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