Research Stream Leads
Social Inclusion
Jill Hanley, McGill University
Jill Hanley is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Scientific Director of the Sherpa Research Institute on Migration, Health and Social Services. Jill’s work focuses on closing the gaps between policies and practice concerning the social rights of migrant populations. Jill will lead the ICOI Social Inclusion Research Stream.
Geospatial Inclusion
Zhixi C. Zhuang, Toronto Metropolitan University
Dr. Zhixi Zhuang (MCIP, RPP) is an Associate Professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning, Toronto Metropolitan University. As the Academic Director of the Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement and Founder and Director of DiverCityLab (www.divercitylab.com), her research explores the intersection of immigrant settlement, urban landscapes, and municipal policies in topics related to building welcoming communities, immigrant entrepreneurship and place-making, and migration and suburban transformation.
Political Inclusion
Sandeep Agrawal, University of Alberta
Sandeep Agrawal is a Full Professor & Director, School of Urban and Regional Planning and Associate Chair, Faculty of Science, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences. Sandeep is an urban and regional planner whose research interests include land use planning and design, international planning, multiculturalism and human rights and planning policy. Sandeep will lead the ICOI Political Inclusion Research Stream.
Economic Inclusion
John Shields, Toronto Metropolitan University
John Shields is a tenured Full Professor with over twenty-five years of university teaching and research experience in the areas of public administration and public policy, Canadian politics, the political economy of labour market and welfare state. John is also a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies at TMU. John will lead the ICOI Economic Inclusion Research Stream.