390. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-020-00467-3

Fischer, J., Nelson, T., Laberee, K. & Winters, M. "What does crowdsourced data tell us about bicycling injury? A case study in a mid-sized Canadian city." Accident Analysis & Prevention, 145, 105695.