Municipal elections: UdeM experts ready to shed their light

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In the lead-up to Quebec's municipal elections Nov. 7 – and the next leaders' debate Oct. 20 – UdeM professors are available to share their expertise with the media on 10 key issues.

Gentrification & the housing shortage

Violaine Jolivet, Professor, Department of Geography

  • Comparative urbanism
  • Right to the city
  • Gentrification
  • Mobility

Violaine Jolivet in the media

To contact her: violaine.jolivet(at)umontreal.ca

 

Gérard Beaudet, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

  •      Urban development and real estate
  •      Industrial and urban wastelands
  •      Metropolitan governance

Gérard Beaudet in the media

To contact him: gerard.beaudet(at)umontreal.ca

The flight to the suburbs

Juan Torres, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

  • Children and cities
  • Mobility and accessibility
  • Sustainable neighbourhoods
  • Relationship of people to their environment

Juan Torres in the media

To contact him: juan.torres(at)umontreal.ca

 

Jean-Philippe Meloche, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

  • Transportation infrastructure
  • Local and regional development
  • Urban and real-estate development

Jean-Philippe Meloche in the media

To contact him: jean-philippe.meloche(at)umontreal.ca

Homelessness and poverty

Céline Bellot, Professor, School of Social Work

  • Homelessness
  • Use of psychoactive substances
  • Youth
  • Aboriginal people

Céline Bellot in the media

To contact her: celine.bellot(at)umontreal.ca

 

Carolyne Grimard, Professor, School of Social Work

  • Public Policy
  • Homelessness
  • Psychosocial intervention

Carolyne Grimard in the media

To contact her: carolyne.grimard(at)umontreal.ca

Shooting incidents and gun control

Étienne Blais, Professor, School of Criminology

  • Crime prevention
  • Road safety
  • Firearms
  • Violence

Étienne Blais in the media

To contact him: etienne.blais(at)umontreal.ca

 

Rémi Boivin, Professor, School of Criminology

  • Crime analysis
  • Police practices
  • Drugs
  • Police and discrimination

Rémi Boivin in the media

To reach him: remi.boivin(at)umontreal.ca

Mobility: bicycles, the metro, the REM, the third link

Jean-Philippe Meloche, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

  • Transportation infrastructures
  • Local and regional development
  • Metropolitan governance

Jean-Philippe Meloche in the media

To contact him: jean-philippe.meloche(at)umontreal.ca

 

Gérard Beaudet, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

  • Urban development and real estate
  • Metropolitan governance
  • Mobility and accessibility

Gérard Beaudet in the media

To contact him: gerard.beaudet(at)umontreal.ca

Car-free streets

Sébastien Lord, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

  • Immigration, integration and housing
  • Housing policies
  • Aging

Sébastien Lord in the media

To contact him: sebastien.lord(at)umontreal.ca

 

Juan Torres, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

  • Urban design and urban architecture
  • Children and cities
  • Sustainable neighbourhoods
  • Relationship of people to their environment

Juan Torres in the media

To contact him: juan.torres(at)umontreal.ca

The economic vitality of municipalities

Michel Poitevin, Professor, Department of Economics

  • Economic policies
  • Resource allocation
  • Economic forecasts
  • The environment

Michel Poitevin in the media

To contact him: michel.poitevin(at)umontreal.ca

 

Jean-Philippe Meloche, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

  • Urban economics
  • Public finance
  • Metropolitan governance

Jean-Philippe Meloche in the media

To contact him: jean-philippe.meloche(at)umontreal.ca

Diversity and integration

Josianne Le Gall, Professor, Department of Anthropology

  • Ethnicity
  • Diversity
  • Immigration
  • Anthropology of health

Josianne Le Gall in the media

To contact her: j.le.gall(at)umontreal.ca

 

Massimiliano Mulone, Professor, School of Criminology

  • Racism and the police
  • Monitoring of police practices
  • Police deviance

Massimiliano Mulone in the media

To contact him: massimiliano.mulone(at)umontreal.ca

Cities and the environment

Danielle Dagenais, Professor and Director, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

  • Climate change
  • Environment and sustainable development
  • Urban water management

Danielle Dagenais in the media

To contact her: danielle.dagenais(at)umontreal.ca

 

Isabelle Thomas, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

  • Climate change
  • Environment and sustainable development
  • Geographic information system (GIS) technology
  • Urban vulnerability

Isabelle Thomas in the media

To contact her: isabelle.thomas.1(at)umontreal.ca

 

François Reeves, Professor, Faculty of Medicine 

  • Environmental health and pollution
  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Lifestyle and health

François Reeves in the media

To contact him: francois.reeves(at)umontreal.ca

Urban planning: public spaces and height of skyscrapers

Gérard Beaudet, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

  • Urban development and real estate
  • Industrial and urban wastelands
  • Metropolitan governance

Gérard Beaudet in the media

To contact him: gerard.beaudet(at)umontreal.ca

 

Shin Koseki, Professor, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture, and UNESCO Chair in Urban Landscape

  • Climate emergency
  • Consultations and public debates
  • Urban design and architecture
  • Issues of justice and sustainability within urban territories

Shin Koseki in the media

To contact him: shin.koseki(at)umontreal.ca

 

Gabriel Fauveaud, Professor, Department of Geography

  • Social, urban, human and economic geography
  • Governance
  • Residential dynamics

Gabriel Fauveaud in the media

To contact him: gabriel.fauveaud(at)umontreal.ca

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