Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Geography, Simon Fraser University
I am a scholar of urban sustainability, leading to studies of urban policy, planning, and related social, environmental and geographical approaches to understanding and promoting a sustainability transition in urban governance and urban life. My research includes empirical and community-engaged research in measuring and monitoring sustainability and pragmatic philosophical investigation.
Have-not neighbourhoods hurt by about-face on engaging with the community in urban planning
Jul 04, 2024 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Community engagement became a formal requirement of planning in Canada via the neighbourhood improvement program of the 1970s. That program required local governments to work together with residents to rehabilitate...
Debunking myths about community housing: What governments and the public should know
May 09, 2024 07:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Canadas Housing Plan is pledging an ambitious multilateral approach to build more housing, faster and cheaper, for diverse groups. It includes noteworthy new funding programs and policies to preserve and expand...
Green buildings must do more to fix our climate emergency
Feb 06, 2019 23:35 pm UTC| Business Nature
After more than three decades of talk about the potential of building green, weve still failed to change the way we design and construct buildings so that the built environment stops being a dominant contributor to runaway...
Our changing views of the city: A new urban celebration
Jul 19, 2018 14:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The celebration of the city today is widespread. Globally, many cities have fulfilled Louis Wirths prophesy from 1930s Chicago. Wirth said that in the future, cities would no longer be simply large concentrations of human...
FDA Approval of Opdivo Injection Sparks Hope for Cancer Patients with Revolutionary Treatment Update