Carolyn Whitzman

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Professor Carolyn Whitzman is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa. She is the Expert Advisor to the Housing Assessment Resource Tools project. She is the author of "How to Home: Fixing Canada's Housing Crisis" (forthcoming from UBC/On Point Press, March 2024), "Clara at the Door with a Revolver: the scandalous Black suspect, the exemplary white son, and the murder that shocked Toronto" (UBC/ On Point Press, 2023), 'Suburb, Slum, Urban Village: Transformations in a Toronto Neighbourhood 1875-2002' (University of British Columbia Press, 2009) and 'The Handbook of Community Safety, Gender, and Violence Prevention: practical planning tools' (Earthscan, 2008), and the co-author of 'Safe Cities: guidelines for planning, design, and management' (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995), and the lead editor of 'Building Inclusive Cities: Women’s Safety and the Right to the City' (Earthscan, 2013), She has also published numerous peer-reviewed scholarly publications, book chapters, and reports on partnerships for social justice in the city, with particular emphasis on the supporting the rights of women, children and people with disabilities to access affordable housing, public transportation, social services, and public space.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    Adjunct professor, University of Ottawa
  • 2003–2019
    Professor of Urban Planning, University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2003 
    McMaster University, Canada, PhD (Geography)

Publications

  • 2023
    Clara at the Door With a Revolver: the Scandalous Black Suspect, the exemplary white son, and the murder that shocked Toronto, UBC/ On Point Press
  • 2014
    Melbourne: What Next - a discussion on creating a better future for Melbourne, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute
  • 2013
    Building Inclusive Cities: women's safety and the right to the city, Routledge

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    Housing Assessment Resource Tools
    Role:
    Expert Advisor
    Funding Source:
    Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
  • 2016
    Transforming Housing: affordable housing for all
    Role:
    Lead Investigator
    Funding Source:
    University of Melbourne, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation, Brotherhood of St. Laurence, Launch Housing
  • 2014
    Transforming Housing: affordable housing for all
    Role:
    Lead Investigator
    Funding Source:
    University of Melbourne, Property Council of Australia, Australand, Victorian Government, Melbourne City Council, Port Phillip City Council, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation
  • 2013
    Getting to Yes: overcoming barriers to affordable family-friendly housing in the central city
    Role:
    Lead Investigator
    Funding Source:
    University of Melbourne, Urban Development Instititute, Victorian Government, Melbourne City Council
  • 2010
    CATCH: Children, Active Travel, Connectness and Health
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    ARC Discovery Grant
  • 2010
    Travelling Together: Disability Inclusive Road Development in Papua New Guinea
    Role:
    Lead Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Development Research Award
  • 2010
    iMATCH: Independent Mobility, Active Travel and Children's Health
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    ARC Linkage
  • 2008
    Vertical Living Kids: Examining the Physical, Social and Environmental Determinants of the Independe
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    VicHealth Discovery Grant

Professional Memberships

  • Planning Institute of Australia

Research Areas

  • Social Policy (160512)
  • Urban Policy (160514)
  • Community Planning (120501)
  • Urban Design (120508)
  • Housing Markets, Development, Management (120503)

Honours

Fellow, Planning Institute of Australia

Contact Carolyn for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision