Planning

Laysa Abchiche Lima

Research Interests

• Urban Entrepreneurialism
• City Marketing
• Comparative Urban Policy
• Urban Renewal
• Urban Decline

Neve Adams

Research Interests

• Social planning and policy
• Community development
• Ethnicity and nationalism
• Public space

Zeina Ahmed

Research Interests

• Urban design
• Social equity
• Community development
• Public art and space

Christopher Alton

Research Interests

• Planning theory
• Resource extraction

Elise Antoniadis

Research Interests

• Planning’s place in counter-hegemonic practices to transform neoliberalization
• Radical democracy in the urban setting
• Right to the city
• Queer planning praxes
• Equity in community development planning

Patricia Arnold

Research Interests

• Transportation planning
• Transit planning
• Transit-oriented development (TOD)

Christine Avery

Research Interests

• Climate and Environmental Justice
• Feminist and Queer Urbanisms
• Housing Policy/ Affordability
• Social Planning and Policy
• Community-based Planning

Ruth Belay

Research Interests

• Migration, Resettlement and Diaspora Communities
• Environmental Refugees and International Development Planning Strategies
• North Infrastructure Development for Indigenous Communities

Ajeev Bhatia

Research Interests

• Equity planning
• Resilient cities and neighbourhoods
• Systems theory and community development
• Community economic development, inclusive economies
• Social justice philanthropy

Travis K. Bost

Research Interests

• Urban Political Ecology
• Politics of Infrastructure
• Nature-Society Relations
• Urban Theory
• U.S. Gulf South
• Climate Change Politics

Sarah Burrell

Research Interests

• Environmental planning and sustainable development
• Economic decline and urban revitalization
• Urban green space and the linkages to mental health
• Active transportation planning

Mackenzie Ceci

Research Interests

• Waste management
• Landscape ecology
• Nature-based solutions
• Utilizing GIS and remote sensing to approach planning-related issues

Da Chen

Research Interests

• Environmental planning
• Indigenous-non-indigenous relations
• Marine conservation and cities
• Public Space design
• Transportation and accessibility

Tash Cheong

Research Interests

• Equity planning and community economic development
• Political responses to the financialization of housing
• Social purpose and alternative enterprises
• Platform cooperativism and the online social economy

Ali Reda Darouiche

Research Interests

• Sustainable Communities
• Off-grid Communities
• Parks and Open Spaces
• Environmental Policy
• Political Ecology
• Urban Design
• Land Use Development

Ryan Doherty

Research Interests

• Sustainability
• Real Estate Development
• Complete Communities
• Housing Policy
• Land Use Planning
• Commercial Policy

Matthew Doren

Research Interests

• Smart Growth
• Urbanization
• Land Use Planning
• Affordable Housing
• Urban Design

Natalie Douglas

Research Interests

• Sustainable Development and Land Use
• Economic Decline and Revitalization
• Suburban Regeneration
• Active Transportation and Modal Shifts
• Decolonizing Planning

Thomas Dybowski

Research Interests

• Land Use Planning
• Housing and Real Estate Development
• Mixed Use Communities
• Urban Design

Jason Farra

Research Interests

• Transportation planning
• Regional governance
• Suburban development
• Uneven development
• Critical planning theory

Laura Fylyshtan

Research Interests

• How regions adapt to economic change
• Transportation
• Affordable Housing

Shervin Ghaem-Maghami

Research Interests

• Migration, citizenship, and integration
• Community engagement and participation
• Critical theory and planning practice

Katarina Graves

Research Interests

• Environmental planning and policy
• Human-nature relations in the city
• Anthropocentrism
• Sustainability and climate resilience

Kayla Greenberg

Research Interests

• Urban sustainability and climate change resilience
• Parks and open space
• Ecosystem services
• Active transportation

Chris Humphries

Research Interests

• Sustainable Community Development
• Transportation
• Integrated Transportation Planning
• Systems Thinking and Structured Decision Making

Joanna Ilunga-Kapinga

Research Interests

• Transportation Planning
• Vertical Housing
• Suburban Sprawl
• Belt and Road Initiative in the Global South

Nushrat Jahan

Research Interests

• Urban development
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Natural resource management
• Sustainability and resilience studies
• Disaster management
• Rural development
• South east Asia, Central and Western Canada

Anne James

Research Interests

• Tactical Urbanism
• Urban Design
• Arts and Cultural Planning
• Community Planning

Sam Jones

Research Interests

• Transportation planning
• Transit information
• Land use and zoning
• Housing
• Spatial and geographic identities

Emma Jones

Research Interests

• Housing
• Sustainability
• Gender
• Participatory planning

Vanessa Kiley

Research Interests

• Indigenous Community Development
• Land Use and Development
• Urban Design
• The relationship between community development and public health

Hanna Kim

Research Interests

• Transportation Planning and Infrastructure
• Environmental/Sustainable Planning

