Student and Postdoc Supervision

Current PhD Supervision

Majd Al-Shihabi, PhD, Geography, U of T  2022-

(co-supervision with Heather Dorries, Geography)

Majd is working on using participatory methods to co-create models to explore the behaviour of the housing market in the KGO neighbourhood in Toronto and its relationship to the climate action goals of the city.

 

Emily Smit, PhD Geography, U of T,  2022-

Emily’s research focus is on evaluating the Visionary Communities project.

 

Garrett Morgan, PhD, Geography, U of T  2019-

(Co-supervision with Prof Blake Poland, Dalla Lana School of Public Heath)

Garrett’s research applies an intersectional perspective on environmental justice in the climate action plans of the world’s “most sustainable” cities.

 

Grégoire Benzakin, PhD, Geography, U of T  2018-

Grégoire’s research explores the pluriversal dimensions of digital infrastructures, focusing on the controversies surrounding Sidewalk Toronto.

Current Master’s Supervision

Navyata Neeraj, MES, U of T, 2024-

Scenarios work in the Visionary Communities Project

 

Desiree Stockermans Munoz, MGA, U of T, 2024-

Youth engagement at the University of Toronto

 

Areeba Khalid, MScSM, U of T, 2024-

scaling retrofits in Toronto

 

Dena Van De Couvering, MScSM, U of T, 2024-

Utility reform and regulation

 

Recent Graduates (2022-24)

1. Postdoctoral Fellows

Kim Slater, Postdoctoral Fellow, U of T, 2021-24

Project: Urban Climate Action Project and Visionary Communities Project

 

Sylvia Coleman, Postdoctoral Fellow, U of T, 2020-23

Project: Wellbeing in the Built Environment

 

Steve Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow, U of T and Chalmers U, 2020-22

Project:  Sustainability Evaluation in Mid-Sweden Sustainability Projects

2. PhD Students

Kim Slater, PhD, Geography, U of T, 2021

Title: Clarifying, Creating, Capturing, and Catalyzing: An Exploration of Social Learning in the Evaluation of Community-scale Contributions to Sustainability Transitions

 

3. Master’s Students

Desiree Kosciulek, MES, U of T, 2024

Title: Youth as Co-Producers: Exploring Youth Participation and Engagement Strategies in Local Climate Policy Processes in Johannesburg and Toronto

 

Vivian Patel, MSc, Planning, U of T, 2024

Title: Assessing the Age of MURBs and Effective Sequencing of Building Energy Retrofits

 

Osayus Ize-Iyamu, MScSM, U of T, 2024

Title: A Comparative Analysis of the Integration of EDI within the Building Sector Strategies of Climate Action Plans for Canada’s Major Urban Centres

 

Anushuwa Banerjee, MScSM, U of T, 2024

Title: Analyzing the driving factors for Electric Vehicle (EV) adoption in Municipal Cities: lessons learned from the world, for application in City of Toronto’s TransformTO EV target by 2030.

 

Kristen Ma, MES, U of T, U of T, 2023

Title: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Household Organic Waste Diversion in Toronto, Canada

 

Angelica Chow, MScSM, U of T, 2022

Title: Net-Zero Microgrid Implementation to Advance Toronto’s TransformTO Energy Goals

 

Natalie Biringer, MScSM, U of T, 2022

Title: Cycling in Copenhagen and Paris: Lessons Learned for Application in the City of Toronto

 

Hayley MacDonald, MScSM, U of T, 2022

Title: Analysing Energy Justice in the Housing Sector within Municipal Climate Action Plans: Learnings for the City of Toronto

 

Jaimie Cryder, MA, Geography, U of T, 2022

Title: Considering the Potential of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises to Accelerate Urban Sustainability Transitions: A Case Study of Toronto’s Restaurant Industry

 

Jeanny Do, MScSM, U of T, 2022

Title: Cycling and Staying on Track: An Evaluation of Toronto’s Cycling Initiatives through a Social Practice Theory Framework

 

Ali Beynaghi, MASc, Civil Engineering, U of T, 2022

(Co-supervision with Prof Tamer El-Diraby, Civil Engineering)

Title: Policy Mixes for Accelerating Zero-Emission Vehicle Transitions: Experiences in Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario