Research

Funded Research Projects

• Co-applicant on “Challenges for Making TOD Equitable in Mid-Sized Cities: Changing Neighbourhoods in Malmö, Sweden, and Kitchener, Canada” (2019-2021, K2 (Nationellt Kunskapcentrum för Kollectivtrafik/Swedish Knowledge Centre for Public Transport), principal applicant Lina Olsson, 30,000 kr/$4,200 CAD)
• Co-applicant on “Rosengård: values and challenges in the shadow of an urban development process” (2019-2021, K2 (Nationellt Kunskapcentrum för Kollectivtrafik/Swedish Knowledge Centre for Public Transport) Grant, principal applicant Jonas Alwall, sub-grant 20,000 kr/$2,750 CAD)
• International Advisory Committee member on “Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in the early stages of planning processes – improved tools for navigating collaborative complexities and private sector rationalities” (2020-2022, K2 (Nationellt Kunskapcentrum för Kollectivtrafik/Swedish Knowledge Centre for Public Transport) Grant, principal applicants Robert Hrelja, Lina Olsson)
• Co-applicant on “Addressing the Knowledge Gaps in Meeting the Housing Needs of Older LGBT Canadians: From Research to Policy to Practice” (2019-2020, SSHRC Partnership Development Grant – Collaborative Housing Research Network, principal applicant Jacqueline Gahagan, $78,767)
• Principal applicant on “Rental Housing in Canadian Cities: Barriers and Solutions to Implementation” (2018-2020, SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $37,124 and SSHRC Research Development Fund Grant, $2,745). Click here for the latest reports, articles, and news.
• Co-applicant on “Over the Line: A Bilateral Conversation on Race, Place, and the Environment“, a symposium on October 27, 2017 (SSHRC Connection Grant, principal applicant Ingrid Waldron, $49,000). Click here for a video of the event.
• Co-applicant on “Neighbourhood Inequality, Diversity, and Change: Trends, Processes, Consequences, and Policy Options for Canada’s Large Metropolitan Areas” (2012-2019, SSHRC Partnership Grant, principal applicant J. David Hulchanski, $2,500,000). Click here for the latest reports, articles, and news on my sub-project, Non-profit housing in the Halifax Regional Municipality 
• Affiliated researcher on “Generationed City” (SSHRC and Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, principal applicant Markus Moos)
• Co-researcher on a two-year study of transit-oriented development using meta-analysis of international case studies in TOD (rough set analysis, meta-matrix, workshops with local planners) (2012-2014, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, €140,000/$207,710)
• Principal applicant on a study of housing and transportation choices of Filipino immigrants in Toronto (descriptive data, interviews, factor analysis) (2008-2011, SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, $60,000)

Research Consulting

• Hosted a webinar, interviewing author Conor Dougherty for BC Non-Profit Housing Association (2020)
• Conducted a study on youth housing models for Phoenix (2020), including descriptive statistical analysis, a survey with housing providers, and interviews with youth
• Wrote a policy paper with Dr. Matti Siemiatycki on equitable transit recovery post-COVID for Infrastructure Canada (2020)
• Wrote a policy paper on equitable post-COVID recovery in cities for Federation of Canadian Municipalities (2020)
• Conducted pre- and post-surveys for the Town of Bridgewater pilot transit project (2017)
• Conducted a study on social enterprises in affordable housing, including a jurisdictional review and interviews with social enterprises and their funders (Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing, 2012)
• Developed program evaluation frameworks, including focus group guides, interview guides, surveys, and research plans, 2011 (Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver) and BC Non-Profit Housing Association)