Hojoong H. Lee

Research Interests

• Public Transportation
• GIS
• High-Density Development
• Metropolitan Areas

Diala Lteif

Research Interests

• Displacement and forced migration
• Conflict and post-war cities
• Urban struggle and the production of space
• Everyday life of refuge
• Urban history

Madeline Luker

Research Interests

• Collaborative planning for healthy communities
• Active transportation
• Impacts of urban intensification on human health

Sneha Mandhan

Research Interests

• Public Space
• Urban Resilience
• Land Use and Zoning Regulations
• Urban Form and Morphology
• Community Engagement
• Cultural Landscapes

Rui Mao

Research Interests

• Urban Sustainability and Climate Change
• Urban Governance and Finance
• Transportation Policy
• Transportation Policy Implementation

Tyler Marr

Research Interests

• Active Transportation
• Land Use Planning
• Housing and Real Estate Development
• Mixed Use Communities
• Urban Design and Public Space

Justin Matthews

Research Interests

• Mid-Sized Cities
• Post-Industrialism
• Active Transportation
• Land-Use Planning
• Urban Development

Karina Maynard

Research Interests

• Active & public transportation
• Complete streets
• Mixed-use communities
• Sustainable development
• Placemaking and public spaces

Ewa Modlinska

Research Interests

• Municipal planning processes
• Neighbourhood revitalization
• Community and stakeholder engagement
• Urban renewal
• Community development
• Public-private-community partnerships
• Politics of planning

Garrett Morgan

Research Interests

• Healthy Cities
• Community Resilience
• Climate Change Adaptation
• The Urban as a Social Determinant of Health

Sabrina Musto

Research Interests

• sustainability
• community development
• e-waste
• human behaviour and space
• developing countries vs. developed countries

Kate Nelischer

Research Interests

• Gender and planning
• Designing cities for women
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

Pinremola O.

Research Interests

• Environmental management & infrastructure development
• Land use & transportation planning
• Planning & environmental law
• Sustainable development & resiliency

Sanjida Rabbi

Research Interests

• Public Transportation and Climate Change
• Geographic Information System and land use Change

Darian Razdar

Research Interests

• Global-local solidarity
• Queer urbanisms
• Anti-capitalism, social movements, liberation
• Democratic planning methods & alternative urban governance
• Phenomenological research methods
• Right to the city

Sarah Robertshaw

Research Interests

• Liveable Cities
• Urban Decline
• Spatial Inequality
• Urban violence and post-conflict rebuilding

Claudio Sarmiento-Casas

Research Interests

• Active transportation planning in Latin America
• Tactical Urbanism
• Pedestrian and vélo-mobilities
• Diversity in mobility
• Street design
• Road safety
• Mexican cities

Shannon Spencer

Research Interests

• Community development
• Immigration
• Inclusive Cities
• Land use planning
• Affordable and social housing

Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie

Research Interests

• Spatial geographies of innovation
• Asset-based approaches to community development
• Community and stakeholder engagement

Jhamela Stapleton

Research Interests

• Affordable Housing
• Racialization of Space
• Community-Based Planning

Chiyi Tam

Research Interests

• Conflict in Participatory Planning
• Equity in Public Engagement Design
• Organizational Trauma and Healing

Andrew Tidswell

Research Interests

• Urban open space
• Sustainability
• Housing accessibility

Marissa Irene Uli

Research Interests

• Civic Engagement
• Sustainable Community
• Smart Cities
• Migration, Diaspora and Marginalized Community
• Indonesia, or South East Asian cities

Hazelmae Valenzuela

Research Interests

• Building Inclusive Cities
• Right to The City
• Social Planning and Policy
• Community-Based Planning and Development

Dannika Van Vugt

Research Interests

• Housing Policy and Affordability
• Urban Sustainability and Climate Change
• Neighborhood Revitalization
• Community-Based Planning
• Sustainable and Equitable Food Systems
• Poverty Reduction
• Mixed Use Communities
• Social Justice and Access to the City

Nick Vo

Research Interests

• Community Development
• Place-making
• Active Transportation
• Urban Design

Nate Wessel

Research Interests

• Transit
• GIS
• Cartography

Ryan Whitney

Research Interests

• Non-motorized transportation planning
• Social justice
• Latin American urbanization
• Global policy transfer

Hannelore Yager

Research Interests

• Food security
• Agricultural development
• Sustainability management
• Livelihoods studies
• Political ecology
• South Asian and South East Asian studies

Melinda Yogendran

Research Interests

• Food and agricultural systems planning
• Equitable food systems
• Community-based planning
• Poverty reduction

Mischa Young

Research Interests

• Transportation behaviours
• Parking
• Public transit
• Urban sprawl

Michelle Zhong

Research Interests

• Urban sustainability
• East and Southeast Asian cities
• Community development
• Urban migration
• Economic globalization