Research and Analysis
Honours Thesis: Places to Stand, Places to Grow
My honours thesis used a political geography lens to study the relation between the demographic characteristics of decision-makers and the land-use decisions they made. My exploratory research focused on conservation authorities in Ontario, a poorly understood form of special district organized at the watershed level, and used regression analysis and raster GIS techniques to calculate the relationship between land use/land cover (LULC) change and the personal characteristics of authority board members. I received First-Class Honours at the completion of my honours degree.
Policy Brief: Transportation for the East End of Montreal
In this policy brief that I prepared as part of my coursework for a graduate-level environmental planning course at McGill University, I analyze the future transportation options available in the East End, a low-income, auto-dependent region of the Island of Montreal that has been historically underserved by alternative transportation options. I received an A in this course.
Various Academic Writing Samples
In this term paper submitted for a graduate-level seminar course on contemporary Asian urbanism, I used a place-making approach to analyze the relation between urban regeneration and nation-building in Taiwan. I received an A in this course.
In this term paper submitted for an upper-level seminar on urban ethnography, I read two ethnographies—Driving After Class by Rachel Heiman and The Changs Next Door to the Diazes by Wendy Cheng—to discuss these two different perspectives on the construction of racial identities and exclusions in the North American suburb. I received an A in this course.