Zhixi C Zhuang
Academic Director, Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement
Associate Professor
Founder and Director, DiverCity Lab
Faculty of Community Services
School of Urban and Regional Planning
Toronto, Ontario
zczhuang@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 6767
Expert In
Community design
Cross-cultural urban studies
Ethnic retail neighbourhoods
Ethnic retailing
Immigration and settlement
Multicultural planning
Revitalization and urban growth
Theme: Climate, environment and sustainability
Theme: Resilient, inclusive communities
Urban innovation
Work, skills, industry
Bio/Research
Dr. Zhixi Zhuang is a Registered Professional Planner and an Associate Professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning. As the Academic Director of the Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement and Founder and Director of DiverCityLab, her research explores the growing urb...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Zhixi Zhuang is a Registered Professional Planner and an Associate Professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning. As the Academic Director of the Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement and Founder and Director of DiverCityLab, her research explores the growing urban diversity in Canadian cities and how city-builders can instil the values of equity and inclusion into planning policies and practices. Specifically, she investigates the intersections of individual characteristics and the impacts on lived experiences in cities, and how diversity and differences shape places and communities.
Her work focuses on the long-lasting marks of immigrant and racialized communities on urban and suburban landscapes, inscribing places with important cultural, historical, and political meanings. Her recent and ongoing research involves interdisciplinary projects examining the intersection of immigrant settlement, urban landscapes, and municipal policies, which has generated key peer-reviewed publications on topics such as building welcoming infrastructure to attract and retain migrants in non-traditional gateway cities, the influence of immigrant entrepreneurship on city building, ethnic place-making in ‘third places,’ migration and suburban transformation, and the role of municipal planning in immigrant settlement and integration.
She has conducted mixed-method, arts-informed, and community-based research, effectively engaging immigrant community members and city building professionals to gain a holistic perspective on immigrant integration, place-making, civic engagement, and inclusive policy-making. Her research addresses the impacts of global migration on local governance as well as inclusive community-building and sheds light on equity-based approaches to planning with diversity. One of her recent creative outputs funded by SSHRC is a documentary “Globurbia: Suburban Place-making Amidst Diversity”.
Dr. Zhuang is currently an appointed member of the Global Planning Education Committee (GPEC) at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), an Associate Editor of the Journal of Planning Education and Research (JPER), and a Director on the Board at the International Association of China Planning (IACP).
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Her work focuses on the long-lasting marks of immigrant and racialized communities on urban and suburban landscapes, inscribing places with important cultural, historical, and political meanings. Her recent and ongoing research involves interdisciplinary projects examining the intersection of immigrant settlement, urban landscapes, and municipal policies, which has generated key peer-reviewed publications on topics such as building welcoming infrastructure to attract and retain migrants in non-traditional gateway cities, the influence of immigrant entrepreneurship on city building, ethnic place-making in ‘third places,’ migration and suburban transformation, and the role of municipal planning in immigrant settlement and integration.
She has conducted mixed-method, arts-informed, and community-based research, effectively engaging immigrant community members and city building professionals to gain a holistic perspective on immigrant integration, place-making, civic engagement, and inclusive policy-making. Her research addresses the impacts of global migration on local governance as well as inclusive community-building and sheds light on equity-based approaches to planning with diversity. One of her recent creative outputs funded by SSHRC is a documentary “Globurbia: Suburban Place-making Amidst Diversity”.
Dr. Zhuang is currently an appointed member of the Global Planning Education Committee (GPEC) at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), an Associate Editor of the Journal of Planning Education and Research (JPER), and a Director on the Board at the International Association of China Planning (IACP).
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