The School for the Study of Canada welcomes Dr. Kellen Zale as Trent University Fulbright Research Chair in Comparative Canada-U.S. Studies. This opportunity will see her collaborating with Canadian scholars and practitioners in her field while furthering her research on land use, housing affordability, and short-term rental markets.
My research program consists of three integrated streams of research-to-action. The first two streams focus on youth, specifically youth inequality, poverty and homelessness. The research brings into view the social, institutional and policy systems that produce conditions of inequity in the public sphere. This work includes an investigation of Canada’s move to embrace data-led governance in its efforts to resolve an emerging youth homelessness crisis.
Dr. David Firang is Assistant Professor at Dept. of Social Work at Trent University, Ontario, Canada. His research interest is in child welfare, immigrant transnationalism, housing, community development, and social policy issues. Prior to joining Trent University, Dr. Firang was Assistant Professor (Ltd) at the University of Windsor’s School of Social Work.